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Various of children playing video games in arcade 2. Close up of boy's face 3. Close up of hands on console controller 4. Wide of Robbie Bach, President of Microsoft Entertainment and Devices 5. Close up...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eBrussels  -  December 4, 2007 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of children playing video games in arcade \u003cbr/\u003e2. Close up of boy's face \u003cbr/\u003e3. Close up of hands on console controller \u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of Robbie Bach, President of Microsoft Entertainment and Devices \u003cbr/\u003e5. Close up Microsoft Xbox remote control device \u003cbr/\u003e6. Close up Microsoft Xbox screen with Console Controls and Family Timer \u003cbr/\u003e7. Close up Microsoft Xbox screen with Timer settings \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English): Robbie Bach, President of Microsoft Entertainment Devices\u003cbr/\u003e \"I can set what game ratings I want my kids to be able to play, different levels of content for the children and I can also -and the thing that's new today- use this family timer capability. The family timer, basically, enables me to decide per week or per day how many hours I want my kids to be able to play on the system. And so it gives parents an element of control in terms of both the content their kids are playing as well as the length of time that they are playing it.\" \u003cbr/\u003e9. Medium shot Microsoft Xbox live screen\u003cbr/\u003e10. Close up Microsoft Xbox live screen \u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English): Robbie Bach, President of Microsoft Entertainment Devices \u003cbr/\u003e\"We want parents to have the ability to control whether their kids can create their own identification on-line. We want them to be able to control who they play with, so you can set the system up, so they can only play with their friends. Xbox 360 has voice capability built in, some parents are uncomfortable with their kids being able to communicate by voice on-line, so you can restrict that. So there is a whole set of capabilities where you can create the environment that you want for your kids on-line.\" \u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide shot interior family living room, children playing on the Microsoft Xbox games console \u003cbr/\u003e13. Medium shot children playing on the Xbox\u003cbr/\u003e14. Close up Xbox remote control device\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide shot Xbox screen \u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (English): Manu Van Quickenborne, Parent \u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, with games, you buy a game, so in fact you have to know before you buy it, if it is a good game or a bad game. So, I don't know if software could help in that. Maybe you could add something to the game itself to make it more or less violent.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. Medium shot boys playing various electronic games \u003cbr/\u003e18. Tilt down boy playing electronic game to remote control device \u003cbr/\u003e19. Close up screen \u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE (French) Michel Foulon, Parent \u003cbr/\u003e\"It would be a good thing if you could control your children, but I don't know. These days they can always circumvent everything. One can hack any game, everything is possible now. Children are smarter than we were, you let her play on a PC and she does it better than me.\" \u003cbr/\u003e21. Medium shot Michel Foulon and daughter \u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE (English): Cornelia Kutterer, Senior Legal Advisor European Consumer Organisation BEUC \u003cbr/\u003e\"No we are not opposed at having more control over our childrens' usage of the Internet. Yet, we need to ensure that these software are not privacy intrusive, on the one hand. And secondly, it must be ensured that this would not give one company the chance to control what other software a person, or consumer uses on the PC.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide shot tilt up RobuBOX robot for assisting elderly or disabled people\u003cbr/\u003e24. Close up toothbrush with sensors for the Intelligent Health Mirror \u003cbr/\u003e25. Wide shot Intelligent Health Mirror \u003cbr/\u003e26. Close up Intelligent Health Mirror \u003cbr/\u003e27. Close up heartbeat and blood pressure reading \u003cbr/\u003eMicrosoft has unveiled new technology to help keep children safe on whilst playing video games online. \u003cbr/\u003eThe device was featured at Microsoft's 4th innovation day in Brussels on December 4, 2007. \u003cbr/\u003eA new study into the gaming habits of European children, commissioned by the computer giants Microsoft, says that over seventy percent (71%) of parents in the UK, France, Germany and Italy are concerned about the content of video games played by their children. \u003cbr/\u003e81% of parents in Italy and 76% of British parents surveyed said they were worried about the content of games \u003cbr/\u003e4,000 parents took part in the study and nearly half, (44%) said that restricting children's time playing video games to one hour a day was advisable.\u003cbr/\u003eAbout half said they felt their children spent too long playing video games and they were unable to restrict that time.  \u003cbr/\u003eTwo-thirds of all parents (66%) said the responsibility of deciding what games children should be allowed to play rested with their parents. \u003cbr/\u003eThe majority of parents (60%) said they were confident about the knowing how to operate built-in functions on game consoles or operating systems to control their child's access.\u003cbr/\u003eMicrosoft commissioned the study alongside its European launch of new child security features for its Xbox 360 game console, called the Family Timer. \u003cbr/\u003eThe technology was unveiled at  Microsoft's 4th innovation day in Brussels. \u003cbr/\u003eMicrosoft's Robbie Bach, President of Microsoft Entertainment and Devices says the device enables parents to limit the time children can spend playing games. \u003cbr/\u003eAn already existing feature of the Xbox 360 controls the game ratings. \u003cbr/\u003eBach says Microsoft wants to further develop child security online. \u003cbr/\u003eMassively multiplayer online role-playing games more commonly known as MMORPGs allow large numbers of online gamers to interact with each other in fantasy worlds on the internet\u003cbr/\u003eOne parent Manu Van Quickenborne, watches his sons play video games at home. \u003cbr/\u003eHe says that parents should educate themselves about the content of games before buying them. \u003cbr/\u003eHe suggests that the games companies could add a security feature to their games that would allow a parent to alter the level of violence on screen.\u003cbr/\u003eAt present you can choose to inhibit the latest version of the Microsoft Xbox from playing games that are rated 'not suitable for younger children' or 'only suitable for over -18s'.  \u003cbr/\u003eIn downtown Brussels another father Michel Foulon visits a gaming arcade with his young daughter. \u003cbr/\u003eHe says that no matter what security features you put on video games, children are so computer-smart that they will soon be able to circumvent them. \u003cbr/\u003eCornelia Kutterer, Senior Legal Advisor European Consumer Organisation BEUC says that more controls of children's usage of the internet is a good a idea. \u003cbr/\u003eBut she is concerned that the software must to respect people's privacy and not give one company the chance to restrict computer users from running other software on their computers.  \u003cbr/\u003eThe European Commission has previously ordered that Microsoft license its trade secrets on an open source basis. \u003cbr/\u003eSun Microsystems Inc. triggered an EU investigation nine years ago when it complained that Microsoft was breaking with industry norms by refusing to supply basic interoperability information. \u003cbr/\u003eA group of Microsoft rivals had also complained that Microsoft also refused to give information on Office's word processing, spreadsheet and database software that prevented other technology companies from making compatible programmes.  \u003cbr/\u003eOther gadgets unveiled by Microsoft at the event on Tuesday, included a robot 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