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Charity Caught In Anti-spam Crossfire
News A religious charity in London recently discovered first-hand the dangers that can accompany new measures to stem the tide of junk email, when the organisation's site was yanked offline without notice.
[August 30, 2002, 15:22]
Charity Wins Global Support In Microsoft Dispute
News An Australian charity has received applause from around the world after standing up to Microsoft Australia in a dispute over software licences. The non-profit organisation says it has received overwhelming support on an international scale in...
[July 20, 2001, 9:15]
Photos: Charity Wants Your Old Handsets And Cartridges
News The Make IT Happen campaign, launched late last week, will see the charity step up its call for businesses to donate their old desktops and laptops to the organisation where they are wiped of any sensitive data, refurbished and sent to countries...
[July 31, 2006, 13:55]
Charity Funds IT Training For Disadvantaged Groups
News A charity that helps disabled people to exploit IT more effectively has won lottery funding to expand its commercially sponsored "Switched On Communities" initiative to all areas of the UK. The scheme initially kicked off in July 2006 when DSG...
[February 29, 2008, 13:29]
Charity Defends PC Recycling After Data Theft Claims
News IT charity Computer Aid has asked potential donors not to be put off from giving it old PCs, following reports that some machines donated to the developing world still contain confidential information.
[August 22, 2006, 16:00]
Charity Begins At... Your Mail Program
White Papers This paper proposes a new one: "Charity seals", analogous to Christmas seals on paper mail. Donating to charity is something many legitimate users do anyway, and so the perceived pain to the legitimate users may well be less than for yet proposed...
[December 9, 2006, 0:00]
Charity Sees Big Loophole In Ethical IT Code
News The ethical code of conduct launched last week by IT firms including IBM, HP and Dell appears to contain a major loophole that will allow unscrupulous suppliers to wriggle out of its constraints, according to the charity originally highlighted the...
[October 25, 2004, 14:45]
Internet Donates Computers To Charity
News For every 1,000 clicks the site receives, its sponsors Microsoft, AMD and Life Software have pledged to donate £10 worth of computer equipment to a nominated charity. The Computers for Charities Web site has adapted the model used by global charity...
[August 2, 2000, 10:11]
QXL Extends Charity Auction For 'Full Stop'
News QXL is extending the deadline for its charity auction in aid of the NSPCC's Full Stop campaign -- which seeks to stamp out child abuse in one generation. The auction will now run until the end of this week, closing on Friday the 24th.
[September 20, 1999, 16:43]
Ministry Of Sound DAP Jukebox Hits QXL For Charity
News One of only four specially designed Creative 20GB DAP Jukeboxes is being auctioned on QXL.com for charity. All proceeds will go to the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy charity, which uses music to help disabled and traumatised children and adults.
[December 7, 2001, 15:34]
NETGEAR Technology Boosts Productivity And Performance Of Youth Charity
White Papers JDRF is the UK arm of a global charity dedicated to finding a cure for type 1 (juvenile) diabetes. The organisation has re-vamped its fundraising approach to include greater use of its existing, devoted supporter base within industry, the...
[June 30, 2007, 1:00]
HP Rescues Lifeboat Charity From Potential IT Disasters
White Papers The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is a registered charity that saves lives at sea. The hub of support for the RNLI is its headquarters in Poole, Dorset where any IT failures could seriously affect lifeboat supplies or vital fund...
[May 21, 2004, 0:00]
Hospital Charity's Bold Fundraising Goal Requires Integrated IT System Based On Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite
White Papers Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (GOSHCC) raises funds to support the needs of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, a national centre of excellence in children's health care.
[April 4, 2007, 1:00]
Police Investigate Charity Hack
News Police at Scotland Yard's computer crime squad are investigating the hacking of a UK charity Web site that has resulted in the theft of almost 3,000 credit card details. Hackers breached the security of the Aid to the Church in Need Web site on...
[December 12, 2005, 14:00]
Leading European Charity Protects Critical Campaign And Lobby Information With Symantec
White Papers FairFood is a Netherlands-based charity dedicated to combating global hunger, through influencing the trade policies of the West. Following server failure - in which nearly all of the charity's data was threatened - FairFood turned to Symantec for...
[August 29, 2006, 0:00]
Leading Australian Charity Increases Productivity With ITIL-Based Service Desk
White Papers Mission Australia has the country's largest and most advanced wide area network operated by a charity. It recently selected Enterprise Management Solutions (EMS) to implement an HP OpenView Service Desk solution to improve its IT service and...
[July 23, 2004, 0:00]
Paedophile Alert For Children's Charity
News London-based children's charity Kidscape had its entire computer database stolen Sunday as part of a suspected paedophile operation. Five computers including the charity's mainframe server were stolen from the second floor offices of Kidscape.
[February 1, 2001, 16:10]
Charity ISP Offers Feel-good Surfing
News Users will nominate a particular charity when registering, and minutes spent online will be measured with a proportional percentage of the profits passed on to the user's charity of choice. In total, 75 percent of the profits generated by telephony...
[October 13, 1999, 11:29]
Charity's Battle With Microsoft Hits A Nerve
News The Australian charity claims its Web site has been inundated with support from all corners of the globe since news of their plight got out. Earlier this month, Microsoft threatened legal action against the charity which, in turn, stood its ground...
[July 26, 2001, 11:08]
Microsoft Launches 'charity Friendly' Software Licence
News Three years ago, Microsoft caved in to pressure after it demanded that an Australian children's charity buy new licences for donated computers. Microsoft has created a special software licence for Windows 98 and Windows 2000 that allows charities...
[April 8, 2004, 17:50]
