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Cars Are For Driving... Computers Are For Life; There Is No Comparison
Talkback Windows is in schools, it runs businesses, hospitals and libraries. Microsoft has a social responsibility towards accessibility of information and interoperability of devices for the future of.well everyone!
[December 17, 2007, 16:12]
Donated PCs become African multimedia centres
News These CRT TVs are then sold locally to add to the charity's war chest to enable it to continue distributing PCs to the hundreds of Kenyan schools that badly need computers but don't have the budgets for the latest models from Dell or HP.
[September 14, 2007, 16:48]
Schools to get £1.67bn for IT
News The Chancellor of the Exchequer has guaranteed £1.67bn of funding for computers for schools as part of a three-year plan. In his budget speech today, Gordon Brown announced the plan to raise spending on IT capital "because the teaching and...
[March 16, 2005, 15:10]
AmeriVault Case Study: Harford County Public Schools
White Papers Harford County Public Schools (HCPS) has been using computers - and backing up the data on those computers - for decades. Each one of the 51 schools is networked to a central computer center, where a community portal serves both internal and...
[May 16, 2008, 1:01]
The lost opportunties of computing in schools
Blog Comment I wondered in the days of the BBC Micro (early 1980s for the neophytes) what exactly computing in schools was all about: tools for education for teaching about computers. Thirty years on, I have yet to hear a satisfactory answer to why computers...
[August 19, 2009, 11:39]
Microsoft launches 'charity friendly' software licence
News Microsoft has created a special software licence for Windows 98 and Windows 2000 that allows charities and schools to use second-hand PCs without breaking the company's end user licence rules. She said MAR will "maximise IT access in schools and...
[April 8, 2004, 17:50]
Data destruction claims rubbished
News However, the organisation fears media hype from mainstream press will see a decline in the numbers of computers it is able to send to schools and hospitals in countries such as Rwanda. As reported earlier this month, Computer Aid has already...
[February 21, 2005, 11:00]
Apple joins critics of Microsoft deal
News We think our schools deserve to keep their power of choice, and our kids deserve better than having to learn on old, refurbished (Windows/Intel) computers. The donations would go to public elementary and secondary schools at which 70 percent of...
[November 28, 2001, 9:55]
Schools fail to renew ageing PCs
News However, interactive whiteboards are now prevalent in schools and colleges, with increasing numbers connected to computers with Internet connection. Around half of schools do not have a policy in place for replacing old or broken workstations, says...
[May 8, 2006, 10:05]
Microsoft to amend schools settlement plan
News Microsoft also would provide Windows licenses for refurbished computers donated to the schools. Related to training criticism, and concerns that donated software will go unused, is the charge refurbished computers could further set back rather than...
[December 10, 2001, 9:23]
Computer Aid: New life for old IT
News The value to the recipients however, which can be anything from schools to local not-for-profit projects, is much higher. Nigeria's schools alone could absorb those PCs. His inspiration for setting up the organisation came from witnessing the need...
[February 10, 2005, 15:25]
Nottingham University donates old PCs to Chile
News The university has donated 500 out-of-use PCs and laptops to rural schools in the South American country with the help of charity Computer Aid International. Maintaining provision of good quality ICT equipment to schools is essential to ensure...
[August 18, 2008, 9:24]
Sun keeps plugging at thin clients
News Sun has hoped for years that schools, businesses and even individuals would bypass PCs, which have lots of computing power but are crash-prone and difficult to manage in large groups. PCs still are a staple of the computing world, even relatively...
[April 12, 2002, 12:04]
Red Hat discusses deal to supply Linux to UK schools
News According to one report all recycled and refurbished business computers supplied to schools under the government's Computers for the Community initiative, may even come with Red Hat Linux pre-installed.
[January 19, 2000, 10:32]
Computers to Africa Diary: Day four
Blog That particular mission aborted, I jumped into a taxi and after a couple of wrong turns managed to make my way to the next meeting of the day with Computers for Schools Kenya. After a tour of the CFSK's new facility on the outskirts of Nairobi...
[September 12, 2007, 20:28]
Apple calls for Microsoft to pay cash for settlement
News Microsoft also would provide Windows licences for one million refurbished computers donated to the schools. By contrast, if Microsoft were to give $1bn to charitable institutions geared toward building technology capabilities inside of schools...
[December 7, 2001, 10:58]
Linux gets warm reception in Chile
News This study concluded that Linux would let schools make the best use of old computers with limited processing power. Chilean newspaper El Mercurio reported this week that EduLinux, a distribution of Linux tailored for educational use, will be rolled...
[January 13, 2005, 13:10]
Gov't figures on 'wired' schools branded 'suspect'
News The criticism is in response to figures released by the Department for Education and Employment last week which claims 86 percent of primary schools and 98 percent of secondary schools are now online.
[September 11, 2000, 12:22]
Computer Aid gives 40,000 PCs a fresh start
News For Computer Aid International, it equals 40,000 PCs that have now been refurbished by the North London-based charity and sent out to schools, community projects and other not-for-profit organisations in 90 countries, mainly in the developing world.
[February 4, 2005, 12:15]
Linux Confiscation At School.
Blog Well, I say fair play to the kid for looking beyond what schools call "learning about computers". What concerns me here is that schools tend to be teaching kids that using computers is about learning to use microsoft products such as word...
[January 5, 2009, 10:56]
