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Charity Migrates From Linux and Cuts Web Publishing to Just Seconds: The Qatar Red Crescent Society QRCS wanted a Web environment for its staff and volunteers to share information effectively and deliver life-saving services on time. Microsoft Partner Afkar Information Technology transferred the charity's Linux-based portal and the intranet to a new solution based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. As...; Tags: Charity, Microsoft Corp., Web-publishing, Linux, Portals, Content Management, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Internet, Enterprise Software; Case studies 2008-02-01
Race for charity at CES: In 10 minutes and 31 seconds, a magazine editor assembled PC in the shortest time at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday night. News.com's Kara Tsuboi reports on the pre-race jitters and talks to hopeful contestants. The contest winner's charity of choice gets $10,000 and the assembled...; Tags: ces, tiger direct, kara tsuboi, pc, computers, Consumer Electronics Show, Charity, Winner, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware; Videos 2008-01-09
Charity Reduces Call Expenditure Through Cost-Effective Voice Over IP: At the Citizens Advice Bureau CAB, the telephone is a vital channel for delivering advisory services. Yet at many of its sites, its telephony services were costly and inconvenient. Keen to exploit the cost and efficiency potential of Voice over IP, Sally and her team approached a number of IP...; Tags: Charity, Telephony, Nortel Networks Corp., IP, VOIP, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Networking; Case studies 2007-10-15
Image: Stopping text bullies: Children's charity NCH and Tesco Mobile have launched a Web site that explains the types of digital bullying and offers kids suggestions for getting help.; Tags: Tesco, charity, mobile, Web, Web site, mobile marketing; Image galleries 2005-06-22
Image: Stopping text bullies: Children's charity NCH and Tesco Mobile have launched a Web site that explains the types of digital bullying and offers kids suggestions for getting help.; Tags: Tesco, charity, mobile, Web, Web site, mobile marketing; Image galleries 2005-06-22

Photos: Lance Armstrong notebook fights cancer: HP and AMD develop a special notebook to help fund the charity founded by six-time Tour de France bicycling champion and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong.; Tags: Notebooks, Lance Armstrong, notebook, charity, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co.; Image galleries 2005-05-20
Photos: Lance Armstrong notebook fights cancer: HP and AMD develop a special notebook to help fund the charity founded by six-time Tour de France bicycling champion and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong.; Tags: Notebooks, Lance Armstrong, notebook, charity, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co.; Image galleries 2005-05-20
Leading European Charity Protects Critical Campaign and Lobby Information With Symantec: Every day, up to 25,000 people die of hunger. 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 help. Today, all...; Tags: Symantec Corp., Charity, FairFood, Security; Case studies
OpenOffice.org Meets Charity's Needs - And Makes for Good Business Too: Migrant Helpline is a charity which helps newly arrived asylum seekers access support, and assists refugees to settle into the UK. Like all charities, it has to get the best value possible from the funding it receives. In its search for better value, its IT department evaluated the open-source OpenOffice.org...; Tags: Charity, OpenOffice.org, Migrant Helpline, OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software; Case studies
Incorporating Linux Based Security Solutions Into the Charity's Expanding IT Infrastructure: Samaritans is a registered charity, founded in 1953, which offers 24-hour confidential emotional support to anyone in emotional distress. Samaritans is installing a four zone Trustix Firewall on an IBM eServer x305 and a Trustix Proxy Server on an IBM eServer x300 server. Security and Linux specialists Nouveau Solutions recommended...; Tags: Security, IT Infrastructure, Charity, Information Technology, IBM eServer, Samaritans, Linux, Utility Computing, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Case studies

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DeBakey's last act throws medical savings out the window: DeBakey's last act throws medical savings out the windowRich ,you live-Poor , you dieThat's the norm for America. I was an Ambulance Officer in NZ, during the 70s and 80s, and I recall being told during my training about American values. The first thing an American Ambulance...; Tags: DeBakey, patient, window; Discussion threads 2008-07-12
We don't want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer: We don't want you to talk, Mr. BallmerThe ghost of Mr. Ballmerwill be forced to bear the clippy's that he has forged in this life.Oh, the eternal wailing.Well, hey, it IS fun to watch them squirm. But, it probably DOES help themshort term at least to create FUD around open...; Tags: open source, MSFT, Steve Ballmer; Discussion threads 2008-07-12
Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4: Something about getting a new neck earlier this spring made me start thinking about how to change my life to make America a better place. Here a few that you can try to make the country better over the Fourth of July weekend: 1.) Turn off your...; Tags: Phone, PC, Cell Phone, Computer, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Your correspondence so far: It's been just over a month now since I started writing here, and it's certainly been an interesting one. I've had many emails over the last month asking me this, that and the other, not even a single death threat yet! I'd like to share some questions and my answers...; Tags: Web Server, Operating System, Server, Microsoft Corp., Q., E-mail, Web Servers, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Online Communications, Internet, Software, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-06-29
Bill Gates bids a teary farewell to Microsoft: Bill Gates said a teary goodbye on Friday to Microsoft, the software maker he built into the world's most valuable technology company. Redmond, Washington--Bill Gates said a teary goodbye on Friday to Microsoft, the software maker he built into the world's most valuable technology company based on the ambitious...; Tags: Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Management, Reuters, Microsoft; News items 2008-06-27
GOOG CEO says "Don't Be evil" is misunderstood: GOOG CEO says "Don't Be evil" is misunderstoodGoogle and Fair IsacTwo most modern day evil compaines!RE: GOOG CEO sayswho/what is Fair IsacEvil?By what absolute scale does one determine whether a given act or policy is "evil"? Relativism, particularly in a corporate context, makes it a somewhat slippery concept. As a...; Tags: who/what, slogan, Moral Relativism, Be Evil, Google Inc., GOOG, Fair Isac; Discussion threads 2008-06-12
The insurers bid to fix health care: The insurers bid to fix health carethe problem isthat no one wants to lay the blame where it belongs. Government. Because that would mean killing socialized medicine.Bingo!!Blanky doesn't want to admit that tort reform *is* needed. My sister is a doc...the cost to her for malpractice insurance is shocking....; Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Socialized Medicine, insurance company, tort, health care, insurance; Discussion threads 2008-05-30
D6: Snippets of Microsoft's morphing business model emerge: As expected, Microsoft's brief multi-touch demonstration of Windows 7 garnered most of the headlines, but when the crowd goes one way sometimes it makes sense to go the other way. And if you go away from the crowd you'll notice more than a few subtle hints were dropped about how...; Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Windows 7, Multi-touch, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-28
Google Health most significant GOOG business launch since AdWords: I was at the Googleplex Monday morning for a briefing on GOOG's improvements in search, and more importantly, the official roll out of Google Health. Google had invited representatives some of the largest medical establishments and medical service providers to talk about the service. ...; Tags: Google Inc., Google AdWords, Health Care, GOOG, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-05-19
Sugar on Windows looking inevitable: Sugar on Windows looking inevitableWindows EERYWHERE.It's more than a slogan. ;-)You should reconsider your own views.Maybe educators, like governments, will prefer Windows.If the mission is in fact to provide a tool for learning, shouldn't the operating system be a lesser priority? If the customer wants a particular operating...; Tags: Operating systems, Linux, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Sugar-on-Windows, Microsoft Corp., operating system, tool; Discussion threads 2008-05-05