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Social media and charity: philanthropy or crass opportunism?

A few months ago I wrote about some issues surrounding the Twitter response to the tragic attacks in Mumbai. The social network activity around these attacks represented, in my opinion, a new maturation point of information sharing in social media, as I wrote: On one...

Tags: Charity, Social Media, Marketing Research, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-03-12

DonateBot 1.0 (Mac)

Donate to charity for free simply by running a small program in the background. In exchange for your unused CPU processing power, you will give to the charity of your choice. This application contains NO POPUPS, NO SPYWARE, NO ADWARE. You can donate more than 1000 grains of wheat, 1000...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Charity, CPU, Computer, DonateBot, Productivity, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2009-02-17

DonateBot 1.0 (Windows)

Donate to charity for free simply by running a small program in the background. In exchange for your unused CPU processing power, you will give to the charity of your choice. You will not be harassed with nasty popup ads when using this application. Most likely, you won't even know...

Tags: Charity, Microsoft Windows, CPU, Computer, DonateBot, Productivity, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-02-14

Larry Brilliant outlines Google's giving strategies

At the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, Larry Brilliant, executive director of Google.org, declares that Google ripped off Salesforce's 1/1/1 model--and the company is proud of it. The model calls for a company to give 1 percent of its time, 1 percent of its equity, and 1 percent of its...

Tags: Strategy, Google Inc., Sales Force Management, Investment, Financial Services, Sales, Finance, Google, technology, Salesforce, Dreamforce, charity, corporate, Earth

Videos 2008-11-05

My fantasy: Robocall, meet Do Not Call Registry

After a week of never-ending robocalls--including three on Sunday that interrupted dinner, a football game and a 2-year-old's going to bed ritual--I can't help but wonder whether we need a Do Not Robocall amendment to the National Do Not Call Registry. This idea isn't original--I've seen it...

Tags: Registry, Do-Not-Call, Charity, Robocall, Telemarketing, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Marketing Research, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-03

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 Cuts Data Recovery Time From Days to Minutes With Real-Time Replication

Rethink is the UK's largest voluntary sector provider of mental health services. Every year it helps more than 48,000 people by providing services, such as helplines, support groups, housing and nursing. The charity relies on ICT to help manage campaigns, donations, payroll and communication between staff, supporters and stakeholders. To...

Tags: Data Recovery, Charity, Computer Associates International Inc., Replication, Disaster Recovery, Government, Data Management

Case studies 2007-04-01

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

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, Comodo, Samaritans, Linux, Utility Computing, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Case studies

Additional Resources

The perfect computer?

I have to admit...that I did not read past the title. Suffice it to say that there is no such thing as the perfect woman, perfect car, perfect meal, perfect computer or perfect anything. Individuals' needs and tasted are just too varied. Too trueTo mirror the above post, there is...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Brownouts, computer, perfect computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

News to know: iPhone; Win 7 upgrade answers; Psystar; SOA; Google

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Finally, some answers to Windows 7 upgrade questions Dion Hinchcliffe: Are the iPhone and social networks making...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Photograph, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Stallman admits GPL flawed, proprietary licensing needed to pay for MySQL development

You really believe that?Look at Red Hat. $5.1 Bln market cap and they're not making *any* money with free software? There is plenty of money out there for consulting services and support. Just ask IBM.Proprietary software is not religion.The problem with Sun was that they couldn't commit either...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Websters, MySQL, GPL, Stallman

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Clover Diary 2.7.0 (Mac)

Clover Diary, though simple, provides basic functions for keeping a diary-like calendar view, password protection, and others. It also has some functions that might encourage you make entries in your diary everyday. So, even if you've tried in the past to keep a diary and failed, Clover Diary can help....

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Diary, SYW Mac Software

Software downloads 2009-10-17

My Expenses Pro for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

My Expenses Pro for iPhone let you keep track of your bills in a convenient, quick, and organized way so that you always have this information at hand for your convenience. You will be able to add your partners and combined bills, as well as categorized them. Some of the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Bill, Mobile, G.P. Imports, Smart Phones, Personal Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-08

Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)

Let the whining by the Neo-Cons begin. nt:-(RE: Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)bingoKeep your damn politics out of itCan't we just discuss technology issues without injecting our political views? There are valid arguments on both sides; let's focus...

Tags: Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, net neutrality rule, broadband investment, broadband, Net Neutrality

Discussion threads 2009-10-06