[DDN] SOCTIM report on viability of Linux Desktops

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RE: [DDN] Cell-phone carrying students

Check with some of your local schools they may be running a fundraiser recycling old cell phones. I heard of a local school doing that recently. Slightly off topic, but can anyone recommend a good way to recycle an > old cell? It seems like a horrible waste to just trash it. > > -Original Me

[DDN] [Fwd: [esocialaction] Call for participation - Technology and Social [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006, Trento, Italy]

Original Message Subject:[esocialaction] Call for participation - Technology and Social [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006, Trento, Italy Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 15:17:07 +0100 From: Walker, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I hope this is of interest! Ple

[DDN] Best list of charity technology tools

Please see http://tinyurl.com/r3dlq - also please feel free to go to drop down menu at my furl and choose more good lists of charity sites and information Best regards -Mike ___ Book: http://www.grassroots.org/book/ Bookmarks: http://tinyurl.com/n6a8h -

RE: [DDN] Cell-phone carrying students

Special Olympics collects them. Mike Michael F. Pitsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Audrey Borus Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 7:56 AM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: RE: [DDN] Cell-phone car

RE: [DDN] Cell-phone carrying students

Some local police departments collect them - program them for 911 calls only - then give them to at-risk individuals i.e. women and children in abusive situations, for use in emergencies. You might call your local, county or state police departments. Sharon Schultz Illinois -Original Mess

[DDN] computerworld magazine on microsoft's intimidation tactics

hi Digital Divide Network community - the editor in chief of computerworld magazine, don tennant, has a few choice words about microsoft's continued use of intimidation tactics. see http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=86 or

[DDN] TechSoup Stock Offers Nonprofits a Symantec Special

Symantec is making a special donation of Norton Internet Security 2005 retail versions available to nonprofits at TechSoup Stock for a very low admin fee. Please note that this is a special one-time donation that may not be available again. If your organization has ordered from TechSoup Stock

RE: [DDN] Cell-phone carrying students

Check with the police department and other social agencies. Many use old cell for women who have been abused. The phone is programmed with one number, usually to a shelter, for help. Also, there are some stories that take back old telephones. Sharon Valear Robinson, Ed.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'T

Re: [DDN] Cell-phone carrying students

In my community in Howard County, Maryland, our Girl Scout community collected still viable phones to donate to the Domestic Violence Center to reconfigure and hand out to the women for emergencies. My guess would be that the donated status made them a bit more difficult to trace, as well,

RE: [DDN] Cell-phone carrying students

You can donate them to domestic violence shelters, I'm told. Try the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (http://www.ncadv.org/donate.php) or GRC Wireless Recycling's Shelter Alliance program (http://www.shelteralliance.net/). Cheers, Charlie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original Message

[DDN] New legislation would require schools and libraries to block access to online communities

Hi everyone, Many of you may have heard the news that the US Congress has just introduced legislation that would require all schools and libraries receiving federal Internet subsidies to filter out student access to online social networks. Here's the full text of the legislation: http://tin