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The Real Power of the Purse

Connection Cafe

million Red Cross text campaign to aid victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake was put together by a team of women…” “But the real surge in woman's philanthropy may be yet to come.” So, here you go: The 2011 Study of High Net Worth Women's Philanthropy. What do Women Want in a Laptop? (a

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Is the Used Computer Market Going Away?

Tech Soup

The post-PC era was announced in March 2011 by the late Apple founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, during the launch of the iPad2. The post-PC world was inadvertently ratified by HP when it made a dramatic announcement in August 2011 about trying to get out of the PC hardware business. Order volumes have increased 25 percent in 2011.

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Does the Used IT Market Have a Future?

Tech Soup

This is an update of a TechSoup article we posted online in November 2011. During the intervening two years, we have entered the “post-PC” era in which laptop and desktop computers are being superseded by tablets, phones and other mobile devices. And indeed sales of new PCs and laptops are declining.

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Deadline Approaching for $10,000 Pizzigati Prize

Tech Soup

There's still time to submit your nomination before October 31, 2011 for this year's Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public interest. Each year, the Tides Foundation awards a $10,000 cash grant to an individual or group who has created an open-source software project that benefits nonprofits and movements of social change.

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Are E-Books Greener Than Printed Books?

Tech Soup

The sale of e-reader devices and tablets has skyrocketed since the introduction of the Amazon Kindle in 2007 and the Apple iPad in January 2010. People now read digitized books on laptops, e-readers (like the Kindle or Nook), smartphones, and tablets. More than three quarters of U.S.

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Case Study: Providing Event Attendees with Wireless Internet via Mobile Broadband

NTEN

A September 2011 industry report published by the Professional Convention Management Association found that respondents spent an average of over $7,000 on internet access, and only 37% provided free WiFi to attendees. During the 2010 trial Free WiFi Zone, a few times a day the Clear 4G+ hotspots locked up and needed to be reset.

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Burlington Public Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

Tech Soup

The library also offers free WiFi, a laptop checkout program, and 30 public access computers. Software Donated: Windows MultiPoint Premium 2011 with 8 Device Cals. Office Professional Plus 2010 , 64 bit. Burlington Library has around 600 patrons who use library computers each day. One M&A Technology Core I5 3.33

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