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Is 2012 The Year of the Ultrabook?

Tech Soup

Laptops and now ultrabooks are much more energy efficient than desktop computers, and so in that aspect, can be regarded as green IT devices. Ultrabooks are light, thin, laptop computers with long battery life and that cost under $1,000. A redesigned, lower cost version came out in 2010 and it took off. What Is an Ultrabook?

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

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From 2005 to 2012, telework growth in charities has been 87 percent. According to the Baltimore Sun , It was, in fact, the giant snowstorm in 2010 that was the impetus for the federal government to push more employees to work from home. As smartphones mature, we’re doing more on them and less on our laptops.

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Is the Used Computer Market Going Away?

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By "post-PC," Jobs meant essentially that computing and Internet use for both work and pleasure will no longer be dominated by PCs, but that there will be an array of smart devices including smartphones, tablet computers, smart TVs, laptops, and even sensing devices in our clothes and cars and other every day items.

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Deadline Approaching for $10,000 Pizzigati Prize

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The winner will be announced at the next Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in April 2012. Yaw Anokwa (2010), who, along with others from the University of Washington, created the Open Data Kit, enabling Android-powered smartphones to easily collect data in the field, like text, photos, video, audio, barcodes, and location.

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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. Office Professional Plus 2010 , 64 bit. Installation Date: September 13, 2012. We worked with library director, Maggie Buckholz, and Janet Royer, the library system administrator and circulation supervisor. 1 ThinNetworks USB Hub.

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Are you on the Mobile Bandwagon?

Connection Cafe

And that in 2012, sales of smartphones are poised to outpace sales of PCs. I carried an old-fashioned flip phone for so long that some of my friends at the Convio Summit 2010 made fun of me. I used to lug around my laptop everywhere, but that led to sore shoulders and a lot of missed opportunity to keep in touch.

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5 Ways Libraries Support Disaster Relief and Recovery

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When Laurence Copel moved to New Orleans in 2010, the city was still recovering from Hurricane Katrina. When the Fort Collins, Colorado area was threatened by wildfires in the summer of 2012, the Poudre River Public Library District set up a temporary library at an evacuation center. Helping Communities Rebuild Through Outreach.