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One Laptop per Child meets the Competition

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

A lengthy article in the Wall Street Journal highlights the effect that the One Laptop per Child Initiative has had on the pc industry. The result is that low-cost laptops are being sold to schools in many developing countries today, but surprisingly few are OLPC units.

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17 Smart Ways To Protect Data At Your Nonprofit

Global Giving

This goes for laptops as well as any servers or databases. ClamAV is a popular open-source option. Use a password manager (like LastPass or 1Password ) to create complex, dedicated passwords for each website or application that you use. DBAN is one popular open-source option to assist with this.

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Cryptography 101: How to Lock Down Your Data

Tech Soup

All of this software is free and much of it is open source. Enigmail is an add-on for Thunderbird (an email application from Mozilla) that provides OpenPGP message encryption and authentication to your messages. Picture it: You're on public transit after a long work day and you accidentally leave your laptop behind.

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Wiki Syntax madness

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I have become a complete devotee of Dokuwiki , which I use locally on my laptop, for my to do lists, notes, etc. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Wiki Syntax madness November 26, 2007 As most people deeply imbedded in Web 2.0, Be Helpful.

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Deadline Approaching for $10,000 Pizzigati Prize

Tech Soup

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. The Pizzigati Prize is named for Antonio Pizzigati, an MIT graduate, early web author, and leading advocate for open-source computing.

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Linux desktops?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

At some point, when I’ve saved up enough pennies, I’m going to buy a Mac laptop again. On the Windows side the hardware manufacturers make proprietary drivers for Windows, and very few make drivers for Linux, or open source their drivers so that Linux developers can use them. And, guess what? I’m giving up.

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The Tech That Will Change 2016

Tech Soup

To attract good applicants, nonprofits may well need to go mobile with their job application process. "The creativity and connectivity explosion via social media, free, and open-source tools, and nonprofits having more direct control in communications and fundraising. One is hiring. Another is surveys.

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