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Microsoft's Ecohero: How Sean Nicholson Is Saving the Earth

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This was mainly because refurbishers couldn't afford to put legal Windows licenses on used equipment. Refurbishers could either pay full price for licenses (and thereby price their equipment out of the market), or use pirated versions of Windows. The PC refurbishment industry was but a small, shadowy thing.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

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This virtual desktop solution connects to a nonprofit or school’s existing computer system very quickly and allows older computers to run Windows 7 and Windows applications as well as new PCs. in Namibia is showing the way for providing Internet access in Africa. gear up to administer standardized tests digitally next year.

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