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Of Mice and Men and Laptops (A Kind of Buyer's Guide)

NTEN

I was trying to count the number of laptop models for sale at Best Buy, all the while avoiding the glance of any of the eleven sales associates (AKA "Blue Shirts") that hovered around the computer displays. That's how many different laptops there were on display at my local Best Buy (not counting the Pommes de Cher ).

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The Next-Generation Office Is Here!

Tech Soup

Eligible nonprofits, charities, foundations, and libraries can now request Office Standard 2013 and Office Professional 2013 editions through the Microsoft Software Donation Program at TechSoup: Office Standard 2013 (admin fee: $24). The latest version of Microsoft Office is here! Office Professional Plus 2013 (admin fee: $32). Free Webinar!

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Back to School in Tanzania with a New Windows Multipoint Server Computer Lab

Tech Soup

Jim walked out of there with four refurbished laptops preloaded with Windows Multipoint Server and 16 NComputing thin clients. Last year they built a small-scale hydroelectric generator to power the school. software solution that allows one computer to serve several people in a lab, library, or school at very low cost.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

The comfort level that younger generations have with technology is not lost on volunteer managers. As younger generations continue to age into the civic sphere, reaching them will require organizations to enter digital spaces. As one CVA with a medical nonprofit explained: Our volunteer workforce demographic is changing.

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Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation

Amy Sample Ward

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative: You’ve Come A Long Way Baby

Tech Soup

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for seven years now. It made us think about ways we could bring good dependable low-cost computers to nonprofits and libraries. to scale up RCI in California. households in a year.

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New to TechSoup: 4G Broadband Access from Mobile Beacon

Tech Soup

Get mobile broadband access for your organization with a donated fourth-generation (4G) modem or wireless hotspot from the Mobile Beacon Donation Program. This USB modem is handy for someone who often travels with their laptop, and needs broadband access as they go. CLEAR Stick Atlas. CLEAR Spot 4G Apollo. Internet Any Time, Anywhere.