A Digital Divide? The Research Says No!

Aidan Rooney, CM writes, “Recent research informs us that web 2.0 (social networking, blogging, web- and pod-casting, video) skills are being learned by low-income students at a rate similar to those of wealthier students. Servants of the poor need to look into...

UN, Tech Leaders Discuss ‘Digital Divide’

Mar 1, 2007 United Nations officials met with Silicon Valley executives to discuss the “digital divide,” the growing gap between the world’s wealthiest and most computer literate people and the impoverished masses without Internet access, an...

$100 laptops to Debut With Thai Kids

(AP) — The ambitious project to provide low-cost laptop computers to poor children around the world is about to take a small step forward. More than 500 children in Thailand are expected to receive the machines in October and November for quality testing and...

Deeply Discounted Microsoft Products For Non-profits.

This month, TechSoup is happy to announce that 8 new Microsoft product donations are now available at TechSoup Stock. Please read on for product details. In addition, this email includes an overview of the Microsoft Software Donation Program for your information,...

Reycled Computers for Non-Profits

TechSoup, an organization that specializes in assisting non-profits to acquire hardware and software at very low, in some cases, token prices, announces a new progra  for IBM ThinkPads.TechSoup Stock’s Recycled Computer Initiative (RCI) pilot program is...
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