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10 Signs That Your Computer is Infected with Viruses, Malware, or Trojans

10 Signs That Your Computer is Infected with Viruses, Malware, or Trojans

Published on: Oct 11 2010 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
PandaLabs, the anti-malware laboratory of Panda Security, has produced a simple guide to the 10 most common symptoms of infection, to help all users find out if...
How to Survive and Thrive with Windows 7 Price Increases

How to Survive and Thrive with Windows 7 Price Increases

Published on: Oct 06 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on How to Survive and Thrive with Windows 7 Price Increases
Microsoft has introduced the Windows 7 operating system, and it seems to be a worthy replacement for Windows XP, which is EoL on October 22. Windows 7 has a much...
In 18 Days, the Worlds Ends: No New Computers with Windows XP

In 18 Days, the Worlds Ends: No New Computers with Windows XP

Published on: Oct 04 2010 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
For the last several years, Microsoft has threatened to end the ability of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to install Windows XP on their hardware. Yet...
Which African Country Sold the Most ccTLD Website Domains?

Which African Country Sold the Most ccTLD Website Domains?

Published on: Oct 01 2010 by Wayan Vota - 3 Comments
If you are a web entrepreneur, you should be very interested in the size and health of your market and your competition. One number that should be prominent in...
How to Keep Quality Staff: Poaching Penalty Contract Clause for Clients

How to Keep Quality Staff: Poaching Penalty Contract Clause for Clients

Published on: Sep 29 2010 by Wayan Vota - 3 Comments
Good help is hard to find, eh? Its even harder to keep. One issue we’ve seen occurring on big ICT4D deployments is clients poaching the best staff from the...
New Life International Children’s Home Computer Lab

New Life International Children’s Home Computer Lab

Published on: Sep 27 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on New Life International Children’s Home Computer Lab
In Ansaptu, Cape Coast, the Students Bridging the Information Gap organization has funded a new computer lab for New Life International Children’s Home, installed...
New Life International Children’s Home

New Life International Children’s Home

Published on: Sep 27 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on New Life International Children’s Home
New Life International basically deals with the care and personal development of underprivileged children (orphans and abandoned) in terms of education, feeding,...
Students Bridging the Information Gap

Students Bridging the Information Gap

Published on: Sep 27 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Students Bridging the Information Gap
Students Bridging the Information Gap, Inc. (SBIG) harnesses the humanitarian interests of students, corporate and faith-based partners and other civic groups to...
#m4D – The Official Twitter Hashtag for Using Mobile Phones for Development

#m4D – The Official Twitter Hashtag for Using Mobile Phones for Development

Published on: Sep 24 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on #m4D – The Official Twitter Hashtag for Using Mobile Phones for Development
On the Twitter social network, people use hashtags, the “#” symbol followed by letters and numbers or a word to signify a Tweet in relation to a specific...
Which African Country Leads in ICT Expenditures? The Answer will Surprise You!

Which African Country Leads in ICT Expenditures? The Answer will Surprise You!

Published on: Sep 22 2010 by Wayan Vota - 5 Comments
The World Bank’s Open Data initiative is intended to provide unfettered access to the World Bank’s data catalog, including databases, pre-formatted tables...