Dell Foundation Awards 2006 'Connected Community' Grants to 25 Non-Profit Organizations in Four States
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The Dell Foundation (NASDAQ:DELL) has awarded "Connected Community" grants to 25 organizations in four states -- Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma and North Carolina -- where significant numbers of Dell employees live and work.
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The state is providing $200,000 in grants to help eight communities and nonprofit organizations restore damaged wetlands, Environmental Affairs Secretary Ian Bowles announced this week.  Plymouth and the Cohasset Center for Student Coastal Research are among the recipients.
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The federal government awarded nearly $1.4 billion in grants to support local homeless programs Tuesday, a slight increase from the amount doled out a year ago.
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The state's bid for leadership in the emerging field of nanotechnology got a boost yesterday when the National Science Foundation awarded a $12.4 million five-year grant to a consortium, led by Northeastern University, to create an engineering center to develop tools and processes for building nanoscale devices.
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The US Air Force has awarded a $500m, six-year contract to Microsoft Corp and Dell Corp, to update and consolidate 38 software licenses across multiple sites on more than 525,000 machines.
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RESTON, Va., Dec. 13  /PRNewswire/ -- comScore Networks, a leader in measuring the digital age, today released data on consumer online non-travel (retail) spending at U.S. sites for the 2006 holiday season through December 12.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Wednesday it would provide a grant of 25 million dollars to bring the Internet and other forms of information technology to remote areas of Nepal.
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By Mary Perez, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Dec. 15--PASCAGOULA -- Chevron awarded the first of $18 million in Energy for Learning grants Thursday to pay for technology and programs that will directly affect students in more than 95 schools in South Mississippi.
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Emirates Computers, Intel and Dell announced that they are jointly participating as silver sponsors in Higher Colleges of Technology's international student conference  Education without Borders 2007, which is being held in Abu Dhabi.
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In view of continuous integration of applications between the telecommunications industry and the Internet, a non-profit organization yesterday released a list of the year&#39;s top 10 Internet-related
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Dell will sell special crimson-red versions of its XPS line of computers to raise money for AIDS treatment programs in Africa, the company confirmed Tuesday.Dell is working with Microsoft on the project, which is expected to be announced later this week during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, wrote Lionel Menchaca, digital media manager at Dell.Sales of the computers will benefit (Red), a project started by U2 singer Bono and Bobby Shriver, chairman of the Africa-focused charity Debt AIDS Trade Africa.Companies such as Motorola, Apple and the clothing retailer The Gap have released (Red) versions of their products. Proceeds from the sales go to The Global Fund, a health organization focusing on AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.Dell will offer the XPS M1530 and M1330 notebooks and the XPS One desktop under the (Red) product line. The PCs will run Microsoft&#39;s Vista Ultimate (Product) Red, according to Microsoft.The Global Fund will receive $50 for every laptop sold, enough money for four months of antiretroviral medication. Every desktop sold will net the fund $80, according to Microsoft.
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National Science Foundation grants $12.6 million to university scientists to study worms, viruses and the Net's ecology.
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By Rich Haag, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 18--Five years ago, a Colorado-based company called Neighborhood Link launched a network of free Web sites for more than 500 Charlotte neighborhoods and other civic groups.
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Dell Inc. has launched two social networking sites that let users communicate with each other and with developers and executives at the PC maker.
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A $199,905 grant from the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development will serve economically and educationally disadvantaged adults who lack the technology skills needed to be successful in the workplace.
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By David Blackburn, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Jun. 19--The Volunteer Center is planning the first of at least two giveaways of used computers that are intended for Daviess County homes with children but no computer.
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Google Inc. launched an initiative Tuesday to help charities and other non-profit groups use maps and satellite images to raise awareness, recruit volunteers and encourage donations.