Boy Scout Collecting Old Computers for Charity
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By Josh Stockinger  Michael Reiff needs your help.  Well, actually, he needs your computer.  The 17-year-old from St. Charles hopes to collect at least 50 aging PCs and accessories Saturday for an Eagle Scout project that will put technology in the hands of disabled children.
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By Tony Deeley YOUNGSTERS in earth quakeravaged regions of Pakistan and Kashmir are back online after receiving a consignment of recycled computers from Walsall Council.
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JUDITH Murray, 91, was oldest in computer class at Tiverton, Devon, until sister Joyce, 93, joined.  (c) 2007 People, The; London. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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The holidays are done at last. Time to get back to normal. Well, perhaps not entirely normal. Our computers, after all, are normally in a state of chaos, cluttered with once-cherished files that we can't even find anymore.
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The trustees of the Springvale Public Library are seeking support for Future Access, a technology sponsorship program.  Local businesses and organizations may subscribe to support a public computer station for a four-year cycle and will be recognized for their donations.
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Computer users are being asked to donate their unused processor power to help solve social and environmental research problems. The IBM-backed project, called World Community Grid, aims to put the untapped
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Nicholas Negroponte thinks everyone in the world should have a computer. His nonprofit OLPC wants to build and distribute the world's most-affordable laptop, priced at less than $100 and aimed at youngsters in the developing world.
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Blog: Recent events underscore how many companies want to help bring computing to the world's children--so long as they can make money.
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U.S. and Canadian residents can pay $400 for one laptop to keep and one to give to a child in a developing nation.
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The project that hopes to supply developing-world schoolchildren with $188 laptops will sell the rugged little computers to U.S. residents and Canadians for $400 each, with the profit going toward a machine for a poor country.
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By James Coates  Q. I have acquired from my son the laptop he used during his last year of college and for a couple years after that. He did a lot of online gaming, watching videos, downloading of stuff from the Internet, etc., that I do not do.
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By Helen Bebbington Contributing Writer  DAYTON -- There was a time when Sandy Rash, 64, of Centerville would have to ask friends to help her surf the Internet for information. Her friends would encourage Rash to get her own computer.
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We think a lot about getting new gadgets, but not so much about getting rid of old ones. The result: old cell phones, defunct laser printers and Pentium III computers gathering dust.
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By Claudia Mel, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 15--Before a new batch of computers arrived at the Learning is For Everyone Program of the East Salinas Family Center, George Flores, 12, used to get 15 minutes of computer time every other day.
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Rural and deprived communities worldwide are benefiting from the increased availability of computers.
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In a world where the quest for the latest and greatest is all consuming, the Retro Kids, who prefer to rummage through thrift-store bins and scour the Internet for their old-school looks, are an anomaly.
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A computer developed for the world's  poor children, dubbed "the $100 laptop," has reached a  milestone: It is now selling for $200.