ICT Management

London ICT eBulletin-June 2010 highlights

By Lasa Computanews

A summary of the best bits from the Lasa ICT eBulletin - June 2010.

Free Green ICT Handbook released

"The global information and communications technology (ICT) industry accounts for approximately 2 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, a figure equivalent to aviation" - Gartner 2007. To help counteract this, Global Action Plan and the Environmental IT Leadership Team have produced the Green ICT handbook. You'll need to sign up to their newsletter, then the 28 page pdf Handbook is free to download.

Facebook changes branded 'unacceptable'

Out-law.com reports that Europe's privacy watchdogs have issued a rebuke to Facebook, telling the social networking site that changes it made to the site's privacy settings late last year were 'unacceptable'.

Making iPad apps accessible to disabled users could be a legal duty, says BSI

Out-law.com says that a draft British Standard on web accessibility warns organisations to consider how easily disabled users can access their websites on mobile phones, tablets and TVs. Ignoring their needs could breach BS 8878 and the Equality Act, it says.

32 or 64 bit?

A discussion on TechSoup explains how to find out if your computer can run a 64 bit operating system.

Top tips from Atlanta NTC

Peter Campbell rounds up the top technology tips from NTEN's spring NonProfit Technology Conference.

Ubuntu beginners' guide and manual

The official Ubuntu beginners' guide and manual is free to download and tells you how to get Ubuntu, install it, and then find your way around and it really is easy to follow for non-techies.

Microsoft to release charity CRM in the UK

Civil Society IT reports that Microsoft is to release a tailored version of Dynamics CRM for non-profits and NGOs in the UK later this year.

Office 2010 - a first look

In the article "What Your Organization Should Know About Office 2010" TechSoup examines the latest incarnation of Microsoft's Office suite, due to be released this summer. Improvements to collaborating on documents and the ribbon interface, new photo and video editing tools and Outlook's "social connector".

Microsoft Office Web Apps Goes Live

As Office 2010 launches, Windows Live users can start using the stripped-down cloud-based offshoot, ITPro reports.

Who's using all the paper and ink in your printer?

Papercut Print Logger (Free) logs the Windows user name/pages/printer name/page count/copies/grayscale or colour/printer driver/date and time into a spreadsheet file as well as browsable HTML files. It runs in the background and monitors the Print Spooler on a Windows 2003 Server (thanks to Greg for this tip on UKRiders)

Online backups

The Idealware article "A Few Good Tools for Online Data Backup" takes a look at a number of online services and gives good advice about choosing one.

Does the Internet Make You Dumber/Smarter?

Nicolas Carr says there's a growing body of evidence to suggest the Internet is turning us into shallow thinkers. Clay Shirky disagrees and says the roots of a new reading and writing culture are emerging from the Internet.

Kill accessibility

Gary Barber argues that to improve web accessibility we must first of all kill it off. Make sense?

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