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Gov't to spend £300m on free broadband for UK's poor
News In his keynote speech at the Labour Party Conference on Tuesday, Brown outlined a £300m programme which will see the government pay for broadband connections, software and computers for all children aged between seven and 19 in low... [23 Sep 2008]
'Greedy' appliances to power one million homes
News But as fuel prices rise, commodities become scarcer, and families are feeling the pinch, it becomes ever more important for businesses to use resources more efficiently throughout the supply chain, those that don't will... [14 Jul 2008]
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study The project is aiming to give digitally excluded families a leg up onto the internet by installing thin client Windows PCs, complete with the MS Office suite, in their homes. It's not necessarily that... [17 Jun 2008]
Ministry of Education Boosts Computer Literacy With Low-Cost Computer Campaign
White Paper Around 75,000 families across the country invested in low-cost computers with Microsoft software and free ADSL Internet connections. With very few students boasting adequate computer skills, the Ministry of Education... [01 Mar 2008]
Hipotecaria Credito y Casa, S.A. de C.V. Saves on Personnel and Space With On Demand Model
White Paper Hipotecaria Credito y Casa, S.A.de C.V.is an intermediary mortgage company created to help Mexican families acquire suitable homes. The organization's goal is to offer individual credit and to finance... [17 May 2007]
Web-Based Solution Helps Death Care Service Provider Cut Costs, Scale Up
White Paper SCI, a U.S.billion death care services company, assists more than 630,000 families each year through a network of more than 1,600 funeral homes and cemeteries across North America. As a global leader in... [31 Mar 2007]
Building Disaster Resistant Communities
White Paper It describes the ongoing effort at the Federal, State, local, and individual levels to lessen the impact of disasters upon families, homes, communities and economy. Mitigation involves keeping... [09 Aug 2006]
French get €1 PCs to bridge digital divide
News The French government has launched a PC giveaway scheme to encourage low-income families to get on the net. While around 50 per cent of French homes now have a PC, the PM is worried that only a small... [13 Jul 2006]
Sky boasting of eight million customers
News Our customers' needs are changing fast, so in 2006 we'll continue to devote ourselves to giving Sky families even more flexibility, choice and value. To be part of life in nearly one in three homes is a... [19 Dec 2005]
BSkyB confirms £211m offer for Easynet
News We see value for families in moving well beyond just another triple play to offer a new level of connected entertainment and communications services. According to figures from BSkyB, Easynet has also unbundled 18 per... [21 Oct 2005]
Icann delays .xxx porn vote
News In an unprecedented move in Icann's seven-year history, the Bush administration intervened in the domain name creation process by sending a letter saying: "The Department of Commerce has received nearly 6,000 letters and emails from... [17 Aug 2005]
Korea dishes out $800m on RFID
News Chin said families could start seeing RFID in the home with fridges that track what has been eaten. The South Korean government is ploughing $800m into RFID research and development. Daeje Chin, the Korean Minister of... [24 Jun 2005]
Carriage Services Softens the Loss of a Loved One With Commemorative Items Produced on HP Printers
White Paper Houston-based, Carriage Services, Inc.is a death-care consolidator, owning 141 funeral homes and 30 cemeteries across 29 states; it serves families in need of, mortuary services and has gained a great... [18 Sep 2004]
How Family Involvement and Technology Enhance Student Performance
White Paper Students whose families are aware of what they are studying in school, who are in regular communication with their teachers, and who help to reinforce schoolwork show higher achievement all the way through secondary school. [02 Mar 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.01.04
Round-Up Gates' representatives have selected quiet, respectable families to move into the homes - ensuring the noisy, riff-raff element are kept out of the area. The other quiet families in situ... [23 Jan 2004]
