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Photos: How to destroy your hard drive
Photo Here Tony Roberts (left), Computer Aid International CEO, cuts the ribbon on a shipment of PCs delivered to Kenya and hands over the first piece of kit to a pupil at Starehe Boys' Centre. Disposing of computer hard... [17 Jul 2008]
Photos of the year
Photo 2007 has seen a bumper crop of top tech photos from silicon.com, including the Apple iPod and iPhone launches, solar bikinis, St Pancras' reopening, trips to destinations including India, Kenya and Russia, sneak previews... [13 Dec 2007]
The A to Z of green IT
News The team's efforts saw a sea container full of recycled PC equipment arrive in Kenya in April. A team of three from CNET Networks UK, publisher of silicon.com, travelled to Kenya earlier this year to... [21 Nov 2007]
One billion PCs worldwide by end of 2008
News How PCs are bridging the digital divide silicon.com raised more than £16,000 earlier this year on a 400km charity cycle ride in Kenya to provide PCs for schoolchildren in the country. Click here to find out more about... [11 Jun 2007]
Paul Coby
CIO Profile One of Coby's non-IT passions is history and he's working on a database of Roman forts and military units in the first century AD, while his interest in African and world music (a legacy of time spent teaching at a school in... [06 Jun 2007]
Kenya schools get major IT boost
video A sea container full of recycled PC equipment provided by CNET Networks UK has this week arrived in Kenya to give 11 schools in the country their first experience of using computers for education. The money was raised by... [09 May 2007]
Harambee and the Cisco Networking Academy Program
White Paper When Michele La Rosa of Cremona, Italy, returned from several months of volunteer work in Kenya, he had a vision to improve the fortunes of underprivileged children. She I wanted to help Kenya and... [13 Apr 2007]
Photos of the month - February 2007
Photo Photo credit: Tony Hallett silicon.com's Will Sturgeon took part in a gruelling cycle challenge across Kenya to raise funds for Computer Aid International during February. Honda's new Civic Type-R (above) is one of... [01 Mar 2007]
Stories of the month - February 2007
News Google launches apps suite for business silicon.com also met up with charities Computer Aid International and Computers For School Kenya to see first-hand how recycled PCs are bridging the digital divide. [28 Feb 2007]
Leader: Wise up to PC recycling
Leader Last week one of the silicon.com team was in Kenya to find out first-hand how PCs donated in the UK get into classrooms in the developing world - and to understand the impact they can have there. The desire to be... [12 Feb 2007]
Photos: How old PCs can bridge the digital divide
Photo Tony Roberts (left), CEO and founder of Computer Aid International, cuts the ribbon on a shipment of PCs delivered to Kenya and hands over the first piece of kit to a pupil at Starehe Boys' Centre. The ribbon-cutting... [12 Feb 2007]
Vodafone, Citigroup team up for m-payments
News The mobile remittance service is initially rolling out in Kenya, with other countries lined up. Vodafone has joined forces with Citigroup to offer an international money transfer service. The new service - due to be... [12 Feb 2007]
How recycled PCs bridge the digital divide
News Last week silicon.com met up with two charities: one UK-based, Computer Aid International; and one Kenya-based, Computers For Schools Kenya, to see first-hand how this process works. The kit then ships... [12 Feb 2007]
Housing charity using tech to boost efficiency
News Will's Kenya diary Housing charity Shelter has signed a deal with software services company Civica for a new client information management system. The system will record information about people the charity is helping -... [09 Feb 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Follow me on my travels
Comment silicon.com managing editor Will Sturgeon is travelling to Kenya to report on the work of charities putting PCs into schools in the developing world. We've also just seen our pictures in the Kenya Times,... [08 Feb 2007]
