The Department for International Development (DFID) has donated more than 1,000 used laptops to a charity that will refurbish them before sending them on to the developing world.

Charity Computer Aid said it has already received 1,100 laptops from the department, which is upgrading its hardware. The laptops are wiped of data and sent to organisations such as a community centre in Nigeria that provides training to women and children to give them the skills they need to access higher education or start their own business.

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As the world plunges deeper and deeper into recession there are big changes afoot in the technology industry.

Top of the list – a huge reversal of roles in one of the most fundamental divides in the corporate landscape – the client-supplier relationship.

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University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust could be set to introduce on-demand entertainment as well as access to clinical applications through a new bedside system being introduced at the trust.

The system is part of a seven-year deal the trust has signed with Azzurri to overhaul its communications infrastructure.

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While users wait for Adobe to issue a patch for the zero-day flaw affecting Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat, there are measures people can take to protect themselves. Here is some advice from security pros on how to mitigate the vulnerability.
– It’s no secret there is a zero-day flaw affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
A solution, however, has been more elusive.
According to Secunia, the vulnerability affects versions 9 and earlier and
is due specifically to an array indexing error in the processing of JBIG2
streams. The situation can…

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Alaska Airline launches a trial service employing a satellite-to-plane Wi-Fi system to provide in-flight broadband for laptops, PDAs and other mobile and wireless Wi-Fi-enabled devices. Along with providing Wi-Fi connections for passengers, Row 44’s satellite-based technology also provides the airlines with a broadband link for operational data.
– Alaska Airlines joined the industry race to add in-flight
Wi-Fi service Feb. 26, debuting the service on a handful of Boeing 737-700s.
The service is initially being offered for free on flights between Seattle and San Jose, Calif.

After the trial period, Alaska Airlines said it would determine …

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