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Sierra eRiders Activity Photos in Slides
Software Freedom Day Celebration 2009
Free Computer Training for Secondary School's Pupils
Free Computer Training for Secondary School's Pupils
Free Computer Training for Secondary School's Pupils
Free Computer Training for Secondary School's Pupils
Free Computer Training for Secondary School's Pupils
Free Computer Training for Secondary School's Pupils
Free Computer Training for Secondary School's Pupils
Free Computer Training for Secondary School's Pupils
ICT training for Community Radio Network staff in Sierra Leone
ICT training for Community Radio Network staff in Sierra Leone
ICT training for Community Radio Network staff in Sierra Leone
ICT training for Community Radio Network staff in Sierra Leone
ICT training for NMJD staff in Sierra Leone
ICT training for NMJD staff in Sierra Leone
Media training for West African journalist - IDLELO 4 Accra Ghana
Installing Ubuntu Operating System
Ubuntu Training
Installing and Networking Makeni Widmifery School Computer Library
Installing and Networking Makeni Widmifery School Computer Library
Installing and Networking Makeni Widmifery School Computer Library
Installing and Networking Makeni Widmifery School Computer Library
Offloading CLASSworks' Computers from VIAFRICA for five Secondary Schools in Freetown
Installing VIAFRICA CLASSworks Computers at five Secondary Schools in Freetown
Ten Teachers from five Secondary Schools in Freetown undergoing CLASSworks training at Sierra eRiders
The Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) was established in 2000 as a part of the global network of autonomous Soros Foundations. OSIWA promotes open societies where democracy, good governance, the rule of law, basic freedoms and widespread civic participation prevail.
International News
Facebook hits 500m user milestone
Social network giant Facebook has registered its 500 millionth member, the firm has announced.
The site, which launched in 2004, has gained around 100 million new users in the last six months.
Thousands of blogs shut down over 'terrorist material'
A web hosting company has said it shut down a blogging platform that was home to over 70,000 bloggers because a "link to terrorist material" and an al-Qaeda "hit list" was posted to the site.
Using computers to teach children with no teachers
A 10-year experiment that started with Indian slum children being given access to computers has produced a new concept for education, a conference has heard.
Open Source Hardware Gets Defined
Members of the open source hardware community publicly issued a list of standards that define a specific piece of hardware as open source. Among the signatures on the document were MIT Media Lab and Arduino lead software developer David Mellis, Adafruit founder Limor Fried, Creative Commons VP of Science John Wilbanks, and Wired editor and DIY Drones founder Chris Anderson.
Can You Really Trust Facebook?
Responding to yet another user uproar, Facebook recently made efforts to simplify its privacy controls and introduce some other welcome changes. They're good steps to take--but considering that Facebook had to be forced to respect users' basic wishes regarding their own information, it suggests a serious disconnect in how the company and its users view privacy.
Fighting back against web attacks
Hi-tech criminals are not very good at securing the tools they use to attack websites, suggests research.
Security experts have found that many of the kits used by cyber criminals are riddled with bugs and vulnerabilities.
WordPress 3.0 Blogging Software Released
A new version of the popular open-source blogging software WordPress has been posted, the cadre of volunteers behind the software announced on Thursday.
Version 3.0, is the 13th major release of the software, and contains over 2,700 changes -- including 1,217 bug fixes -- that were provided by 218 volunteers.
San Francisco set to pass cell phone radiation law
San Francisco is set to be the first city in the US to require mobile phone retailers to post radiation levels next to handsets they sell.
The board of supervisors, or council, voted 10-1 to approve the measure, with final approval expected next week.
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 Get Ubuntu operating system, perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser,
presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging, media players, games and
much more. |
 OpenDisc is a high quality collection of open source software (OSS) for the Microsoft Windows operating system.The majority of programs featured on OpenDisc and OpenEducationDisc are also available on Linux. See a categorize list of programs available in the OpenDisc & OpenEducationDisc. |
|  OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It can also read and write
files from other common office software packages. |
 The award-winning Firefox Web browser has security, speed and new features that will change the way you use the Web. Don’t settle for anything less. |
| Collect copies of the Ubuntu CDs, OpenDisc and OpenEducationDisc from Sierra eRiders office or you can directly grab the .ISO image file of the disc by clicking on the various icons. |
Campcaster is a free, open source radio suite enabling live broadcast and scheduling for radio stations, whether their transmission is analogue, digital or online. Campcaster runs on Linux. |
The
OpenEducationDisc is a modification of the OpenDisc format by Teachers
and Computer Specialists with a passion for education. The purpose of
it is to provide students with the software that they need to complete
school work at home.
