Thursday, school officials said they purchased 1,000 wireless laptops that fit on a desk alongside textbooks and notebooks, as well as give students the opportunity to build a digital portfolio of essays, drawings and other creations.
Read more »Fresno Unified officials buy 1,000 wireless laptops that will fit on students' desktops.
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A California city rebuilds network using all open source software
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When the city of Madera, Calif., needed a new voice system, it turned to open source technology -- not just for the IP telephony but for an entire network-infrastructure overhaul and loads of other functions. All the renovations cost less than half the estimated price of deploying a commercial VoIP system alone.
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How to get FOSS boxes from Microsoft in Calif -- for FREE !!
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It's now possible for public school districts in California (and maybe Iowa) to acquire decent Free Open Source Software computers, courtesy of Microsoft. The purpose of this article is to lay out the basic process involved, because the documentation available on the official websites is murky, at best. Hopefully this article will summarize the process a bit.
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How open source saved a school district’s IT department
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California district slashes expenses, improves productivity with open source software
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