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The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show: Not Many New Green Gadgets Under the Sun

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GreenTech has covered the annual Consumer Electronics Show in the past since many nonprofits (especially smaller ones) often buy consumer-grade products rather than enterprise- or business-grade. Around the time of the show, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) released its CEA 2010 Sustainability Report. read more.

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Six Things to Know in Nonprofit Technology News

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Read up on "ingestible" electronic pills, cloud storage price wars, how the Star Trek Tricorder has come to life, and more. Electronic Pills: Coming Soon to a Stomach Near You. The ingestible sends an electronic signal to a band aid-like patch on the patient’s skin recording that the patient took the pill.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

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One of my great joys in my long career in nonprofit technology has been seeing the extraordinary success of so many women in our field. By 2011, American women surpassed men in gaining college degrees , including advanced degrees. According to the nonprofit American Association of University Women , the U.S. Full disclosure.

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How Quickbooks Helps a Nonprofit Recharge Teenagers

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The organization uses donated Intuit Quickbooks for Nonprofits from TechSoup to track grants and automate payroll so that it can help more and more kids. And 60 Minutes recently did a segment on it as a technique to counterbalance our obsession with electronics devices. As we grow, Quickbooks for Nonprofits meets our needs."

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Refurbishment Arrives On the Big Stage

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This past July the Obama Administration announced its National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship. It is the United States' first comprehensive policy that addresses the proper handling of used or discarded electronics devices. A federal Interagency Task Force on Electronics Stewardship developed the national strategy.

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Important Considerations for Nonprofits When Applying for IRC 501(c)(3) Status: Part 1

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This is the first of a three-part blog series I have prepared pertaining to the Federal tax aspects of tax-exempt organizations, more commonly known as nonprofits. I retired from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) at the end of 2011 after 25 years of service. Tax Resources for Nonprofits. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations.

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Is the Used Computer Market Going Away?

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The post-PC era was announced in March 2011 by the late Apple founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, during the launch of the iPad2. The post-PC world was inadvertently ratified by HP when it made a dramatic announcement in August 2011 about trying to get out of the PC hardware business. Order volumes have increased 25 percent in 2011.