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Computer, Internet and Email Resources
Last updated on
01 July 2008
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Virtual communities and collaborative tools
- Communities @ USAID: technical guidance
- I collaborate, e-collaborate, we collaborate: e-collaboration experiences
- Podcasting reviewed
- Participative web & user-created content: Web 2.0, Wikis and social networking
- Digital Songlines: sharing Indigenous cultural heritage knowledge
- OneWorld Network
- Electronic Teaching-aids At Low Cost
Good IT practices
Internet security and privacy
- 2008 Pacific Islands computer crime & security survey
- NetAlert: Australia's Internet safety advisory body
- Free firewalls for Windows, Mac and Linux
- Understanding and using firewalls
- Internet security for small enterprises
- Norton AntiVirus
- Microsoft security information
- Managing security & establishing a digital policy
- Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner's website
- Independent information on security & privacy
- Australian government fights spam
- NetAlert: what is spam?
- Anti-spam resources
- Simple precautions to prevent viruses
- HouseCall, a free web-based virus scan
- Free anti-virus software
- BitDefender: free online virus scan
- AntiVir Personal Edition: free anti-virus software
- McAfee VirusScan
Networks
- Building a home LAN using Linux
- Setting up a peer-to-peer network using Windows 98 Second Edition
- Securing Windows 2000 Professional in a peer-to-peer networking environment
- Configuring Windows 2000 Professional to work in a peer-to-peer workgroup
- Home networking using Windows XP
- Networking an Apple Mac with a Windows PC
- Trainer's manual: computer networking
Email software and practices
- Introduction to email listservs & and internet mailing lists
- Mailman list manager
- Yahoo! Groups for online discussions
- Pegasus Mail: free, standards-based electronic mail
- Free POP3 email services
- Eudora Email software
- Free webmail from Yahoo
- Hotmail free email
- Access email from your existing account with mail2web
- A-Z listing of free web-based email services
- Accessing the Internet by email: a guide to offline Internet access
Free and open source software
- Breaking barriers: the potential of free and open source software
- The potential of free and open source software for sustainable human development
- Giving away secrets: can open source convert the software world?
- Linux: a free operating system
- eNRICH community portal software
- Open source software: perspectives for development
- UNCTAD report: Free and open source software
- OpenOffice.org: word processor, spreadsheet application, presentation tool and more
- Koha: a free Open Source library system
Free technical resources and internet software
- Tips for ICT users: 57 useful Google tools youve never heard of
- World Bank Buzz Monitor
- DonorTec: donated software and hardware
- CNET Download.com
- Mozilla: a free all-in-one Internet application
- Tucows: free internet software downloads
- Opera Web browser download
- Mozilla Firefox: a free web browser
- Netlingo dictionary
- Online Dictionary & Thesaurus
- Google Earth
- Google Maps
- Google Scholar
- Whatis.com: an IT encyclopedia
- A computer safety and comfort guide
- TechAtlas: online planning tools
- Sophisticated internet search requests
- The concept and operation of cookies
