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Computer, Internet and Email Resources
This section is relevant for new and experienced Internet and computer users working in both developed and developing countries. It provides information relating to email and computer technology, including internet security, free and open source software, collaborative tools and essential information about establishing networks.What else would you like to see here? Suggest a resource / topic for inclusion on the ADG.
Virtual communities and collaborative tools
- Multimedia Training Kit
- 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
- Trends and developments in Cybercrime in information age: presentation
- 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 youÂ’ve 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