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COMPUTANEWS No 138 (March 2006)
Bringing IT all back home, reflections on remote-working - newsbits - A full and useful life, when to replace your IT equipment - SCIP get on their bikes, a look at long-standing community IT support project - Working with a Consultant - Close contact, database conference report

COMPUTANEWS No 137 (December 2005)
Hail and Farewell, changes in voluntary sector ICT - Control your Website, Macromedia Contribute - Open Source Content Management Systems - The Reuse Option, refurbished IT equipment for organisations - Capital Volume One, working with London CVS's to improve ICT support - Review of 'The Accidental Techie'

COMPUTANEWS No 136 (July 2005)
Out of Harm's Way, PC set-up and health & safety - Technology and social action workshops - Open for Business, the case for Open Source software - Rural Circuit Riders - R-E-S-P-E-C-T, ICT is attitude, strategic ICT management

COMPUTANEWS No 135 (April 2005)
Opening from the wrong end, what's the way forward with Open Source? - Newsbits - Wireless Networking - ICT Advice & Support where are we up to? Lessons from 2 recent surveys on voluntary sector ICT support - Why you need an ICT strategy - Recent developments in Broadband

COMPUTANEWS No 134 (December 2004)
Database dilemma, finding software that meets your needs - Updated Computanews Guide to Managing ICT - Computanews Survey details - The Circuit Rider Conference - Open Source Moves Forward - Newsbits - ICT and Advice, latest developments including 'Project Eagle' - Pack to Basics, Windows XP Service Pack 2

COMPUTANEWS No 133 (September 2004)
Taking responsibility for IT - Letters, Project Eagle, Spam Inspector - Internet Research - My Office Burnt Down, ICT lessons the hard way - Circuit Rider Project Evaluation - Newsbits - Letters from Home - '99% of websites are obsolete', semantic website design and web standards

COMPUTANEWS No 132 (July 2004)
Blog's it all about? Are blogs any use? - Spam and Virus onslaught continues - London Circuit Rider Conference - Eagle in Flight? New Internet based legal advice support system - Accessible Websites and Accessing the Internet - Spam, spam and even more spam - New Computanews Guide to Data Protection - Newsbits

COMPUTANEWS No 131 (May 2004)
Keep IT Safe - London Circuit Rider Conference - Top Tips - Is Linux Ready for Non-Geeks? - Moving Your IT to a New Office - ICT Training for Advice Staff - Reviews of Sho-Net Systems' 'The Platform', Eric Meyer's 'Mastering the Language of Web Design', and Dreamweaver MX 2004

COMPUTANEWS No 130 (March 2004)
Moving Forward, a new initiative for addressing ICT problems in voluntary organisations - Microsoft Software for Free - Broadband on the Cheap - Review of 'Choosing and Using Open Source Software: a Primer for Nonprofits' - "We can't because of Data Protection" - Web Content Management Systems - Newsbits

COMPUTANEWS No 129 (January 2004)
H@ppy New Ye@r, what are the top technology issues for 2004? - Newsbits - Plan Your Technology Budget - Networks: worth the effort, installing a wireless network - Standards Deliver, review of Jeffrey Zeldman's 'Designing with Web Standards'

COMPUTANEWS No 128 (December 2003)
A step forward: Government funding for voluntary sector IT - Review of 'Budget Yourselves' finance software - Newsbits - Open source: is this the future? - A great exhibition? Linux expo 2003 - Seeds for Change on open source - Open source is on the map, potential and pitfalls - Freeware! Links to recommended freeware software

COMPUTANEWS No 127 (October 2003)
Can advice agencies help .gov bridge the digital divide? - Book review: Governance in the Information Age - Working with IT volunteers - Newsbits - Language net, new developments on the Multikulti site - Realise IT, refurbishing IT equipment

COMPUTANEWS No 126 (August 2003)
RIP Windows 98 - Newsbits - Two New Computanews Guides - Book Review: Wired for Good, Strategic Technology Planning for Nonprofits - C@n I help You? Advice by Email - Dealing with Spam - Hairnet: training at your own desk

COMPUTANEWS No 125 (June 2003)
Elephant's Graveyard, why using old PCs is a problem - Newsbits - Circuit Rider Models - Paying for ICT Support - Working Together, discussion groups - Computanews Readership Survey - Improving Access to your Website

COMPUTANEWS No 124 (April 2003):
Can I see your licence? Software licensing - Circuit Rider Update - ICT Training for Women's Organisations - Welfare Rights, on the case: accessing personal benefit information over the internet - California Dreaming, Circuit Rider Roundup in Oakland - Phone and Data Integration - Newsbits - On Display, tips on your computer monitor

COMPUTANEWS No 123 (February 2003):
IT: only part of the picture, IT support and development work - Letters - Good Housekeeping, maintaining your hard drive - Fundraising software - Multilingual Adviceguide - Newsbits - Alternative Office? Open source software

COMPUTANEWS No 122 (December 2002):
Linux: Penguin Power - Newsbits - On the Move: Handhelds, Laptops, Mobiles... - Where now for IT support? - Safe and Sound: keeping your computers and data secure - Network training at NACVS

COMPUTANEWS No 121 (October 2002):
IT infrastructure support, one step backward - Letters - Linking up in Harrow - What a database consultant needs from their client - A week in the life of a circuit rider - Thin client networks - Book Review: Designing Web Usability

COMPUTANEWS No 119/120 (Circuit Rider Special Double Issue - August 2002):
Circuit riders, a technology support solution for the voluntary sector - Developing YourRights.org.uk - Writing a good grant application for an ICT project - Multikulti Now Live! - Newsbits - Technology Budgeting Basics - ICT Support in the Community Sector, the "Briscit" vision - Going with Open Source software - Using Linux, an initial success - An introduction to ergonomics, how to avoid RSI - A circuit rider's guide to troubleshooting PCs - What to do when your techie leaves you

COMPUTANEWS No 118 (June 2002):
Connect and Survive, get a network - Letters - Review of report 'Leading the Way to ICT Success' - Hosts with the Most, Website Hosts - Circuit Riders Roundup Florida - Bebington CAB Videoconferencing Project - PG Debt 7 Review

COMPUTANEWS No 117 (April 2002):
Broadband - the time is now! - No Place Like Home, homeworking policy issues - Lone Rider, Community Foundation Network Circuit Rider experiences - E-Learning, the new microwave - Newsbits - Managing Your Website Content on a Tight Budget

COMPUTANEWS No 116 (December 2001):
Net Gain, installing a network and project planning - Webstandards Launch - Newsbits - Home Sweet Home, using computers at home - X Marks the Spot, what is XML?

COMPUTANEWS No 115 (October 2001):
Could your IT cope if your office burnt down? - Newsbits - New Computanews Guide to the Internet - Bringing the Web up to Standard, the Web Standards Project - Home, home on the range, the Circuit Rider Round-Up in Denver - Internet, Information or Advice? - Do-It-Yourself Websites?

COMPUTANEWS No 114 (August 2001):
Microsoft: a licence to print money? - Newsbits - Web for the Whole World, Lasa's Multikulti Project - Internet Services: Where Are We Going? - Andy Gibb, an Appreciation - CAB Service: Will Major New Funding Bridge the E-divide? - Data Protection Compliance, Act comes into force in October 2001

COMPUTANEWS No 113 (June 2001):
£20 million for NACAB: what about the rest? - ADSL: it almost works - Howdy Pardner, the IT Circuit Rider - Network or Shoestring - Getting a Website - Newsbits - Book Review: 'Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution'

COMPUTANEWS No 112 (April 2001):
Stop the Internet Rip-Off - Making IT Work Training Courses - Cheap Software - Linux: Alternative to Windows? - Choosing an ISP - Newsbits - Book Review: Reader's Digest 'The PC Problem Solver'

COMPUTANEWS No 111 (February 2001):
IT: use and abuse - Net Access Latest - Five Ring Circus, Olympics website accessibility - In Graphic Detail, beginner's guide to DTP - Newsbits - Mechanical Excavators and Advice - dot.gone, the internet bubble bursts - Book Reviews (including Weaving the Web), Web Databases: a reply

COMPUTANEWS No 110 (December 2000):
Net Access:time for a change - The Getting of Knowledge, the Lasa knowledgebase - Online Databases, an alternative vision - Cheap Domain Names - The Samaritans, saving lives by email - Newsbits - Book Reviews (including Rough Guide to the Internet) - E-services: transforming charities, conference report

COMPUTANEWS No 109 (October 2000):
Rightsnet relaunches - Multilingual Website Development Begins - Newsbits - Infection Control, Email Virus Protection - Web-Based Database Applications, A Dream too Far? - Called to Account, Accounts Packages Review - Unmetered Access to the Internet Unavailable - Babbage and the Clockwork Computers - Handheld Computers - Review of Ferret's CD-ROM 'Social Security Law: Sources and Commentary'

COMPUTANEWS No 108 (August 2000):
Bravo Bureaux! Launch of CABnet 2000 - The Internet Transformed, ADSL technology - Tangled in the Net, choosing an internet service provider - Why Do You Need a Web Page? - The Keyboard, Time for a Change? - Access All Areas, making computers accessible - Lapping It Up, buying a new laptop

COMPUTANEWS No 107 (June 2000):
Bridging the Digital Divide, ICT and Social Exclusion - Two New Computanews Guides, Buying IT and Data Protection - How to Buy a Computer - Online Learning - Practical Project Planning - Celeron or Pentium III Which to Buy? - Beyond Data Recovery?

COMPUTANEWS No 106 (April 2000) :
New Data Protection Act - Windows 2000 - Can Everyone Read Your Website? Web Site design and accessibility - CD But Not So Shabby, information for advisers on CD-ROM - Yellow Fever, the importance of IT support - Staff Internet Use Policy - E-Services: the voluntary sector goes online, new briefing summary

COMPUTANEWS No 105 (February 2000) :
Outlook 2000 - IT, Advice and Social Exclusion - What's the Problem? Managers and IT decision-making - CPAG's Welfare Benefits CD-ROM - Stopped Cold, data protection and direct marketing - CABnet 2000, IT service plans for the CAB service

COMPUTANEWS No 104 (November/December 1999) :
RightsNet: celebration and evaluation - Virus Alert - Advice 2005, advice and IT in the next century - Temperamental DIVA, installing a small network and internet connection - What's in a Domain Name? How to get your online identity

COMPUTANEWS No 103 (September/October 1999) :
Office 2000 - Cheap Microsoft Software Suppliers - Readership Survey Results - Terra Incognita, Useful Web Sites for Homelessness, Refugees & Welfare Rights - So You Want to Set Up a Database - Animated Version of 'So You Want to Set-Up a Database' - Software for Fundraising - Review of 'Computers Can Be Managed: A CEO's Guide' - Standards for Recording Addresses on a Database

COMPUTANEWS No 102 (July/August 1999) :
Joined-Up Services, developments in public legal information systems - Lasa AIMS software - Lasa Conference Report - Missing Link, managing IT and the role of the 'Link Person' - Homeless Pages - Are You Immune? Computer viruses - The Tao of Advice Web Sites

COMPUTANEWS No 101 (May/June 1999) :
Free for All, free internet - Pirates Beware, software licences - Review of The Advanced Internet Searcher's Handbook - Speaking Naturally, review of Naturally Speaking voice recognition software - How to Bring Your IT Plans to Life - Call Centres, the Future for Advice? - Read the web, the web for blind people - Review of money advice program Debt Manager

COMPUTANEWS No 100 (March/April 1999) :
100 Issues of Computanews, then and now - Digital Signatures - Shelterline and the Advice Network - FunderFinder PIN - It Only Hurts When You LAFQAS, Legal Aid Franchise Quality Assurance Standards - Medical Information from the Net

COMPUTANEWS No 99 (January/February 1999) :
Don't Hold Your Breath, progress on new Data Protection Act - The Lasa Conference - Who Owns Your Web Site? - Giving Advice by Email, interview with Manchester CAB - Can You Print a Euro? - Apocalypse Soon, the Year 2000 problem - Buying a Printer - Unauthorised Access, how secure is your computer whilst using the internet? - The New Luddites

COMPUTANEWS No 98 (November/December 1998) :
Civil Justice and IT - Can't Always Find What You Want, Data Classification - Haringey CAB Refugee Helpline - Case Study on managing IT decision making process - Seven Steps to Heaven, Making Decisions on IT Poster - Roll Over or Fall Over, review of Computanews Dealing with the Year 2000 factsheet - So You Want to Get a Network - Virus Hoax Alert - Computanews Survey Results

COMPUTANEWS No 97 (September/October 1998) :
Home Viewing, Digital TV and access to advice - Review of Managing IT factsheet - Multilingual PC Software - Something for Nothing, secondhand PCs - Telephone Advice Friend or Foe, SeniorLine - Review of Inphomagic database

COMPUTANEWS No 96 (July/August 1998) :
Windows 98 - Data Protection Update - PGdebt5 Review - Open Secrets, how confidential is email? - Treble Vision, NACAB Electronic Information System - Grant Making Trusts on CD - Video Conferencing

COMPUTANEWS No 95 (May/June 1998) :
RightsNet Goes Live! - PC Price Fall - Software and the Year 2000 - Installing a New Database - Strangers on a Train, Capital Investment in IT - Quick Guide to Internet Guides - Computanews IT Survey

COMPUTANEWS No 94 (March/April 1998) :
Call Centres for Advice? - Pentium PCs - Year 2000: Test Your PC - CancerBACUP Telephone Information and Support - So You Want to be on the Web? - IT Support Needs of Advice Agencies

   
 

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