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I recently spoke with Dr Quentin Stafford-Fraser and John Naughton from the Ndiyo project. In a similar mode to the One Laptop per child project, Ndiyo aims to help the developing world get a technological leg-up. But unlike OLPC, which is trying to create a compact $100 laptop aimed at children, Ndiyo using existing PC technology but in a smarter way. It's basically a way of turning a low-cost Linux PC into a server which then connects with three or four thin client devices. It's a really interesting project which has applications in business too.

Watch out for the full feature on ZDNet UK in the next week
http://www.ndiyo.org/

While its environmental credentials may not be greener than green, the oil giant is doing some innovative things around managing its tech according to Silicon.com:

"Oil giant BP is pioneering a "digital consumer" initiative that will give some employees an allowance to buy their own IT equipment and take care of their own support needs. The project, which is still at the pilot stage, gives select BP staff an annual allowance - believed to be around $1,000 - to buy their own computing equipment and use their own expertise and the manufacturer's warranty and support instead of using BP's IT support team."