So many readers have asked what to do with their old desktop or laptop. Eco Tech is an NGO which can upgrade potentially 1000 computers, employing 120 teenagers and benefiting 5000 people. http://www.jpost.com/Sci-Tech/Article.aspx?ID=224595&R=R1

Israeli start-up United Parents has developed free software to guard children when they use the Internet. Parents are alerted when suspicious relationships or activities are detected. http://www.jpost.com/Sci-Tech/Article.aspx?id=224949

It could be your mobile phone talking. Ex-members of elite IDF Unit 8200 developed Sentigo’s Wall Street Scanner. The iPhone app analyses 15,000 financial web sources to produce stock tips. http://www.jpost.com/Business/BusinessNews/Article.aspx?id=224858

Professor Haim Rabinowitch – one of the recipients of this year’s Kaye Innovation Award – developed seeds for tomatoes, onions and shallots that contribute $50 million to Israel’s economy. http://www.jpost.com/Sci-Tech/Article.aspx?id=224728

The US Department of Energy is investing $9 million in Israeli alternative fuels start-up companies. Israeli biotech HCL says “We take agricultural waste and turn it into food for man and beast” http://english.themarker.com/u-s-investing-9-million-in-israeli-alternative-fuels-start-up-companies-1.367171

Israel Aerospace Industries has decided to enter the renewable energy business. IAI is to build wind turbines to generate electricity. Each turbine will have a three-megawatt capacity. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000654179&fid=1725

Israel’s Spacecom Amos 5 satellite is to provide communications services for Africa. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000653511&fid=1725

Two Israeli experiments were completed aboard the shuttle Endeavour but for the first time an Israeli experiment (as to the effects of cosmic rays on DNA) was left on the International Space Station. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/three-israeli-experiments-conducted-on-american-space-shuttle-endeavor-1.367335

Tel Aviv University Professor Zvi Mazeh has helped identify ten new planets circling distant stars. But don’t book any holidays there yet. They don’t appear to have much atmosphere. http://www.jpost.com/Sci-Tech/Article.aspx?id=225021