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Digital Donation: Three leading technology companies will donate $130 million in computer equipment to the United Negro College Fund's technology campaign in an attempt to eradicate the "digital divide" between minority students and their white classmates in higher education.

The AT&T Corp., the International Business Machines Corp., and the Microsoft Corp. will give away computers, software, system upgrades, and technology support to 39 private, historically black colleges and universities over three years, the fund announced this month. All the institutions are affiliated with the UNCF, a Fairfax, Va.-based consortium that aids...

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