If even some portion of this .... gets installed on a Dell, it would certainly make it easy for me to choose another vendor. Just look at the hours it would take just to decide whether to use this software. Volunteer Tourism? Self Sustainable Apartments? Never mind the hours to get rid of it.

I am sure some of this is valuable work, but pre-installed on every Dell computer??? Even Dell can't be serious about selecting projects based on popularity.

Past Winners - Dell Social Innovation Competition

No, unfortunately not...



And here they are;
"Connecting YOU to the next step in social innovation."
12-In-One system to achieve the MDGs
A Little Sanitation Goes A Long Way: Combating Gender Violence, Creating Alternative Fuel Sources and Establishing Livelihoods
A Sustainable Approach to Nutritional Independence for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda
AAROGYA SANYUJ - A Healthy Society
Administralo.com - A Social Development Platform by means of Financial Improvement for Low Income Consumers in Developing Countries
Alleviating world's energy crisis
ammonification of steam operated engines
An income-generating, environmentally sustainable project that will reduce rural poverty in Namibia
Barco Verde: Sustainable Shipping with a Social Conscience
Building Sustainable Communities Through Secondary Education
Can Mobile Save a Life?
can't donate click here
Capillar Distribution: Massively distribute technology designed for the developing world
Catchafire is the match.com for nonprofits and skilled professionals.
Cheap, Healthy, Eco-friendly, Food for Schools
Clean Hydration is a movement to increase access to potable water while raising awareness about the global water crisis.
Community Connections, A Sustainable Design
Community Economic Empowerment, Cameroon
Education for Inmates
Education for Low Income Students via Mobile Device (Cell Phone)
em[POWER]: Transforming Garbage-Dwelling Communities with Renewable Waste-to-Energy Solutions
Embrace: a $25 Infant Incubator for Developing Countries
Emulating Hydro Electric DAMS at Scalable Level
Encouraging entrepreneurship in students to fight global poverty through microfinance.
Encouraging Economic Empowerment and Food Security Through Scalable, Sustainable, and People-Oriented Technology
Energy saved is Energy generated
Extending the Front Lines of Health Care
Fashion Forward
Food Bank: Fighting Hunger and Poverty in Nairobi, Kenya
Food for Thought
Food2.org, Connecting Healthy Food with the Communities That Need It the Most.
FrontlineSMS:Medic - ICT for Healthcare Delivery in the Developing World
Future Paper, a collaborative newspaper website.
Generize - Building a Climate for Change
Get paid to live greener.
Givology - Connecting the World Through Education
Global Engagement & Networking Workshop (GNEW) Scholars
Go Green- with a purpose!
Green energy has the power to change the economy of your country...........
Green Roofing Revolutionized – Urban Enviroscapes
Harnessing wave energy for boat propulsion
HEALING TOUCH: :YOUR HEALTH OUR RESPONSIBILITY
House a Hero: Providing transitional housing to combat veterans to prevent homelessness.
Increasing Literacy in the Developing World With the Use of Mobiles
INeedAPencil.com: Free Online SAT Prep
Innovations in Learning, education in pods
Inspiring Students to Empower the Poor
KAIEN: Software testing solution leveraging the power of autism
Lighting Africa With Dirt-Powered Batteries
Mobile- enabled Cloud Transactional Platform for the Underbanked in Mexico
Moca: Mobile Care
Multifunction Energy Platform (MFP) Pilot in Uganda
New wave energy device and its applications, Rip Current Power.
Nonprofit Knowledge Network, the hub for smart donors.
Pay It Forward Tutoring
Pi Project: Empowering women through Microenterprise
Pongamia Biofuels LTD (PBF)
Poverty Remover database machine (A Problem free world)
Project on Organizing, Development, Education & Research (PODER)
Project Skill Build Institute
Promoting the auto-sustainable development of a poor community using the education in health and the environment's care
Reciprocal Small-scale Organic Farming in Russia
Recycling Supplies to Save Lives
Relief Development Consulting (www.reliefconsulting.com)
Responsible Drivers' Organization (RDO)
Ride Together, Drive Together
Rural Consultancy
Rwanda Girls Initiative: Imogongo Project
SainTerre - Promoting Health and Productivity through Sustainable Sanitation
Self Sustainable Apartments
Share and Travel: Community/Volunteer tourism as a key for development of rural communities.
Smart Rural Education
sOccket
SolarCycle
Something missing??? Sniffer to the rescue…......
StartUp: A Small Business Development & Enhancement Program Dedicated to Furthering Entrepreneurial Success in Developing Countries
Stress Free Zones !!!
survival of the weakest.
Sustainable and Scalable Funding of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food Production
SWEET India :- Safe Water for Everyone using Efficient Technology
symbiots
The Farmery- Reinventing the Small Farm for an Industrial Farm Economy
The MID Point Project - The virtual dialogue zone for Palestinians and Israelis
The Portable Pedal Powered Nut Butter Machine
Trueque Verde: Exchanging food for recyclables.
TutorChatLive: A Free Online Tutoring Resource for Struggling Students
URBAN GREENING PROJECT (UGP) - Social gains & benefits from urban greening initiatives
Using Innovative Biomass technology for Economic Development, Increased Human Health and Environmental Protection in Central America
Vertical Farming
Vortex Hydro Energy - commercializes a unobtrusive & scalable technology that derives clean energy from moving water
WapGrid: The West African Consumer Protection Grid
Wealthy Health
Wind Shed & Wind Duct-Revolutionary ideas
Work Harder and the World is with YOU.
Working to save lives in Darfur, one hour at a time.
World Communities: Namibia
YouthBank: Microbusiness Incubator for Street Youth in the World's Megacities
Z-Line - Communications for Community

Thing is, I've only seen 99 - so, unless I've made a mistake (quite probably - I'll go back and check later), there's 1 missing...

It appears as though there were two ideas that were very similar;
Lighting Africa using dirt
Lighting Africa With Dirt-Powered Batteries
and it appears as though these 2 were merged - and thus, the reason for only 99 entries listed in the "Semi-Final" pages on their website...