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TripAdvisor, one of the biggest travel guide websites on the world wide web, has come up with an interesting idea to give back to the community.  It will come in a shape of a big donation and will be given to a worthy cause.

The best part is that you can vote where the money goes to.  There are 5 options: Conservation International, Doctors Without Borders, National Geographic Society, The Nature Conservancy, and Save the Children. You’ve got until the 12th of November to vote on the organization that should receive $1M.

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MSI has recently unveiled a new special edition for its Wind netbook, the Love Edition and it will support the Global Charity Program. The new special edition Wind will be available in pure white with tans, bright silver and shining gold hearts on the casing. It will otherwise keep the same specs as the standard edition Wind.

With the introduction of this netbook, MSI is also launching the “Love with the Wind” global charity program which will help “poor children” in countries such as Taiwan, China, Poland, Ukraine, Turkey, Russia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Korea and India learn to use computers.

According to MSI, their goal is to “make a concrete contribution to bridge the digital divide and encourage others to show their care as well.“

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In a move similar to Circuit City, but not quite as generous an offer, Canada’s Future Shop is helping those customers that were unfortunate enough to commit to the now dead HD DVD format.

The offer from Future Shop does have some nice points and some limitations. First off they are accepting standalone HD DVD players that were purchased anywhere. The offer gives customers $100 that they can use to purchase either an LG or Samsung Blu-ray/HD DVD combo player. This does mean that you have a pretty limited selection, but at least you can still play any HD DVD movies that you already purchased, plus any new Blu-ray titles that you pick up in the future.

If you are looking to trade-in your HD DVD player you may want to act quickly, the offer ends on April 3, 2008. The players that Future Shop receives from the trade-in program will all be donated to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada so they can be used in their after-school and evening programs.

Read [Future Shop] Via [Engadget]

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