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  1. Windows 7 Imagine Cup Day 1

    Over 74,000 students in the U.S. registered for the Imagine Cup which is like the Olympics for technology. Watch some of the planet-saving ideas in software and game design as students prepare for their first round of judging here in Redmond. Link Removed More...
  2. Microsoft Offers Students Windows 7 Upgrade for $29.99

    For a limited time, college students can upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 Professional for just $29.99, Microsoft said Friday. More...
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    Over the next few weeks, high school students across the country will be taking a voluntary exam designed to test their financial smarts. The 2011 National Financial Capability Challenge is designed to make sure kids are heading out into the real world with a basic understanding of things...
  4. Music teacher accused of pawning instruments

    ORANGE CITY, Fla. — A Florida music teacher has been charged with pawning instruments that belonged to students and the school where he worked. The Volusia County Sheriff's Office said that 26-year-old James Morris was arrested Wednesday and charged with 14 counts of dealing in stolen...
  5. Suspended teacher defends critical blog

    A high school English teacher who was suspended from her job after she blogged that her students were "rude, disengaged, lazy whiners," said on Wednesday that she did nothing wrong. "Some of the students, parents and administrators don't want to hear the truth," said Natalie Munroe, 30, a...
  6. VIDEO Waterproof Notepad Helps You Record Ideas in the Shower

    Waterproof Notepad Helps You Record Ideas in the Shower Some people do their best scrubbing in the shower; others do their best thinking. Just ask Mark Knudsen, a Michigan-based, self-professed "shower thinker" with a penchant for coming up with great ideas while showering. A couple...
  7. World War II Veteran Gets High School Diploma 67 Years Later

    World War II Veteran Hilberto Rodriguez Gets High School Diploma 67 Years Later Hilberto Rodriguez graduated from Garfield High School in Los Angeles this week -- a mere 67 years late. Rodriguez, 86, was meant to graduate in the class of 1944, KABC reported. But history intervened in...
  8. Windows 7 PDC '10: Student Apps for Windows Phone 7

    This year at the PDC we took advantage of the large amount of students creating apps for the new Windows Phone 7. In this clip I sat down with 5 students from across the globe to learn about how the spent their time at PDC and what apps that had each created. Good stuff! Link Removed Link Removed
  9. Windows 7 Microsoft's Adaptive Keyboard at UIST

    You may recall us thinking outloud about the idea of an advanced keyboard using LCD displays for each key and a touch LCD panel across the top. We call it our Adaptive Keyboard and it's an idea that Steven Bathiche has been thinking about for many years in our Link Removed. This year we gave...
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    Windows 7 I can connect to my college network but i have no internet access

    I have previously been able to connect to my school's network, but lately my internet won't work. I have disconnected and reconnected. I have rebooted and can not seem to find the solution to the problem. The other students here are connecting to the network and have complete internet access...
  11. 1 in 4 Students Using Mac: Report

    According to a recent study by higher-education research company Student Monitor, more and more university and college students are buying up Apple laptops. Apple's growth in this lucrative market has led one analyst to question whether or not Microsoft is staying in touch with younger tech...
  12. India Unveils 'Laptop' Costing $35

    India Unveils 'Laptop' Costing $35 India's Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal unveiled a touchscreen tablet that he claims they will be able to produce for just $35. The device is being aimed at students, and seems to be taking the One Laptop Per Child idea and running with it...
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    Windows Vista How to protect my computer from viruses?

    I am a student of computer field, I use to play and download games through internet. After downloading games I found that the games do not work properly and also the system. Is this due to a virus? So, is there any idea to download games and other things without any virus?
  14. Windows 7 No email recieved?

    Hey guys, first time posting here :) A friend recently told me about the offer microsoft was doing for a cheaper version of windows 7 for students. So i visited the microsoft website and read that you need an ac.uk email which my college does not supply. So i visited this page: Link Removed...
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    Windows 7 Ultimate Steal Anyone?

    Hey, I realize in a previous post on these forums - AkoCham was gracious enough to share a link on the Pre-order of W7 for students. No one has mentioned this yet to my knowledge, but does anyone know if 'all' Ultimate Steal Software will be available similar to Vista? Namely Office 2010...
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    Dreamspark and Expression Studio 3...

    Do you think that when Expression Studio 3 comes out with the release of Silverlight 3.0, it'll be available for students on dreamspark? Does anyone know how long it takes Microsoft to put up their newly released software? Now if only they'd let you get obscure software like visio...
  17. Windows 7 office 2007 ultimate

    I found this site the hard way late last Friday night. The wife is finishing up her bachelors degree online with UNCW. While doing one of her many assignments, one of the instructors required that she used MS Publisher to submit her work in with. She come running to me explaining what happened...
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    Windows 7 New deal from Microsoft

    Equipt. What is it? Microsoft Home Student Office plus Microsoft Anti-Virus for around $70.00. Link Removed due to 404 Error