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Vista, Leopard, Linux to compete in hack contest

February 7, 2008 An ethical hacking contest will pit the three operating systems against each other next month at CanSecWest conference. TAGS: contest, hacking, Linux, researcher, Apple MacBook, Microsoft Windows Vista, security, conference, Apple Computer, laptop computer, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Windows XP-on-Mac contest declares winner

March 16, 2006 Getting the Windows operating system to boot on the new Intel-run machines leads to a nearly $14,000 prize. TAGS: Apple Intel Macintosh, contest, winner, Apple Computer, Windows PC, Intel, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, PC

Yahoo offers up 10 million free ads in contest

April 28, 2005 Virgin Group founder Richard Branson teams up with the Net giant to select winning entrepreneur who "thinks big." TAGS: entrepreneur, contest, Yahoo! Inc., founder

GM slow to react to nasty ads

April 3, 2006 As part of contest, carmaker supplies ad-building tools online--but some people use them to slam company or protest Iraq war. TAGS: SUV, contest, global warming, opinion, video

Can personal aircraft beat gridlock?

August 4, 2007 NASA thinks so, and it's offering prize money for teams heading to the skies in a contest starting Saturday. TAGS: aircraft, contest, plane, biodiesel, vehicle, challenge

How the XP-on-Mac prize was won

March 16, 2006 Colin Nederkoorn, the man behind the contest to get XP up and running on Intel Macs, talks about finding a winner. TAGS: winner, contest, Apple iMac, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple MacBook, Apple Macintosh, method, Apple Computer, California, Intel, CD, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system

New Pepsi-iTunes promo, same old 'hack'

February 10, 2005 Buy a soda, unscrew the cap, and see if you've won a free song. Sound familiar? So is the way players are "hacking" the setup. Photos: 'Hacking' the iTunes-Pepsi promo TAGS: bottle, PepsiCo, contest, cap, song, hacking, Apple Computer, Apple iTunes, Apple iPod

Can Johnny still program?

April 19, 2005 In wake of the worst performance by U.S. students in a global coding contest, ACM President David Patterson has a few suggestions for President Bush. TAGS: contest, president, programming, winner, U.S., student, school, information technology, cell phone

CA sweetens the open-source pot

August 3, 2004 Company set to announce $1 million contest to drive new Ingres r3 open-source database. TAGS: Ingres, Computer Associates International Inc., Ingres r3, open source, contest, open-source project, database, IBM Corp.

Google, Sony team for 'Da Vinci Code' promotion

April 17, 2006 Search giant's first Hollywood partnership promotes "The Da Vinci Code" and Google Homepage via a series of puzzles. TAGS: contest, puzzle, promotion, Google Inc., Sony Corp.

Public's creative muscle lifts Mozilla

April 28, 2006 Maker of Firefox browser is latest company hoping to generate buzz by turning marketing reins over to fans. TAGS: filmmaking, contest, Mozilla Corp., Firefox, Netscape Navigator, Web browser, America Online Inc., brand, video, Microsoft Corp.

Tiny-screen video gets its own festival circuit

January 7, 2006 iPod, cell phone film contests offer filmmakers exposure, prizes for works in miniature. TAGS: festival, contest, cell phone, winner, entry, student, Apple iPod, video, camera, Apple Computer

Hackers plan global game of 'capture the flag'

July 30, 2004 Online attackers will take on one another in a massive Internet exercise. Could it spill out into the real world? TAGS: hacking, contest, VPN, attack, hacker, researcher, security, U.S.

NASA launches lunar lander contest

May 5, 2006 Entrepreneurs are invited to build spacecraft that can simulate landing on the moon, in a $2.5 million contest hosted by the agency and X Prize. TAGS: moon, spacecraft, agency, contest, vehicle, winner, challenge

MacBook hacked in contest at security event

April 20, 2007 Zero-day vulnerability in Safari Web browser used to commandeer a MacBook in hack-a-Mac contest at CanSecWest conference. TAGS: TippingPoint Technologies, Apple MacBook, contest, organizer, vulnerability, Apple Safari, conference, Apple Computer, security, attack, Web browser, Apple Macintosh

Lunar landers disappoint in the desert

October 21, 2006 If private industry is going to lead the way for the next man on the moon, he may have to wait awhile. TAGS: moon, contest, vehicle

The inventor's life

April 20, 2005 CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos looks at Elwood "Woody" Norris, who got his start in a gag-writing contest. TAGS: contest, turntable, article, electronics

'Copyright criminals' look to remix the noise--legally

February 27, 2006 Aspiring hip-hop artists have to be rich to afford decent samples. A new contest is trying to change that. Photo: One 'criminal' TAGS: musician, artist, contest, culture, mashup, interview, film, voice, song, work

University nixes Mac hacker contest

March 9, 2006 Plug pulled on Mac OS X hacker challenge over concerns about security and network access for university services. TAGS: university, contest, Apple Mac OS X, challenge, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Computer, security

Space festival ready for takeoff

October 20, 2006 The future leaders of space travel will be tested this weekend in the New Mexico desert. Photos: The X Prize Cup TAGS: festival, contest, New Mexico, vehicle, aircraft, co-founder, event
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