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Wooing interns to Silicon Valley

July 3, 2007 Students working at companies like Google enjoy lots of perks and hands-on training. But a stint at Microsoft gets you a date with Bill Gates. TAGS: computer science, intern, SafeWeb, student, talent, Silicon Valley, Google Inc., professor, founder, food, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft aims to reach next billion PC users

April 19, 2007 New program gives near-free Windows and Office to governments that buy PCs for students to use at home. TAGS: Will Poole, government, student, Microsoft Office, software company, Microsoft Corp., PC, Microsoft Windows

Tablet PCs required for Virginia Tech engineers

June 30, 2006 Microsoft may not be able to sell the masses on tablets, but it is getting them into the hands of some students. Photos: Fujitsu LifeBook TAGS: Fujitsu LifeBook, tablet, tablet PC, Fujitsu, student, school, PC, Microsoft Corp., laptop computer

Students in Brazil get a new Classmate

August 29, 2008 There is more at stake at the largest one-to-one computing project in Latin America than the reputation of Intel's Classmate PC. TAGS: Latin America, Brazil, student, OLPC, computing, Del.icio.us, teacher, Digg, Intel, laptop computer, PC, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

Brown students create massive Tetris game on building

April 19, 2000 Brown University undergraduates unveil La Bastille, a 14-story-tall version of video game Tetris displayed on the side of the Sciences Library. TAGS: Tetris, student, Linux, library, video game, project, video, Microsoft Corp.

School's out to shun IE

December 9, 2004 Penn State urges students to use alternative browsers to reduce risk of attacks through flaws in the Microsoft software. TAGS: Bofra worm, attacker, student, university, Opera Software, Microsoft Internet Explorer, malicious code, attack, Firefox, Web browser, security, Apple Computer, Microsoft Corp., virus, operating system

Gates to students: Microsoft wants you

October 14, 2005 In part recruitment effort, part product pitch, Bill Gates champions the "magic of software" before a packed house at Howard University. TAGS: Bill Gates, student, computer science, audience, Microsoft Corp.

For Philly kids, it's back to the future

September 7, 2006 Philadelphia School of the Future opens its doors to an inaugural freshman class, thanks to Microsoft partnership. TAGS: Philadelphia, school, student, teacher, kid, children, food, Microsoft Corp., laptop computer

Ballmer on car insurance and gay rights

May 12, 2005 In speech to Stanford grad students, Microsoft CEO says he might have ended up in auto insurance if he hadn't joined buddy Bill Gates. TAGS: Steve Ballmer, Stanford, CEO, student, Microsoft Xbox, insurance, Microsoft Corp., console, Google Inc.

Google: Microsoft suit could crimp China efforts

September 1, 2005 The search giant argues that a ban on Kai-Fu Lee assuming his duties this fall would hurt its efforts to recruit Chinese students. TAGS: Kai-Fu Lee, China, recruiting, Google Inc., Dr., search engine company, R&D, representative, student, trial, class, Microsoft Corp., agreement

Microsoft gears up for fifth Imagine Cup

November 22, 2006 First-round winners in competition, nicknamed the student software-development Olympics, will face off in Seoul. TAGS: Seoul, Olympic Games, Korea, student, theme, Microsoft Corp., HP

Toeing the line on back-to-school PCs

July 7, 2005 PC makers push multimedia capabilities and 64-bit processors, but schools are a bit more conservative. Photos: Computers for class TAGS: university, PC company, back-to-school, student, Apple iBook, school, Apple PowerBook, entertainment, Apple Computer, multimedia, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Dell, Apple Macintosh, PC, Microsoft Windows XP Professional

German universities embrace Linux

August 29, 2007 German state signs contract with Novell for the supply of Linux server and desktop products to schools serving 560,000 students. TAGS: Novell Inc., university, Amsterdam, Linux, Linux server, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, enterprise server, city, student, supply, server, Microsoft Corp.

Intel builds $400 laptop for school desks worldwide

May 3, 2006 CEO Paul Otellini touts access to PCs in an educational setting as one way to improve conditions in developing countries. TAGS: Paul Otellini, developing country, teacher, Brazil, presentation, CEO, Intel, student, notebook computer, laptop computer, Microsoft Corp.

Students dream up tech for health care

June 28, 2006 Vibrating wristbands for the blind is among the finalist projects in Microsoft's Imagine Cup invention contest. TAGS: Bill Gates, project, health care, health, student, GPS, Microsoft Corp., idea

Academia gets creative with Web services

October 27, 2003 An MIT-Microsoft research project called iCampus aims to show that Web services can help realize the promise of the Web browser: broad access to information. TAGS: Web service, experiment, professor, student, Microsoft Corp., Web browser

A sunny hiring season for job seekers

June 25, 2007 As unemployment rates dip below peak dot-com boom levels, companies are competing fiercely for the brightest new college grads.Google's strategy for hiring young talentGetting hired via social network TAGS: Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc., recruiting, hiring, student, dot-com, IBM Corp., social networking, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Microsoft Research goes to school

December 12, 2006 Technology alone won't solve U.S. tech education woes, says Rick Rashid, head of Microsoft Research. TAGS: university, education, computer science, student, project, Microsoft Corp., U.S.

Gates wants to scrap H-1B visa restrictions

April 27, 2005 Microsoft chairman comes to Washington to offer scathing critique of immigration rules, says H-1B visa limits should disappear. Photos: Fed limits on H-1B under fire TAGS: H-1B, Bill Gates, student, chairman, Washington, China, Microsoft Corp., U.S.

Keeping watch over Microsoft

October 6, 2005 Professor and author Neil Barrett has a new role: Letting the EC know whether the software maker is playing by the antitrust rules. TAGS: consultant, antitrust, professor, author, U.K., student, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
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