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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: contest, winner, Apple iMac, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, California, Apple Computer, method, CD, Intel, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Cisco, MTV tap college students for ideas

May 14, 2007 The two companies team up again to give five teams of university students grants to develop new media projects. TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., MTV, grant, winner, college student, broadband, idea, video

Election 2006: How tech-friendly are the winners?

November 8, 2006 CNET News.com recently rated each member of Congress on how tech-friendly they are. So how did our scorecard winners and losers do? TAGS: Democrat, Republican, winner, Computer Associates International Inc.

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, Intel, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, PC

Parents the winner in Leopard, Vista showdown

November 20, 2007 Microsoft and Apple have significantly improved the parental controls of their operating systems, assuming people know how to use them.Images: Controlling kids' surfing via OS TAGS: showdown, margin, winner, Apple Computer, control, computer company, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., operating system

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, Apple Computer, camera

MIT honors humanitarian tech invention

May 3, 2007 Ideas Competition award winners applied tech creativity to controlling disease in impoverished communities.Photos: Humanitarian tech at MIT TAGS: patient, winner, worker, health, cell phone, solution, monitor

Racing from idea to prototype at Macworld

January 17, 2007 Accessory maker Mophie solicited iPod case designs, picked three winners and produced samples by the end of the week.Images: The next great iPod accessory? TAGS: booth, Macworld, product marketing, Apple iPod, winner, accessory, Apple iPhone, Apple Computer, idea, e-mail

Meet the new science wunderkinds

March 15, 2006 Teen scientists honored at Intel's prestigious annual contest for high-school seniors. Photos: Finalists show off projects TAGS: Utah, scholarship, contest, science, Sun Microsystems Inc., winner, Maryland, Intel, California

Microsoft dishes out academic grants

February 16, 2006 Software giant allocates $1 million in funding to academic researchers in countries around the world. TAGS: RFP, Trustworthy Computing, curriculum, grant, software engineering, local search, researcher, proposal, university, recipient, winner, research, information technology, Microsoft Corp., security, knowledge

Teen repellant takes Ig Nobel Peace Prize

October 6, 2006 Insights into dung beetles, hiccups, woodpeckers and spaghetti also took honors at Harvard's Nobel spoof. TAGS: award, demonstration, winner, recipient, scientist, photograph

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, contest, vehicle, agency, winner, challenge
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