Neowin News Feed for: Student

Students will get 3 months of free subscription to YouTube Music and Premium

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 19:22:01 +0000

Google just announced a free three-month subscription service just for students. New members get to use YouTube Music or YouTube Premium entirely free of charge for three whole months before paying. Read more...

Spotify limits its Premium for Students plan in the UK

Alex Alderson — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 17:46:01 +0000

Spotify rolls out an update to its terms of service for its Premium for Students plan in the UK, limiting users to a four-year maximum subscription. The change will be effective as of October 28th. Read more...

Apple issues apology following allegations of racism against schoolboys

Usama Jawad — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 16:24:01 +0000

Apple has apologized to six black Australian students following allegations of racism, after they were turned out from the company's store based on the possibility that they "might steal something". Read more...

Students can now save up to $300 on a Surface Pro 3 at the Microsoft Store till September 26th

Camden Krupala — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 05:58:01 +0000

If you're a student and don't plan on waiting for the Surface Pro 4, the Microsoft Store may be offering a deal you can't resist with models up to $300 off the regular retail price. Read more...

Microsoft hands out $325,000 to student entrepreneurs

Brad Sams — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:50:07 +0000

Microsoft has awarded student developers from this years Imagine Cup competition a total of $325,000 was handed out to teams to help them take their projects to the next level. Read more...

Flexible, twisty keyboard wins Microsoft design contest

Andy Weir — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:27:09 +0000

Microsoft reveals the winner of its PC Hardware Design Project competition - a flexible keyboard that can be squeezed, bent and twisted, offering new ways to interact with computers and devices. Read more...

Microsoft updates DreamSpark with new apps

Brandon Boyce — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:56:01 +0000

DownloadSquad is reporting Microsoft has updated their DreamSpark website and added applications that are now available for download. DreamSpark is a service Microsoft has provided for high school and university students to download and get... Read more...

Wikipedia suffers mass editor loss

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:38:26 +0000

Staple student reference site Wikipedia has come under some hard times recently. The English language version of the site is crying out for $7.5 million USD worth of support to keep the site up and... Read more...

Microsoft: Students to get Windows 7 for £30/$30

Tom Warren — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:26:58 +0000

Microsoft has taken the wraps off an amazing offer for UK and US students today. Students in the UK and US with a valid email address (an email address given by the college or university,... Read more...

Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 40 pound deal: one week left

James Hall — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:30:31 +0000

Some of you have no doubt heard of this offer before, but many out there may not have--or they may have thought it was over. Well, it almost is. UK students who want to get... Read more...

Why China is no good for surfing

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:29:01 +0000

Esteemed surfers of Neowin may have read one of my previous articles regarding the Internet restrictions China is currently implementing upon all new computers within its jurisdiction. The link to which can be found, here.... Read more...

Microsoft kills Encarta, Wikipedia to blame?

James Hall — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:47:40 +0000

According to the Encarta FAQ page, Microsoft is killing off the encyclopaedia--the 2009 versions, it would seem, will be the last. The MSN Encarta websites will, with the exception of the one serving the Japanese... Read more...

Microsoft gives students up to 91% off Office Ultimate

Christopher Vendemio — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:46:00 +0000

If you're a student looking to purchase Microsoft Office on the cheap you may be in luck. Microsoft has just announced the start of their Ultimate Steal Promotion. The new program, through a partnership... Read more...

Microsoft Student Experience website launched

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:48:47 +0000

Microsoft has launched Microsoft Student Experience beta website, which has a lot information, targeted at students. It contains information from Microsoft internships, getting discounted software and is conveniently tabbed under Home, Academics, Socialize, Get Involved... Read more...

Student Develops Paper Capable of 450GB of Storage

Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:03:52 +0000

According to a report from the Arab News, a university technology student named Sainul Abideen has invented a method of storing massive amounts of digital data on a plain piece of paper that he claims... Read more...

Microsoft Sends Out Beta Invites for Student 2006

Steven Parker — Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:01:50 +0000

Thanks SkyyPunk for this submission. The Microsoft Student Product Team has sent out invites for their upcoming beta program for Student 2006 Microsoft Student is designed to be the best homework resource... Read more...

Arizona Student Convicted in Piracy Case

Tue, 08 Mar 2005 12:32:50 +0000

A student has been convicted of illegally downloading music and films from the internet in the first case if its kind in the US. Parvin Dhaliwal, who was studying at the University of Arizona, had... Read more...

Student faces suit over key to CD locks

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 01:57:06 +0000

SunnComm Technologies, a developer of CD antipiracy technology, said Thursday that it will likely sue a Princeton student who early this week showed how to evade the company's copy protection by pushing a computer's Shift... Read more...

Boston College Student Steals Around $2,000 with Keylogger

Fri, 07 Feb 2003 10:52:40 +0000

Wow! Installing software on 100 computers without causing attention cant be easy! BOSTON -- A college student was indicted on Thursday on charges he placed software on dozens of computers that allowed... Read more...

Irish student claims to have speeded up browsing by 400%

Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:08:52 +0000

OK, this, I am very skeptical off... But I thought I'd post anyway, considering that the student did actually win the well respected Young Scientist award, no mean feat in itself... A... Read more...

DirectTV secrets leaked by 19 year-old student

Michael Stanclift — Sat, 04 Jan 2003 08:02:57 +0000

Federal prosecutors charged a college student Thursday with distributing on the Internet hundreds of secret documents that could help television owners steal signals from a leading satellite TV provider. Igor Serebryany, 19,... Read more...