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Comment Autodesk SW is free, not discounted (Score 1) 143

by bombom on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @10:59AM (#48260839) Attached to: Tech Giants Donate $750 Million In Goods and Services To Underprivileged Schools

Autodesk offers all of their software free to students, for 3 years. This article is mistaken that Autodesk is offering discounted software... EDU use is free.
http://www.autodesk.com/educat...

Comment ISRO Mars Mission Casual Racisism (Score 1) 73

by bombom on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @12:18PM (#45413411) Attached to: India's Mars Mission Back On Track After Brief Hiccup

This guy says is better than I can - http://balajiviswanathan.quora.com/Indian-Space-Mission-Poverty-and-Closet-Racism?srid=7qo&share=1

Submission + - Wired personalises covers with subscribers' data (wired.co.uk)

Submitted by Lanxon on Monday January 31, 2011 @03:20PM

Lanxon writes: Wired magazine in the UK printed private data of many of its subscribers on their new issue's covers. But not by accident. The move was to make personalised covers for a number of its subscribers, by using information about each given subscriber the magazine's editors dug up on them from around the internet. The reason: to highlight the current state of online privacy. The magazine's editor explains the reasons and technicalities behind the initiative, which is already causing a stir among UK media.

Submission + - Today's best CPUs compared... to Pentium 4 3.8GHz (techreport.com)

Submitted by Dr. Damage on Tuesday February 16, 2010 @12:42PM

Dr. Damage writes: How do current $74 CPUs compare to the $133 ones? To exclusive $1K Extreme Editions? Interesting questions, but what if you took a five-year-old Pentium 4 3.8GHz and pitted it against today's CPUs in a slew of games and other applications? The results are eye-opening.

Comment Re:Incorrect assessment. (Score 1) 437

by bombom on Tuesday May 12, 2009 @04:13PM (#27927241) Attached to: Microsoft Raises $3.8B in Bond Sale

If you bothered to check what happened to the $4 billion, you would find out that they paid dividends and bought back stock. They didn't lose the money!

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