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Sony and Microsoft support Obama education push
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony-and-microsoft-support-obama-education-push
Microsoft and Sony Join President Obama in Promoting Science
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| Barack Obama, the President of the United
| States, has launched an initiative called
| âEducate to Innovateâ, aimed at getting
| more people interested in topics related to
| the so-called STEM, which is science,
| technology, engineering and math. And it
| seems that big companies with a presence in
| the videogaming world are interested in
| joining him and proving the educational
| capabilities of their products.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-and-Sony-Join-President-Obama-in-Promoting-Science-127852.shtml
Still fighting against Linux in schools........
Muntinlupa HS named a Microsoft innovative school
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| Microsoft honored Muntinlupa Science High
| School in the Worldwide Innovative
| Education Forum (IEF) in Salvador, Brazil
| last November. The awardees bested 104
| nominees from 41 countries.
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http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/technology/11/27/09/muntinlupa-hs-named-microsoft-innovative-school
MoU! [anti-competitive]
Science and Technology: Serbia, Microsoft sign agreement
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| The Serbian government signed a memorandum
| of understanding on facilitating the access
| and use of IT in Serbian schools with
| Microsoft on Tuesday (November 17th). The
| document was signed in the framework of co-
| operation between the Education Ministry
| and Microsoft. The company's Vice-President
| for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Niels
| Soelberg, said the programme will continue
| until 2013.
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http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/roundup/2009/11/23/roundup-st-03
More dumping against Free software:
Taiwan market: Microsoft launches WebsiteSpark program for small-sized website designers
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| Microsoft has launched its WebsiteSpark
| program in the Taiwan market targeting
| customers restricted to providers of
| website design/development services with a
| staff of fewer than 10 or independent
| professionals, according to Microsoft Taiwan.
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http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20091125VL200.html
Recent:
Open source software to be âalmost compulsoryâ in schools
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| As of 2010, education and training centres in
| Vietnam will have to use open-source software
| to cut cost and avoid software copyright
| infringement, according to a draft circular
| from the Education and Training Ministry
| (MoET).
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http://english.vietnamnet.vn/ITTelecom/200911/Open-source-software-to-be-almost-compulsory-in-schools-879755/
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