We students love free stuff. Scott Guthrie is announcing the free PDF download for the tutorial section of their newest book on ASP .MVC.
Luke
Aussie MSP Lead
The University of Western Australia
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As we are gearing up for the new academic year here in Australia, I would like to remind everyone that the It’s Not Cheating Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate for $75.00 deal is still on.
Here’s how it works:
If you are a university or TAFE student, or staff member, you can use your institution E-mail address to get Microsoft Office 2007 completely legal for $75.00 outright or as a $25/year subscription.
You purchase online, and can download the software instantly or have it sent to you by mail.
Either way, you are up and running quickly, easily and cost effectively, ready to go for the new year.
Click on the banner to get your copy now!
Luke
UWA MSP
Hot off the press – Group Shot is a nifty little toy from Microsoft Research that solves the group shot problem. Have you ever taken multiple photos of a group of people, only to be thwarted time and time again by different people closing their eyes?
Group Shot solves this by allowing you to select the “good parts” (i.e. all those open eyes) of all the images and then joining everything together into one final shot. You can use this to make sure that everyone in that family shot is looking at the camera, and that those unwanted photobombers are history!
Check out the example (and tutorial) or go straight to Group Shot for a download.
It’s exam period as well, so Good Luck to all, and stay tuned for exciting happenings coming to a University near you!
UWA MSPs are pleased to announce Installfest 08.
The idea behind InstallFest is to help out students and staff get software on their PCs that they may normally find difficult, such as downloading large amounts of data from MSDNAA.
We will have hard media available for people to install from, and Installfest techs available for questions.
Venue: Computer Science Room 1.24
Date: Monday 7th Apri
Time: 1pm – 3pm
For more information, please post at http://forum.wamsp.com.au
So it’s official. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 has been released to end users for download.
We at WAMSP have been using SP1 for awhile now, and I can honestly say, it makes Vista the Windows OS you want on your desktop. Faster file copies, less UAC prompts and other good stuff.
Read all about it on the Vista SP1 Overview page.
Or just Download it from these links:
Microsoft Downloads: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (x32)
Microsoft Downloads: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (x64)
Remember, most Computer Science students have access to Windows Vista completely free of charge via the MSDNAA program. So if you haven’t already loaded it, or you were waiting for SP1, now is a great time to try it out.
Luke
MSP (UWA)
Many of you may have heard the recent announcements regarding Internet Explorer 8 and it’s change to now render in Standards Mode by default.
Well here is your chance to get a preview at that, and start seeing how this is going to impact your development in the futre. When Microsoft released Internet Explorer 7, it broke a lot of sites, simply because the developers were too lazy to test beta versions with their products. Make sure you test it out before it is released.
Apart from rendering in standards mode by default, IE8 includes some new features that are:
Activities
WebSlices
Favorites Bar
Automatic Crash Recovery
Improved Phishing Filter
You can download the beta at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ie8/readiness/Install.htm
Luke
MSP (UWA)
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Feb. 18, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates today will unveil a software giveaway that will ultimately provide millions of college and high school students around the world with access to the latest Microsoft developer and designer tools at no charge to unlock their creative potential and set them on the path to academic and career success.
The Microsoft DreamSpark student program (http://channel8.msdn.com) makes available, at no charge, a broad range of development and design software for download. The program is now available to more than 35 million college students in Belgium, China, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S. Broad global coverage, as well as an expansion of the program to high school students around the world, potentially reaching up to 1 billion students worldwide, will continue throughout the next year. Gates will share details with students and faculty at Stanford University as part of a U.S. and Canada college tour that kicks off today.
“We want to do everything we can to equip a new generation of technology leaders with the knowledge and tools they need to harness the magic of software to improve lives, solve problems and catalyze economic growth,” Gates said. “Microsoft DreamSpark provides professional-level tools that we hope will inspire students to explore the power of software and encourage them to forge the next wave of software-driven breakthroughs.”
Click here for the entire article.
Unfortunately Australian students won’t have access until around the middle of this year, your local MSP will be able to tell you more closer to the release date. Until then, there have been reports that students with an International Student ID can register and start benefiting from the free software right away.