students
Software
9:46AM Nick Broughall | If you’re a university or TAFE student looking for an OS update, Microsoft is offering you the opportunity to upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional for $50. It’s better than paying full price, that’s for sure…
[Microsoft – Thanks Matt!]
Windows 7 Student Pricing Is The Way To Go, If You’re A Student
9:46AM Nick Broughall | If you’re a university or TAFE student looking for an OS update, Microsoft is offering you the opportunity to upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional for $50. It’s better than paying full price, that’s for sure…
[Microsoft – Thanks Matt!] 
Design
Amazing Student-Made Solar Homes Compete In Solar Decathalon
9:45AM Dan Nosowitz | The Solar Decathalon, a 10-criteria (it’s a little bit of a stretch to decathalon, but that’s okay) judging contest, just completed this year’s competition, and there are some incredible works here. I love that each group used its hometown aesthetic. More »
Software
Top Eight iPhone Apps For Students
7:00AM The Business Insider | Not everything in Apple’s iPhone App Store is fun and games: Students should check out some of the handy educational tools and reference guides in the App Store. More »
Gadgets
University Tech Gadgets: Then And Now
5:20AM Danny Allen | From 35mm SLRs in the 50s to electronic-typewriters of the 80s, PC World has a timeline of gadgets that most changed campus life. For me, it was a giant CRT (which doubled as my room heater). What about you? More »
Gadgets
If You Need a ScreamBody, You May Also Need a Vacation
6:40AM Mark Wilson | Have you ever been so upset that you just needed to scream, but you didn’t want to upset your co-workers? Well here’s an incredibly practical solution to that problem. It’s called the ScreamBody. More »
Deals
10:30AM Nick Broughall | Last year, Apple enticed students with a $199 rebate when they bought a Mac and an iPod in one purchase, which essentially gave them a free 4GB iPod nano. This year, the rebate’s been dropped to $179, meaning your best option is $20 for an 8GB nano (which ain’t half bad). Of course, the price of Macs has gone up as well, and compared to the US offer of a free iPod Touch this does seem a little cheap, but as my pappy always used to say*, “if you start complaining when you’re getting something for free, you’re a douchebag”.
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This Year’s Apple Student Deal Not As Good As Last Year
10:30AM Nick Broughall | Last year, Apple enticed students with a $199 rebate when they bought a Mac and an iPod in one purchase, which essentially gave them a free 4GB iPod nano. This year, the rebate’s been dropped to $179, meaning your best option is $20 for an 8GB nano (which ain’t half bad). Of course, the price of Macs has gone up as well, and compared to the US offer of a free iPod Touch this does seem a little cheap, but as my pappy always used to say*, “if you start complaining when you’re getting something for free, you’re a douchebag”.
[Apple - Thanks Ben!] More »
Gadgets
Student Develops Cheap Power Turbine For Developing Nations
2:20PM Matt Hickey | It’s one thing to tinker in your garage to restore that old gas-guzzling muscle car that you think will get you some action. It’s something entirely different to invent an electricity-generating wind turbine out of scrap parts that could revolutionise personal power in developing nations, especially if you’re in college. Max Robinson has done just that, designing a turbine out of spare parts that costs less than US$40 to build out of readily available parts and can power a home’s lighting for up to two and a half days or a radio for over a day. No word on how long an OLPC would last. [Daily Mail] More »
Regulars
