For the past few days it is possible for students with en@nom-de-son-ecole.edu mail address you control Windows 7 Home Premium version for $ 29.99.

This offer is currently only for Americans but will be extended to other countries including the United Kingdom and France but the rates are not yet known.

If you are a student but you do not have e-mail provided by your school it is always possible to obtain an edition of Windows 7 by providing evidence that you are currently a student with such a student card , evidence that shows that you are paying your way, but these elements are those required in the U.S., the elements for France will be different.

Other information, such editions are updated so you must possess either a valid license Windows XP or Windows Vista then.

Site Control Windows 7 to 29.99 dollars

Imagine Cup 2009 has just ended, the final was held in Cairo in Egypt and was 148 teams from 142 countries for the final.

This year, 300 000 people have registered and about 59 000 of them participated in Imagine Cup for 2009

As indicated in the title, the French students have won 3 medals including one Gold:

• The team Help'Aged on Live Mesh won a gold medal
• WikiChildProtect team that won the award in the category Special Suzanne Mubarak
• And finally the team gingerbread won a bronze medal in the category Design

So congratulations to the three winning teams and all other participants

Next year, Imagine Cup is held in Poland on the site remains the same as previous years.

Official Website of Imagine Cup

Result page of Imagine Cup 2009 and previous years

Blog Imagine Cup France

If you are a student and want to develop an application with the Surface SDK then this article might interest you.

Microsoft offers for an internship this summer but only five places available, this course is to create space for 44 days an application on Microsoft Surface assisted by experts from Microsoft, these students are also required to keep a blog (www. etudians.ms) which advised of the progress of the project will be the end of those 44 days, a jury trial to be held late August.

If you are interested, be creative and try to win one of five seats in play, the deadline for applications is June 18

This internship is unpaid but will certainly be a good experience to add to your CV when finished because these students are the first French to have access to this SDK.

As a reminder, Surface multitouch table is presented by Microsoft a few months ago and have can be seen at Techdays this year in Paris.

The course runs from July 1 to August 28 and the candidate (s) selected (s) will be designated a week after the end of nominations, it will be held at the offices of Microsoft Courtaboeuf, Issy-les-Moulineaux.

More information on Surface Academy on the site of Microsoft Student

If you are between 16 and 25 years or you are a student, My Cityzen is currently offering the package Microsoft Office 2007 edition for 25 € instead 800/900 euros.

This pack includes in addition to traditional Word, Excel, Powerpoint, the whole Office suite as Groove, which allows to manage teamwork, Outlook, Publisher, OneNote, or Access.

To receive this offer you must first register at My Cityzen for which a fee of 1 € 50 per year is required which makes this job so back to 26.5 euros.

The software once purchased is available for download or DVD version (13 € to add to the DVD version).

This offer is valid until June 30

Acceder MyCityzen and to enjoy the offer Office 2007 Ultimate to 25 € (only for students and / or persons aged 16 to 25)

Starting this evening, 18 H, you can download the Release Candidate version of Windows 7 in the French version if you subscribe to MSDN or Technet dice tonight but also if you are a student and your school subscribes to the program MSDNAA.

This version will include the latest version of the RC who fled last week but also the compatibility mode with Windows XP integrated into Windows 7 via virtualization, which can be added later with an update.

Also new, the Remote Media Streaming who will share among its PCs under Windows 7's music files, videos and photos through a kind of VPN '(Virtual Private Network) in the same manner as if you had your PC connected to LAN.

If you are neither studying nor subscriber MSDN / Technet it will then wait dated May 5, therefore, to be able to test version of Windows 7 French.

I strongly advise you to wait until that date in case you are not subscribed or because student leak in the version of Windows 7, some contain viruses and are of course in English yet.

Download Windows 7 RC French version (MSDN Subscribers)

Download Windows 7 RC French version (Technet Subscribers)