eBay-owned PayPal has launched a new way for teenagers to shop online with PayPal and in stores with the "Student Card," part of the "Student Account." The account comes with a number of capabilities for parental monitoring.
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Irish College Student Dupes Media With Wikipedia Hoax
When fans across the globe read of composer Maurice Jarre’s death at the end of March, they were treated to a charming quote: “One could say my life itself has been one long soundtrack. Music was my life, music brought me to life, and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz playing in my head, that only I can hear.”
It’s cute, but the thing is, Jarre never said it. Irish college student Shane Fitzgerald did, on Wikipedia.
Student Entrepreneurs And StartUp Companies
I’m going to be giving the keynote presentation at an upcoming event organized by and focused on student entrepreneurs being held on the MIT campus this Saturday (May 3, 2008) from 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.. Student entrepreneurs from MIT, Harvard, Babson, Olin and Boston University and other Boston area academic institutions will gather to talk about startups. I could not hope for a better group to interact with.
Student Won’t Be Expelled Over Facebook Study Group
A freshman at Ryerson University in Toronto has been cleared of cheating allegations for setting up a Facebook study group and will not be expelled from school.A disciplinary panel at Ryerson has ruled that first year engineering student Chris Avenir should not be expelled for being the administrator of a Facebook study group for chemistry started last fall and has restored his passing grade in the course.
Microsoft Student Partners Applications 07/08 Now Open
As you probably know I have been a UK Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) for this Academic Year 2006/2007 at The University of Kent and well what can say, I absolutely love it. It’s everything I expected and a hell of a lot more!
Grad Student Gets Grant to Study Click Fraud
University of Louisville graduate student, Li Ge, has been awarded a $149,923 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to engage in research regarding data mining and click-fraud detection.
My First Ever Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) Event!
Hey everyone, as you know or may not know I’m now a UK Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) 2006/2007 and well I’ve just arrived home from Reading (UK) after spending the past two days there for my first ever Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) Events.
US Defense Dept. Has Student Database In The Works
Your big brother gets taller by the minute. Yesterday the Department of Defense was seen holding hands with BeNow Inc., a Massachusetts marketing firm, has they began compiling a database to keep track of all American highs school and college students.