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2 the clackamas print Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 Microsoft cuts prices for studen By John Hurlburt Co-Editor in Chief Microsoft offers Windows 7 for $29.99 f or students down from $199.99 for general public For years Microsoft has been targeting those who have chosen to pirate their products and hunted them down with the iron spear of the law. In a strange twist of fate, the soft ware titan has now announced it is encouraging students to break the seventh command ment in what they call “The Ultimate Steal.” For any student attending college in the United States, as well as many other nations, the cost of Microsoft’s new operating sys tem, Windows 7 Professional, is only $29.99. The program sells to the general public for $199.99. The operat ing system isn’t the only “Ultimate Steal.” The deal also lowers the price of software bundles such as, Microsoft Office Ultimate is $59.95 instead of $579.95, Microsoft Office Visio Pro 2007 is $55.95 instead of $559.95. Microsoft’s General Manager of Worldwide Education, Alan Yates, explained why Microsoft has created this promo tion. “We’re listen ing to students who M icrosoft have told us they need Microsoft Office for their studies and want more flexible ways to get the latest version,” said Yates. .Student Drake Tolan, who purchased Windows 7 for the lowered price, offers another advantage that Microsoft prob ably considered when giving the program to students on the cheap. “I think Microsoft had a very good idea of where reviews are coming from,” Tolan said, referring to col lege-aged bloggers and users of social media that have started to transform the way information is exchanged. Tolan went on to say that jf they get the program free, “no one’s going to look a gift horse in the mouth.” Windows 7 is the newest operating system created by Students need access to tech nology that can meet their needs ... it’s really awe some that they’re keeping college students in mind when they’re com ing out with this software.. •r Alyssa Fava ASG President Microsoft. Prior to 7, Windows Vista was released in 2007 and was met with disappointment by many who claimed it was confusing and resource inten- sive. Bill Spruit, an app engineer for Clima-T been using Windows it was in the alpha $ testing and was not al of Vista. “It’s a pig. It used; much memory and ii good with drivers" said. His experiences I with Windows 7 has more pleasurable. “In the beginning really good but it glitches,” Spruit e about his experience when it was still in its] ized form. One of the issi Windows 7 attempts! the amount of reso™ Vista required in ordel Tolan thinks that t] has been addressed wl “I like that it’s al less intensive progri Vista,” Tolan said. 1 Associated I Government Presideni Fava, thinks Microsol campaign is a noble v| “Students heed act technology that canm needs ... it’s really J that they’re, keeping! students in mind when coming out with th ware,” said Fava- Fava also mentis might work to raise! ness about the softvi on campus to help! find out about the hil counted products. 1 To pick up the difl software go to www.| com. HACKING: Safety first when it comes to computer secur Continued from HACKING, Page 1 Of course, not everyone knows what program they are using or why. Often, the protec tive measures already installed on the system are what we will use and turn on the local firewall, use the basic virus scanning software and forget about it until something drastic happens. The operating system crashes for no reason, the sud den inability to access favorite Web sites due to the internet browser crashing or that very system itself shutting down and restarting without any apparent cause. Thus we seek the advice from a professional when all options of friends and have family have run dry. Matthew Larkin, a micro computer network and technol ogy specialist, or a computer dude, who works at CCC has given forth some very useful tips and advice on how to pre vent people from hacking into one’s system while on campus. Larkin first said, “Well, I think two basic things you need is a good virus scanner that is up to date. AVG gives a free one and make sure you have the latest dat. file. And the next thing I would do is turn off file-sharing: under tools, folder options and there turn off the filing sharing while at school. Those are my two big gest things to do.” So, grab a good anti-virus 'software, AVG being the recommended by one of the CCC’s own ITS (Information Technology Services) Department. Keep the virus software up to date and close down file sharing; there is no need to share personal informa tion with the masses. “Then to prevent people from the Internet being able to get to your stuff, I would go through delete all your tem porary Internet files using a program called C-cleaner and a program like Mai-Aware bytes to« make sure there is no spy ware on your computer taking your information. As for people on campus being able to get to your stuff, turn off filing shar ing there is no why for them to get to your system,” Larkin went on to say. So, there it is, laid out in simple steps for one to take in preventing someone from gath ering information from one’s own laptop. It sounds all cut and dry, it might be just that cut and dry on protecting one’s system. Perhaps all the hype and fear of hacking can be prevented with the simplest of measures. Turn off the wire less adapter when it isn’t in use, kill file sharing when on campus or anywhere else with a Wi-Fi hotspot and keep the firewall up and the anti-virus up to date. Do all of that it will prevent all, but the most deter mined hackers from stealing all the valuable data stored on the computer and laptops we entrust so much. X Illustration by Jessica Foster Clackamas Print The Clackamas Print 19600 S. Molalla Ave. Oregon City, OR 97045 503-657-6958, ext 2309 Co-Editors in Chief: Kayla Berge and John Hurlburt Copy Editor: Kayla Calloway News Editor: Abigail Neet . Associate News Editor: Annemarie Schulte A&C Editor: Matthew Ostergren Sports Editor: Mark Foster Photo Editor: Tohn Shufelt Web Editor: Brad Heineke Ad Manager: Meredith James Design Editor: Kelsey Schneider Staff Writers/ Photographers: Erik Andersen, Dale Balbi, Carlos Calderon, Robert Crawford, Matt Garrison, Jessica Foster, Jessica Homer, Javierh Montero, John Petty, Brian Steele, Mark Sunderland, Steven Weldon Production Assistants: Jaime Dunkle, Corey Romick, Jessica Sheppard Journalism Adviser: Melissa Jones G oals : The Clackamas Print aifl to report the news in an honest, unbiased, professional manner. The opinions expressed do not I necessarily reflect those of the I student body, college adminis-1 tra tion, its faculty or Tke Print’ I E-mail comments to chiefed@ I dackamas.edu.
