free courses from Stanford

Stanford is offering "ten courses from Stanford’s School of Engineering...including the three-course introductory sequence in Computer Science...free of charge."

Introduction to Computer Science
Programming Methodology CS106A
Programming Abstractions CS106B
Programming Paradigms CS107

Artificial Intelligence
Introduction to Robotics CS223A
Natural Language Processing CS224N
Machine Learning CS229

Linear Systems and Optimization
The Fourier Transform and its Applications EE261
Introduction to Linear Dynamical Systems EE263
Convex Optimization I EE364A
Convex Optimization II EE364B

free developer and designer tools from Microsoft

Microsoft is offering DreamSpark, Professional Developer and Designer tools, to college/university students at no charge...

You can get:
* Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition
* Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
* Expression Studio (includes Web, Blend, Media and Design)
* SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition
* Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition, with SP2

As well as:
* SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
* Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition
* XNA Game Studio 2.0 (with 12-month Creators Club trial membership)
* Virtual PC

They’re the complete and full professional grade versions.

To be eligible, you must be "a currently enrolled student attending an accredited university, college, junior college, community college, or a tertiary/higher education institution with digital student ID credentials (e.g. username and password) provided by your school, organization or another identity provider listed as a verification source on the DreamSpark Student Status Verification page..."

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