Microsoft gears up for fifth Imagine Cup
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft's competition to find the best student software designers around the world is now open, with $170,000 in prize money up for grabs.
The call has gone out for any student programmers who think they have a shot at winning one of a number of prizes in the fifth annual Imagine Cup, which has a fund of $170,000. But be warned: your only chance of stepping off with a top prize is through cooperation and teamwork, as the Imagine Cup is strictly for team players.
A Microsoft competition, the Imagine Cup is sponsored in the United Kingdom by Capgemini, BT and Hewlett-Packard. It is an international student competition for, in Microsoft's words, "young technologists around the globe to explore their creativity by using technology to solve real-world problems."