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Cornell University nabs NYC tech campus

...supported by a $350m (£223m) gift to the university from an anonymous donor, which will help fund the project. Aside from providing graduate degrees... Read more

20 December, 2011
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...s divisions of Neurology and Biomedical Informatics and is supported by an anonymous donor.CHRISTINE - Epilepsy requires a login and password to gain access. Physicians... Read more

29 October, 2011

University to challenge copyright laws

An anonymous donor has provided funds for a university to use to explore the... Read more

5 September, 2002 by Declan McCullagh

Lindows chief funds Xbox hack

...chief executive of software company Lindows, has revealed himself as the formerly anonymous donor of $200,000 (£125,000) in prize money in a contest... Read more

3 January, 2003 by David Becker

Xbox Linux project gets $200,000 developer lure

...on the Xbox gaming console may get more developer interest, after an anonymous donor agreed to pay cash for successful code Read more

2 July, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Xbox transformed into Linux PC

...be run on a machine that has a modification chip installed. An anonymous donor has pledged to dole out a total of $200,000 (about... Read more

3 September, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Linux kernel makes Xbox appearance

...boot a complete Linux operating system and run as a workstation. An anonymous donor has contributed $200,000 (about £128,000) to be parcelled out... Read more

13 August, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Xbox gets Linux system software

...grant of a total of $200,000 (about £128,000) from an anonymous donor, which was awarded to developers for completing various parts of the... Read more

29 July, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Programmer puts penguin on Xbox

...to get Linux up and running with a software-only method. An anonymous donor recently offered $200,000 (about £140,000) for various stages in... Read more

8 July, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Lindows chief admits dangling Xbox hack 'carrot'

...executive of open source software firm Lindows, has admitted he was the anonymous donor of $200,000 in prize money in a contest to translate... Read more

3 January, 2003 by David Becker

First Linux software runs on Xbox

...towards running a fully-functional Linux operating system on the Xbox. An anonymous donor has put up a total of $200,000 to encourage Steil... Read more

9 July, 2002 by Ben King

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