Some teens have high-tech summers, Young people earn good money doing computer work
SAN MATEO, Calif. - Most teens working this summer across the country will be making minimum wage flipping burgers, but Silicon Valley teenager Roddy Knight is writing computer code for $20 an hour - plus stock options. "This is fascinating work," said Knight. "I'm learning so much, and they give

Publication: Charleston Daily Mail

Problem solvers Bartlett kids step out to earn money for computer help.(Neighbor)
Byline: Nadia Malik Daily Herald Staff Writer The children at Bartlett Elementary School can truly feel that they've contributed to their school. All 650 students recently participated in a fund-raising walkathon, which has allowed the Parents and Teachers of Bartlett organization to hire a

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)

Ten School Districts Among the Most Innovative Users of Technology in The Classroom; High School Students' Depictions of Best Uses of Technology in the Classroom Earn Them Computers, Their Schools Grant Money From CDW-G.
VERNON HILLS, Ill. -- Ten high school juniors and seniors from across the country earned their school districts the distinction of being among the most innovative users of technology in the classroom. Students from across the United States submitted essays and original artwork showing how

Publication: PR Newswire

Computer science and engineering majors earn top dollars
Joshua Mills University Wire 01-09-2001 (The Daily Universe) (U-WIRE) PROVO, Utah -- Some computer science majors make so much money before graduation they do not even finish school. Merle White, director of the Brigham Young University College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, said many

Publication: University Wire

Hacker ordered to pay $4,125 in amends for millions in damage Judge bans him from using computer, doubts he'll earn more than minimum wage
Computer hacker Kevin Mitnick, a computer vandal once on the FBI's most wanted list, was ordered Monday to pay "token" restitution of $4,125 to companies that suffered millions of dollars in damage from his exploits. U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer said she doubts the 37-year-old Mitnick can

Publication: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Share hardware and earn extra cash. (John Hopkins Univ professor Baruch Awerbuch predicts metacomputing, which allows computer users to lease time on each other's hardware)(Brief Article)
While you are asleep, your home computer signs onto the Internet and looks for work. By morning, it has done complex calculations for a scientist in London, designed an ad for an Arizona business, and fattened your bank account. This scenario - called metacomputing - could become a reality in the

Publication: USA Today (Magazine)