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President Obama launches tech contest for 5th through 8th grade students

September 18, 2010/

Advanced Micro Devices and Microsoft were among the co-sponsors who showed up at the White House on Thursday to applaud President Obama as he launched the National STEM Video Game Challenge http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/Initiatives-31.html . It allows students grades five through eight to compete for a cash prizes, plus tech gear from AMD and Microsoft. They must design an original video game to win.

By Byron Acohido

Full Story: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/09/president-obama-launches-tech-contest-for-5th-graders/1

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