Released on = June 14, 2006, 11:46 pm

Press Release Author = Jerry Nelson

Industry = Education

Press Release Summary = Microsoft India and Appin Knowledge Solutions, technology
leaders in Information Security and Ethical Hacking today launched Bug Bash 2006,
India's first and biggest ever online competition on information security.

Press Release Body = Microsoft India and Appin Knowledge Solutions, technology
leaders in Information Security and Ethical Hacking today launched Bug Bash 2006,
India's first and biggest ever online competition on information security.

The event will see a large number of college students in India fight it out in an
online competition to qualify for the final round, where they get to work at
Microsoft premises in Gurgaon and compete to find bugs in Microsoft Windows VistaT,
the next-generation version of Microsoft Windows expected to ship later this year.
To participate in this competition, register today at:
http://www.appinlabs.com/bugbash2006/

The contest comprises of a preliminary quiz round, which will be open till 1st July.
The qualifying students will work at Microsoft premises (Gurgaon, India) between 7th
July and 15th July, getting a technical preview of Vista and competing in the
testing and debugging competition for the same.

"This will change the way software testing and debugging is perceived in the
country," said Mr. Ashwani Sharma, Microsoft India. Appin Knowledge Solutions,
creators of world-renowned training software for information security and ethical
hacking, is conducting the entire event. Apart from getting a preview of the latest
Operating System from the giant, the qualifying students would also compete for
various prizes on offer and Microsoft Certificates. For more information visit -
http://www.appinlabs.com/bugbash2006/

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