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Aussie tech to speed fibre tenfold
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Technology

2009-10-18 20:28:37
An Australian-developed technology that can deliver a tenfold increase in the capacity of an optical fibre link is being commercialised.


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Microsoft hosts H1N1 swine flu screening site
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-10-15 23:08:57
Wondering if you need medical attention for a suspected case of the flu? A site hosted by Microsoft and using an algorithm developed by specialists at a medical school may provide the answer.


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Victoria University joins state government ICT skills program
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Education and Training

2009-10-11 17:49:05
Two ICT students at Victoria University will benefit from a state government program to promote skills development. Netsolutions is providing the opportunities for industry experience.


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Digital video surveillance cuts campus crime
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-08-27 22:04:25
The deployment of a digital video security system at Melbourne's Swinburne University has led to a decrease in major crime on campus, although students seem to be taking slightly less care of their property.


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La Trobe joins Apple's iTunes U
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Education and Training

2009-08-26 00:11:23
Many leading universities are using iTunes U as a way of getting their content to a wider audience. The latest to get on board is La Trobe University.


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Sydney University goes Live@edu
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2009-05-22 00:36:42
Another Australian university has migrated its student email service to Microsoft's Live@edu.
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Microsoft, Google pitching cloud to educators
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-03-16 20:49:02
The education market has long been an arena for 'hearts and minds' struggles in the IT arena. Now Google and Microsoft are actively pitching their cloud offerings to education.


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Kernel Conference Australia 2009 call for papers
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news

Category: Open Source

2009-03-11 17:31:12

Sun Microsystems and the University of Queensland have joined forces to produce the first ever Kernel Conference Australia in July this year. Speakers include luminaries from Sun, Intel, BSD and Apple.


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Video games: Men just want to dominate
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2008-12-28 18:37:59
With no gladiatorial contests and a general softening of sport in the modern world, where else can men live out their need to stomp on their fellow human beings but in virtual video games?


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Get your Moonbuggy revved up because it’s NASA race time
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-11-20 18:16:41
NASA has announced its 16th annual Great Moonbuggy Race, which is to be held on April 3-4, 2008 in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA hopes the high school and college contestants will build their moonbuggies out of the “right stuff.”


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Microsoft sparks fledgling developer interest with BizSpark
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2008-11-05 23:50:47
Microsoft's trying to head off the encroachment of open source into what it sees as its traditional turf - development tools - with a new scheme called BizSpark. The idea is to provide startups with tool and server licences for $0 upfront.


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Where in the world does your favorite college/university rank?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Biology

2008-10-08 21:43:07
The prestigious top 200 colleges/universities in the world for 2008 was announced by the Times Higher Education magazine's "QS World University Rankings." Many more countries were found to be competing against the top two countries: the United States and the United Kingdom.


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Software Freedom Day 2008: Updated
Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve

Category: Linux for Learners

2008-09-13 02:06:41
Software Freedom Day 2008 will be with us next Saturday the 20th of September. More than 500 teams in over 120 countries are holding events to mark the occasion.



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Student contest for futuristic NASA commercial supersonic airliner
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-09-04 16:01:16
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced on Thursday, September 4, 2008, a challenge to all U.S. high school and college students to “research and describe a small, supersonic airliner that could enter commercial service in the next decade.”


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Some email names attract more spam: researcher
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2008-09-02 22:09:47
A researcher at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory asked the question "Do Zebras get more Spam than Aardvarks?" The answer may surprise you.


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IBM brings another jobs boost to Ballarat
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Vendors

2008-08-27 03:03:00
IBM will expand its presence in the Australian regional city of Ballarat with a new IT centre that will see the company's 800-strong workforce expand by another 300 over the next five years.


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Harvard gets #1 nod at 2009 U.S. News & World Report
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Health

2008-08-22 16:25:10
Harvard University is the top college in the United States, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of "America's Best Colleges 2009." But, not everybody is going to Harvard. Where do your schools rank? And, why?



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Survey shows suicidal thoughts frequent on U.S. college campuses
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Health

2008-08-20 08:35:21
A 2006 Web-conducted survey of students on seventy colleges and universities across the United States has shown that 15 out of 100 college students have seriously thought about suicide to solve their problems.


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Green supercomputer heading to Canada
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Sustainability

Category: Green IT

2008-08-14 22:29:30
The University of Toronto is set to become home to the largest - though perhaps not the fastest - supercomputer outside the US.


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Ancient Greeks help build better computer networks
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2008-08-04 09:11:58
The University of Leicester in England is launching a major programme to help develop a new paradigm for future global computing environments. In order to improve code and data mobility over wide area networks the boffins will, err, study Ancient Mediterranean crafts-people from the late bronze age through to classical times...


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