Apple unveils iBooks 2, textbook creation software, and iTunes U app

Apple's education announcement featured a new version of the iBooks app to handle the company's new electronic textbook format, along with free software for creating those interactive textbooks.
 

Uni computer science course open to NSW HSC students

New South Wales high school students are again being given the opportunity to study a university-level computer science course, but the closing date for applications is looming.
 

Computer Science graduates looking average on employment

The employment statistics for the class of 2010 graduates are out, and computer science graduates didn't fare particularly well.
 

New Swinburne network lab is 'world class'

  A new networking laboratory at Swinburne University of Technology's Hawthorn campus is said to be the 'best in Australia.'  
 

University IT enrolments in a slump

Enrolments in IT degree courses at Australian universities have fallen by 61% in a decade, according to Charles Sturt University.
 

Microsoft launches student film festival

Microsoft is running a film-making competition for Australian university and TAFE students.
 

UTS picks Nimsoft

The University of Technology, Sydney is using Nimsoft Monitoring Solution to monitor core applications in its two data centres.
 

This damn Linux has more holes than swiss cheese

Unlike Microsoft Windows, Linux has a deserved reputation as a bullet-proof operating system. To teach computer security a University lecturer has deliberately produced the most damn vulnerable Linux you’ll ever see.  
 

This damn Linux has more holes than swiss cheese

Unlike Microsoft Windows, Linux has a deserved reputation as a bullet-proof operating system. To teach computer security a University lecturer has deliberately produced the most damn vulnerable Linux you’ll ever see.  
 

RADclock delivers atomic clock accuracy through software

Researchers at an Australian university have created a collaborative system that allows participating computers to tell the time as accurately as an atomic clock.