University Of New South Wales
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Keep IT curriculums aligned with industry
News A "holistic and multifaceted" curriculum development may let graduates enter the workforce with relevant knowledge and skills.
Tags: Human resources, Recruiting, Professional Development
Is Torvalds really the father of Linux?
News It's hard to imagine that Linus Torvalds could have launched Linux without directly using earlier operating system work, according to a report that has become controversial even before its scheduled publication Thursday.
Tags: Linux
Is the world ready to fight cybercrime?
Insight Experts say lawmakers and judicial systems are still not equipped to provide an adequate response to the growing threat of cybercrime.
Tags: Security, Web sites, Legal, Regulations, Crime, Cybercrime, social networking, hacking, financial, bank
Australian scientists push transistor barrier
News Researchers from the Center for Quantum Computing Technology, have built a wire only three atoms thick, opening the possibility of new chip architectures.
Tags: Nanotechnology, Processors, IBM Corp., Atom, Semiconductor, Computer, University of New South Wales, transistor, program manager, researcher
S’pore govt weaves web with Interwoven
News US-based Web content management solutions provider Interwoven has bagged a US$200,000 deal with the Ministry of Education (MOE).
Future operating systems to remain as Windows and Linux
News Academic says the operating systems of the future will be called Windows and Linux, no matter what they look like.
Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Servers, Desktops
Virtual lecture to link students in Sydney, Bangkok, London
News Online education will reach a new level when the University of New South Wales unveils its virtual lecture room--linking students on a global scale.
US$2.5m boon for 40 universities
News Computer giant Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) and chipmaker Intel Corp today announced that they will give US$2.5 million worth of HP-Intel Itanium-based systems to 40 universities around the world.
Aust breakthrough brings computers into new light
News Australian researchers have developed a technique to convert electrical signals on silicon into light, which some suggest could spark the next revolution in computing.
Experts refute e-surveillance acceptance claims
News International experts have quashed claims from a local filtering software company that "75 percent of employees give the thumbs up to email monitoring", saying its interpretation of a US survey is "slanted".
Security firm: Samsung site hosts Trojan
News Malware that steals access codes sits on Samsung server and is spread by malicious spam and IM, Websense says.
Tags: Security, Viruses and worms
Piracy fighters raid offices of Sharman, others
News A judge in Australia authorizes a record industry group to search peer-to-peer companies including Kazaa owner Sharman and several ISPs, along with key executives' homes.
Researchers prove kernel is secure
News Australian research organization says it has absolute mathematical proof of the security of an operating system core.
Tags: Components, Kernel, computer, aircraft, University of Cambridge, high-performance, researcher, buffer-overflow vulnerability, team, Components
Google exploring search technique
News Search giant works with Australian student on project designed to let people view more info per search result.
Tags: Web sites, Search, Web services
Google: We live and die by trust
News Google denies the information it collects from users of its Google Election platform causes any tension between its commercial interests and its promise to protect users' privacy.
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