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Cardiff U Identity Project Widens Access to Campus Systems

7/13/2007

Cardiff University in Wales is leading an effort to persuade universities across the U.K. to share research on each other's campus online activity as a way help fight online fraud, hackers, and malicious software attacks.

FBI, Carnegie Mellon Identify 1 MM BotNet Nodes

7/13/2007

The FBI and Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) have identified the IP addresses of more than 1 million zombie computers throughout the United States as a part of security sweep nicknamed "Operation Bot Roast."

U Texas Project To Train Health-Emergency Responders

7/13/2007

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has formed a partnership with a simulation software firm to develop Web-based content for training staff in emergency response procedures.

UC Santa Barbara Prof Studies Psychology of Phishing

7/13/2007

Most e-mail scams work by luring victims with a sense of familiarity or legitimacy, according to a new study by a University of California, Santa Barbara psychologist.

Davenport U Offers Degree in Accounting Fraud Detection

7/13/2007

Michigan's Davenport University will introduce a bachelor's degree program in accounting fraud investigation this fall at the university's Midland, MI, campus. The program is designed to provide students a combination of technical skills in accounting, computer security, and legal investigation that are required in fraud examination.

Indiana U Draws New Tool Against Cyber Crime

7/13/2007

Researchers at the Indiana University School of Informatics are turning to popular mass media tools to help get through to the public about computer security dos and don'ts.

U Maryland Goes Global With Net Security Lab in Japan

7/12/2007

University of Maryland's University College is working with Cisco Systems to open up a string of university-based network security labs around the planet.

Arrive Launches Campus Manager

7/12/2007

Arrive Corp., an ICT/AV technology provider that recently launched in North America, has debuted two facilities management tools targeted toward higher education: Campus Manager and Easy Conference.

FileMaker Pro 9 Adds Live SQL Support

7/12/2007

FileMaker has released four new versions of FileMaker Pro, a database widely used in education. The new FileMaker Pro 9 family, which launched July 10, includes FileMaker Pro 9, FileMaker Pro 9 Advanced, FileMaker Server 9, and FileMaker Server 9 Advanced.

U Michigan Team Recommends Anti-Virus Overhaul

7/12/2007

A report by researchers at the University of Michigan's electrical engineering and computer science department concluded that anti-virus products are inconsistent when it comes to identifying worm, phishing, and botnet attacks.

Northwestern Releases Open-Source File Bridge

7/11/2007

Northwestern University has developed an extension for Blackboard systems that allows the CMS to communicate with Xythos applications. The tool, File Bridge, is being made available to colleges and universities as open-source software.

Scantron Launches Class Climate 3.0

7/11/2007

Scantron has released an update to Class Climate, its course evaluation system designed for higher ed. The new version sports enhancements to performance, data analysis, and customization options, as well as other changes.

SciTalks.com Offers Lecture Video Search Site

7/11/2007

In the same vein as YouTube, SciTalks.com (Boston, MA) has launched a searchable online collection of science lecture video files from across the world. Currently 1,000 lectures are online, with new videos being added daily.

Towson, Commerce Dept. Cooperate on Online Courses

7/10/2007

Maryland's Towson University has formed a partnership with the United States Department of Commerce's National Technical Information Service to offer U.S. government employees discounts on Towson's professional online education programs.

IBM, Indian Universities Develop Curriculum for 'Service Scientists'

7/10/2007

IBM Corp. has cut a series of curriculum development deals with Indian universities designed to train students in the field of "service science," skills associated with the burgeoning market for offshore technical services and support.

Duke, UNC Invent Service-Oriented Architecture Game

7/10/2007

IBM is using "serious game" technology developed by graduate students at Duke University and the University of North Carolina to help explain the concept of service-oriented architecture to potential customers.

Indiana U To Back Up State Government Data Center

7/10/2007

Indiana University has signed an agreement to provide its home state government with back-up data center services. Representatives from the Indiana Office of Technology and IU said the deal will give the state a hot site that will enable IOT to continue operations for critical IT services should its primary center in Indianapolis become unavailable.

California Enlists Higher Ed Hackers To Test Voting Machines

7/10/2007

A team of technology professors, computer security experts, and computer hackers last week met to hack into three electronic voting machines that will be used in California's first February presidential primary next year.

Consensus: Podcasting Has No 'Inherent' Pedagogic Value

7/9/2007

A bevy of recent studies on students' experience listening to recorded lectures via podcasts confirms what many lecturers already know: that the pedagogical value of podcasts depends almost entirely on student motivation and the learning "context" of the application.

CMU Hosts Gulf Meeting to Seed Arabic Language Tech

7/9/2007

Information technology researchers and executives from around the Middle East convened in Qatar recently to participate in an "Arabic Search Engine Workshop" hosted by Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMUQ).

U Alberta Researchers Pit AI Program Against Card Sharks

7/9/2007

A team of computer science researchers at the University of Alberta are pitting Polaris, their poker-playing computer program, against two of the best Texas Hold 'em card players in the hemisphere. The purse is $50,000 in the 2,000-hand match between card sharks Phil Laak and Ali Eslami and the Alberta team, led by Jonathan Schaeffer.

Notre Dame Sharpens Online Alumni Offerings

7/5/2007

The University of Notre Dame is revamping its alumni relations with social networking and online engagement capabilities, which it will provide to roughly 120,000 graduates in more than 300 alumni clubs, classes and affinity groups.

VoIP Network Smoothes Medical Campus Transition for UCH

7/5/2007

Aurora, CO-based University of Colorado Hospital tapped voice over IP (VoIP) and data communications provider NEC Unified Solutions to create a scalable IP/TDM voice network to help deliver enhanced patient care at its new and growing Anschutz Medical Campus.

Haiku Updates Learning Management System

7/5/2007

Education software developer Haiku Inc. has released an update to its learning management system, Haiku LMS. The new 2.0 release, which launched June 20, adds a variety of functional and UI enhancements. A 2.1 upgrade is also expected within the next few weeks.

Minnesota Opts for E-Transcripts

7/5/2007

Minnesota has aligned itself with the Midwestern Higher Education Compact's (Minneapolis, MN) electronic transcript initiative, which seeks to facilitate the electronic transfer of high school transcripts to colleges.