Local students hack up Facebook alternatives
A group of high school students will today unveil four alternatives to the popular Facebook social networking service as part of a Sydney University summer school projects, in part sponsored by Google.
View ArticleUSyd systems admin attacked in website hack
Users of the Eris Free IRC network (EFnet) have claimed responsibility for hacking Web servers at Sydney University last Friday, causing outages to the front page over the weekend.
View ArticleUSyd breach highlights security education lapses: Expert
The recent breach of student records on the University of Sydney website raises questions for the security industry as a whole, according to an expert on the matter.
View ArticleFixing Sydney Uni IT 'train wreck' takes cars off roads
If IT inefficiency was measured in carbon dioxide emissions, The University of Sydney's transformation from a "train wreck" to a centrally managed, efficient fleet of client computers is like taking...
View ArticleSchool software development curriculum out of date: University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is once again calling for entries for its 2011 National Computer Science School Programming Challenge, which aims to encourage high school students to pursue careers in...
View ArticleMicrosoft throws $100K at Sydney Uni medical research
Software giant Microsoft has awarded a $100,000 grant to a University of Sydney academic for research into the development of electrical devices for diagnosis and monitoring of strokes and...
View ArticleThe University of Sydney moves to virtual desktop as part of learning network...
The popularity of consumer devices combined with the launch of four learning hubs has caused the University of Sydney to deploy desktop virtualization software across its campuses.
View ArticleSydney Uni unveils 'cache-as-a-service' for the Cloud
A new Cloud cache system developed at the University of Sydney promises to simplify the deployment of applications with large memory requirements.
View ArticleElection 2013: Coalition should keep Australian cyber security centre, says...
An academic specialising in cyber security has urged the opposition to keep the Labor government’s proposed Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) if it wins the next federal election on 14 September.
View ArticleSupercomputers help scientists design more powerful antioxidants
Supercomputer modelling holds the key to keeping potentially deadly age-related illnesses such as Alzheimer’s, diabetes, cancer and heart disease at bay, according to Australian scientists.
View ArticleSydney Uni seeks HPC energy cost reduction with new algorithms
Newly developed algorithms may be the solution to reducing the increasing energy consumption and cost of high performance computing (HPC) networks, according to University of Sydney director of HPC...
View ArticleThe state of data breaches
The implications of data breaches can be severe for companies with potential financial losses and loss of customer trust.
View ArticleUniversity of Sydney wins M2M challenge
A mobile device called InGear that logs learner driver mileage took out Telstra’s machine to machine (M2M) university challenge this year.
View ArticleScientists create mega quantum system cluster
Scientists at three universities – including two in Australia – have created what they claim to be the world’s largest quantum circuit board, an essential component in high-powered laser light computers.
View ArticleSydney Uni crunches Ebola data with 1512-core HPC setup
The University of Sydney’s High Performance Computing (HPC) service dubbed Artemis is currently being used to crunch data about the Ebola virus.
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