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U.K. to review Microsoft software in schools

January 9, 2006 Agency will look at value for money and risks of "lock-in" in British schools' licensing deals with the software maker. TAGS: U.K., school, agency, college, Microsoft Corp.

Democrats: Colleges must police copyright, or else

November 10, 2007 Top congressional Democrats put pressure on colleges and universities to stamp out peer-to-peer piracy or lose financial aid for all their students. TAGS: university, Audible Magic, college, student, Democrat, P2P, Napster Inc., president, file-sharing, letter

Facebook goes corporate

April 28, 2006 Social-networking site expands membership to select group of big-name companies such as Apple, plus Teach For America. Image: Facebook's first corporate members TAGS: Facebook, LinkedIn, college, Craigslist, America, Apple Computer, e-mail address, e-mail

Software firms fault colleges' security education

February 16, 2005 A panel at the Secure Software Forum blames universities for turning out graduates who don't know how to program securely. TAGS: college, university, Oracle Corp., software company, computer science, security, developer, programming, Microsoft Corp.

Wikibooks takes on textbook industry

September 28, 2005 Project aims to create open-ended curriculum that would offer a free, licensable alternative to traditional textbooks. TAGS: Jimmy Wales, textbook, biology, curriculum, project, open source, college, Wikipedia, Google Inc.

Mystery donor gives Stanford free Yahoo music

October 13, 2005 Students at university will get free year of online music, in Yahoo's first foray into college music plan. TAGS: Stanford, portable device, Yahoo! Inc., university, student, online music, college, subscription

Supercharged college P2P network closes

November 15, 2005 I2Hub, a file-swapping network piggybacking on the Internet2 research network, posts its own epitaph. TAGS: Internet2, file-swapping network, file-swapping, P2P, RIAA, college

Anti-P2P college bill advances in House

November 15, 2007 Measure would require schools receiving financial aid to devise "deterrents" to illegal file sharing, but it's unclear what will happen if they don't. TAGS: anti-P2P, mandate, antipiracy, aide, committee, college, student, university, school, bill, failure, agreement, file-sharing

Universities need a privacy refresher course

April 26, 2006 You might assume e-privacy is a sacred trust within academia, but attorney Eric J. Sinrod says that's hardly the case. TAGS: data collection, university, online privacy, personal information, privacy, institution, survey, college, notice, e-commerce, school

Schools get tailored cyberattack data

October 19, 2005 A customized service that analyzes data from firewalls and intrusion detection systems might help protect university networks. TAGS: cyberattack, information security, university, intrusion detection system, college, organization, school, security, firewall

Net classes revive New Orleans college

October 5, 2005 With virtual classrooms, University of New Orleans will be the first school to bring classes back after storm. TAGS: New Orleans, distance learning, campus, class, student, school, professor, college, university, building, damage, teacher

This week in security

March 18, 2005 The issue of privacy remained very public this week, following ChoicePoint's recent data leak. TAGS: alumni, ChoicePoint Inc., social security number, Social Security, Amazon.com Inc., college, spokeswoman, school, security, database

Boston College reveals alumni data breach

March 17, 2005 School alerts more than 100,000 former students of an attack on a database that holds records used for fund raising. TAGS: alumni, social security number, Social Security, incident, school, college, attack, student, database, virus

Supercharged college P2P project expands

August 16, 2004 I2hub, the file-swapping network on Internet2, wants a piece of ordinary campus commerce. TAGS: Internet2, file-swapping, file-swapping network, university, Sharman Networks Ltd., student, campus, P2P, Kazaa, college, bandwidth, Napster Inc., broadband, video

Cell phone becomes new town crier

April 20, 2007 Universities and cities are seeing how these staples of 21st century society can be turned into tools for keeping people informed and protected. TAGS: campus, text messaging, student, university, cell phone, community, alert, college, SMS, U.S., situation, security, e-mail

E-mail monitoring may violate European laws

April 12, 2007 Human rights legislation cited in ruling won by college employee whose phone, online communications were monitored. TAGS: monitoring, communication, telecommunications, college, policy, court, e-mail, U.S., monitor
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