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Ohio University suffers security breaches

May 12, 2006 Data thieves may have plundered Social Security numbers and other private info belonging to students and faculty. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, university, school, health, student, server, security

Web 2.0: Big app on campus

July 31, 2007 Universities are using Web 2.0-style tools to tap into a generation's lust for celebrity as they revamp learning and recruiting.Images: Web 2.0 enticements for coeds TAGS: Generation X, student, professor, Web 2.0, university, campus, education, Wiki, class, blog, video

University opens school for hackers

June 19, 2006 Scottish university says students will be carefully vetted for course in ethical hacking. TAGS: university, hacking, course, degree, hacker, student, information technology, security

Duke's free iPod program has mixed results

June 20, 2005 Students were eager to use the gadgets to record lectures, but formats and licensing were "barriers to adoption," study says. TAGS: university, student, Apple iPod, barrier, class, Apple Computer

Students offer Net advice to colleges

February 8, 2007 Panel discussion focuses on college students' perspective of technology in the classroom and on campus. TAGS: university, student, college student, Facebook, library, Sun Microsystems Inc., conference

Stanford using iTunes to take lectures global

November 3, 2005 Working hand-in-hand with Apple, the university is using iTunes to reach alumni. Everyone else can use it, too. TAGS: Stanford, alumni, lecture, university, Apple iTunes, Apple iTunes Music Store, student, mobility, school, Apple Computer

Dell, Napster ink higher-ed deal

July 6, 2005 University of Washington is first to sign on for service intended to ease pressure of simultaneous digital music downloads. TAGS: Napster Inc., university, digital music, Dell, student, server

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: Audible Magic, university, student, college, Democrat, P2P, Napster Inc., president, file-sharing, letter

Illinois university hit with security breach

July 5, 2006 Data on more than 180,000 people is at risk after hackers get into servers at Western Illinois University. TAGS: security breach, university, breach, institution, incident, hacker, Illinois, identity theft, student, security, credit card, server

Schooled in security

August 18, 2005 Universities are looking for ways to protect networks while maintaining a free flow of data and ideas--an idea businesses could learn from. TAGS: university, institution, security, student, researcher, attack

The college library of tomorrow

August 3, 2005 Never mind Google. Several big universities are well on their way to building the library of the future. TAGS: Stanford, university, library, collection, search technology, student, Google Inc.

Toeing the line on back-to-school PCs

July 7, 2005 PC makers push multimedia capabilities and 64-bit processors, but schools are a bit more conservative. Photos: Computers for class TAGS: university, PC company, back-to-school, student, school, Apple iBook, entertainment, Apple Computer, Apple PowerBook, multimedia, Apple Mac OS, Dell, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, PC, Apple Macintosh

Politicos threaten schools over campus piracy

June 5, 2007 Members of Congress threaten new laws if universities don't adopt measures to block the transfer of copyrighted content. TAGS: university, copyright law, student, Rep., intellectual property, digital media, school

Universities register for virtual future

February 7, 2007 Students may soon meet with professors once a week and then use simulations, virtual worlds and downloads to complete coursework. TAGS: virtual worlds, university, Second Life, campus, Sun Microsystems Inc., education, chancellor, Scott McNealy, student, conference, online game, games

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, online music, student, subscription, college

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, cell phone, university, community, college, alert, SMS, situation, U.S., security, e-mail

German universities embrace Linux

August 29, 2007 German state signs contract with Novell for the supply of Linux server and desktop products to schools serving 560,000 students. TAGS: Novell Inc., university, Amsterdam, Linux server, Linux, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, city, enterprise server, supply, student, server, Microsoft Corp.

Studios, RIAA target student piracy

April 27, 2006 Organizations send letters to 40 universities, urgently asking them to curtail illegal file sharing on their school networks. TAGS: RIAA, university, piracy, initiative, file-swapping, file-sharing, organization, student, letter, LAN, school, president, music

UCLA break-in puts data on 800,000 at risk

December 12, 2006 For more than a year, an intruder has been accessing private information on students and staff, among others, the university says. TAGS: social security number, security breach, Social Security, university, personal information, staff, database, student, security

Hackers steal ID info from Virginia university

January 10, 2005 Thousands of students, faculty and staff at George Mason University have personal information downloaded by online intruders in a major security breach. TAGS: faculty, social security number, identity fraud, Virginia, university, Social Security, ID card, intruder, personal information, student, staff, server, security, e-mail
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