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• Nanobead approach to cancer.

  - 2006-03-15

  Mar 15, 2006 (Australasian Science - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian scientists are conducting a study of adjuvants and their effect on the immune systems of sheep. The aim of the study is...

  Tags: HARDWARE, Mice, SECURITY, University of Melbourne

• Uni security breach prompts review.

  - 2005-08-15

  Byline: Rachel Lebihan Aug 15, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The University of Melbourne has taken steps to protect its computer network. The Victorian...

  Tags: computer, NETWORKING, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, University of Melbourne

• Blast for Gates as virus hits thousands of PCs.

  - 2003-08-13

  Aug 13, 2003 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Hundreds of thousands of home personal computers have been hit due to a new virus known as "MS Blaster". IT managers have warned of the dangers of the worm. Universities may have suffered the most, as...

  Tags: Microsoft Corp., PC, SECURITY, Swinburne University, University of Melbourne, virus

• The Economic Evaluation of Alternatives to Digital Copyright

  BNET - 2003-05-30

  This paper explores the economic differences between a system of consumer-regulating copyright based on "digital rights management", and alternatives based on public funding. It argues that the distinctions are sufficiently intricate that they elude any simple modeling technique. Instead, this paper attempts a semi-analytic comparison which weighs a set of...

  Tags: Digital-rights Management, University Of Melbourne, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Research & Development, Digital Media, Security, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

• Topping the research grants a first for ANU.

  - 2002-10-03

  Oct 03, 2002 (The Canberra Times - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian National University ANU has won the greatest number of research grants awarded annually by the Australian Research Council. It gained 156 grants worth $A50m over the next five years. All disciplines were...

  Tags: MARKETING, SECURITY, University of Melbourne

• Trade-security link "not in our interest".

  - 2002-09-10

  Sep 10, 2002 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Links between security and trade with the US will not benefit Australia, according to an academic. The University of Melbourne's lecturer in political science, Ann Capling, says that such links will be inimical...

  Tags: Australia, security, University of Melbourne

• Windows open for more fakes.

  - 2002-04-09

  Apr 09, 2002 The Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- Fake degrees are becoming a problem in Australia. In May 2002, the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee is to report on what is being done about forged Australian academic qualifications. Sources say that there are innumerable web...

  Tags: Australia, INTERNET, MARKETING, SECURITY, transcript, University of Melbourne, Web

• Town and gown let Wedgetail fly.

  - 2001-08-09

  Aug 10, 2001 Sydney Morning Herald ABIX via COMTEX -- Australian Internet security company, Wedgetail Communications, has raised $A3.3 million in venture capital. The funds were raised via a venture capital firm, Allen & Buckeridge, and Uniseed, an investment fund owned by the University...

  Tags: authentication, FINANCE, Investment, SECURITY, University of Melbourne

• Computer Supported Cooperative Play, Third Places and Online Videogames

  BNET

  This paper reports on the initial stage of a study examining Microsoft's Xbox Live, a system supporting computer supported cooperative play CSCP through voice communication and centralized identity management. In order to understand this phenomenon the paper utilizes the metaphor of a "third place". It reports on a study involving...

  Tags: University Of Melbourne, Computer, Productivity, Authentication/Encryption, Internet, Security