ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand June 2011 technology and education news summary
June 2011 technology and education news summary Australian university failed to secure students' data and broke law: Privacy Commissioner Curtin University deploys Office 365 RMIT edges closer to self-powered battery ‘Photovine’ is Google’s Latest Trademark for Photo Sharing? Facebook for iPad on the Way Apple Wants To Stop Concert Filming With iPhones Google Information Sessions for Not for Profits (Sydney) Twitter (Finally) Adds Automatic Link Shortening To Twitter.com IPv6 Day arrives for Australian internet users University of the Sunshine Coast streamlines software licensing, reduces excess certificates Brumby and Downer to guide Huawei Google Offers Could Benefit Indie Booksellers Smartphone payments set to revolutionise retail industry Google Rolls Out +1 Button To Publishers University hospital goes cashless Technology in education: online resources from ACUMA Incorporated Australian university failed to secure students' data and broke law: Privacy Commissioner The Sydney Morning Herald June 29 2011 A Sydney university "did not take the appropriate steps to ensure the security of students' personal information", the NSW Privacy Commissioner has found. Earlier this year Fairfax Media, publisher of this website, reported that the detailed records of thousands of University of Sydney students past and present were being stored online where they.... Full article: http://goo.gl/0GjdR Curtin University deploys Office 365 ITWire.com.au June 24 2011 Perth's Curtin University has flagged plans to deploy Microsoft's Office 365 software as a service productivity suite, in one of the first major known local implications of the technology and ahead of what is expected to be a substantial push by Microsoft of the service in Australia.... Full article: http://goo.gl/1CAvg RMIT edges closer to self-powered battery ComputerWorld.com.au June 22 2011 Researchers at the university have enabled piezoelectric thin films to turn mechanical pressure into electricity Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) have taken a step toward developing self-powered portable electronics by enabling piezoelectric thin films to turn mechanical.... Full article: ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc