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Cambridge University tackles web-traffic rise
News The University of Cambridge is using network management software to help monitor and load-balance a massive increase in web traffic across its campus-wide admin network. The university's management information service (MIS) team has been running...
[October 8, 2007, 8:56]
Smart Cambridge University Colleges Streamline Financial Operations
White Papers The University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom has 31 colleges, which attract leading academics, students, and visitors from all over the world. In 2000, a change in the university's accounting format prompted two colleges, Emmanuel and...
[February 9, 2008, 0:17]
More Brain Stuff . . From Cambridge University .
Talkback Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs. I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a...
[January 31, 2008, 14:57]
University of Cambridge Reduces the Paper Chase by Offering Online Services to Students and Faculty, With Help From ZXTM
White Papers The Management Information Systems (MIS) support team at the University were tasked with finding a system that could not only route user access to the student records system (CamSIS) through multiple front-end web servers, but also provide load...
[April 30, 2009, 1:19]
Cambridge Net users: they're watching you
News Internet download activity at Cambridge University's Jesus college came to a standstill recently after the computer department revealed that it is regularly sent lists of precisely what sites people are visiting and what data they are downloading.
[November 23, 1999, 16:06]
'Cambridge phenomenon' threatened by IP changes
News Academics at Cambridge are warning that restrictive new intellectual property rules proposed by the university could mean an end to the high-tech boom that gave rise to the nickname "Silicon Fen". The concerns of Anderson and other faculty members...
[August 1, 2002, 11:41]
Plastic microchips ahead
News Researchers at Cambridge University are developing cheap microchip technology using plastic that some pundits believe could lead to a revolution within the processor industry. The technology is based on work from professors Richard Friend and...
[November 27, 2000, 11:05]
Mobile phone forensics 'hole' reported
News Law enforcement is at the mercy of mobile phone manufacturers, according to University of Cambridge researchers. Unlike PCs, where "deleted" data can still easily be accessed, information wiped from a mobile phone's internal memory can be almost...
[June 26, 2006, 15:30]
Top University Builds World-Leading Supercomputer
White Papers University of Cambridge's existing supercomputer was struggling to keep up with the demands being placed on it. The needed to move on from so-called 'shared memory' proprietary machines into the world of 'Commodity clusters', having been at the...
[June 25, 2008, 1:01]
A Year Ago: Memory breakthrough puts movie on a chip
News A team of scientists funded by Hitachi and based at Cambridge University claims to have created a low powered high memory yield technology capable of holding all images and sound from an entire movie.
[May 18, 2000, 7:01]
Gates to invest £130m in Cambridge students
News Microsoft founder and world's wealthiest man Bill Gates is to invest millions in sponsoring Cambridge University students, the university revealed Tuesday. Cambridge may receive as much as £130m from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which...
[May 23, 2000, 11:47]
A Year Ago: Cambridge Net users - they're watching you
News Internet download activity at Cambridge University's Jesus college came to a standstill recently after the computer department revealed that it is regularly sent lists of precisely what sites people are visiting and what data they are downloading.
[November 23, 2000, 6:03]
Nokia shows off nanotech handset
News Nokia Research Centre (NRC) and Cambridge University have unveiled a concept phone they say shows the potential benefits of nanotechnology. NRC established a research centre at the University's West Cambridge site last year, collaborating with...
[February 25, 2008, 14:59]
Leading University Creates UK's Fastest Academic Supercomputer Through Collaborative Partnership
White Papers Cambridge University has had supercomputers for use in complex research since 1992. Through a collaborative relationship, Dell and Cambridge University have created a reference design for future large scale high performance computing clusters.
[October 11, 2008, 1:01]
Gloom as Intel closes Cambridge lab
News Intel has announced it is to shut the research laboratory it was running in conjunction with Cambridge University, as part of the company's current drive to cut costs. The decision to close the Intel Research Cambridge Lab — the only university...
[October 30, 2006, 15:19]
Academic breaks the Great Firewall of China
News Computer experts from the University of Cambridge claim not only to have breached the Great Firewall of China, but have found a way to use the firewall to launch denial of service attacks against specific IP addresses in the country.
[July 3, 2006, 13:00]
Researchers hack 'tamper-proof' PIN terminals
News Researchers from Cambridge University have succeeded in capturing both PIN numbers and card details from supposedly tamper-proof PIN terminals. A spokesman for Ingenico Northern Europe said: "Retailers and card users should rest assured that the...
[February 26, 2008, 17:34]
Nokia and Cambridge team up on nanotechnology
News Nokia and Cambridge University have announced what they say will be a long-term research and development partnership based in the UK. Cambridge's Nanoscience Centre and the electrical division of the engineering department will be the first...
[March 7, 2007, 14:53]
US Report: Old Cambridge targets high-tech success
News The medieval university town of Cambridge has plenty of engineers, entrepreneurs and investors. And there are cultural problems," says Cook, who expects to oversee roughly $10m (£6m) in new investment in Cambridge companies this year.
[December 1, 1998, 10:18]
MS/Cambridge to make announcement
News Seemingly confirming reports that have appeared in the last fortnight, the University of Cambridge today said it will host a press conference with Microsoft to discuss "a number of major news announcements" next Tuesday, June 17 in London.
[June 12, 1997, 15:02]
