Wirt Schools to install new security (Parkersburg News and Sentinel)

ELIZABETH - Wirt County Schools soon will have added security measures, giving administrators greater control over their buildings. The board recently approved an $88,000 contract to install employee entrances at the county's high school, middle school and elementary school. The entrances will be controlled by proximity readers, which will allow only authorized personnel access.

5 Must-Do Cyber Security Steps for Obama (PC World)

Security experts are urging President-Elect Barack Obama to pay attention to the nation's fragile cyber infrastructure.

Student says U of O snubbed offer to reveal security flaw in new pay stubs (Canada.com)

Carleton is not the only Ottawa university vulnerable to hackers, says a University of Ottawa expert who claims he easily cracked his school's new electronic pay-stub delivery system.

Blog: Will the NSW Govt put Linux in schools? (ZDNet Australia)

The NSW Government's release this week of an expressions of interest tender to give low-cost laptops to every senior public school student in NSW is a big step, but will these systems be Windows or Linux?

Board Moves School Referendum Projects Forward (WKBT La Crosse)

The La Crosse School Board is deciding how $18.5 million will be used to improve school buildings.