Harvard University’s home page was hacked Monday morning by a group calling themselves the “Syrian Electronic Army.”

In the three weeks since Google began hosting @college webmail accounts, 98 percent of the 5,610 students using @college email addresses made the switch.

During the transfer of Harvard @college email accounts to new Google hosted accounts, a handful of students received emails from individuals who share their surname, raising privacy concerns for some who chose to switch email systems.

By the middle of August, Gmail will replace the webmail client currently designated for most undergraduate email accounts but used by a fraction of those students.

Harvard University Information Technology, a new consolidated group, hopes to provide better support for faculty and students.

Though the personal computers available in 1986 were roughly 300 times slower than today’s laptops, they began what would become a technological revolution on Harvard’s campus.

Because of a loophole in a computer system, fellowship applicants have been able to access their own and other students’ recommendation letters submitted to the Office of Career Services—making available what are supposed to be confidential documents on a wider basis than previously believed.

The consolidation of IT systems, first announced in March 2010, is scheduled to be completed this June.

A recent Dutch study found that the radiation emitted by wireless routers and access points has a detrimental effect on trees in the vicinity, but Harvard officials said that the University has not noticed any effects on campus flora.

Last week, FAS IT sent out a warning stating that the recent Mac OS 10.6.5 update should not be downloaded ...