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• Prophecy buys Snare developer InterSect

  Business software developer Prophecy International (ASX:PRO) has acquired a security software company in a cash-and-stock deal.

• Android apps, HTML5 heat up freelance job market

  The growth in freelance jobs for the Android mobile platform is outpacing the venerable iPhone and iPad, and HTML5 demand is snowballing at more than 30 per cent, according to skills marketplace Freelancer.com.

• School software development curriculum out of date: University of Sydney

  The University of Sydney is once again calling for entries for its 2011 National Computer Science School Programming Challenge, which aims to encourage high school students to pursue careers in software development.

• Devops Down Under 2011 draws in big Cloud names

  The second annual Devops Down Under conference will be held in Melbourne next month with attendees representing Australia’s largest online businesses and a few international speakers thrown in for good measure.
  

• Australian developers take advantage of Google's Cloud

  The Cloud has offered businesses of all types a chance to streamline IT and find new efficiencies, and now it has created a new channel for Australian developers to distribute their products. One Australian developer who has found this to be the case is Perth-based Anthony Smith, who has used Google's Apps Marketplace to distribute his hosted CRM solution, Insightly.

• Skills shortage as Aussie gaming industry booms

  Australians are expected to spend $5.8 billion on computer and online games over the next four years however a lack of locally available skills available to the country's gaming industry could see it miss out on this boom.

• Charity launches $22 computer to bridge digital divide in schools

  A London-based charity has announced the launch of a low-cost computer which it hopes will revolutionise the education sector.

• Identifying innuendo no joke for comp sci researchers

  "Well that was hard!" "That's what she said" Turning seemingly normal comments into sexual innuendo by adding the words "That's what she said" is a cultural phenomenon, appearing everywhere from TV sitcoms, to internet discussions, to movies.

• Bond Uni enlists mobile tool for student recruitment

  Queensland’s Bond University has enlisted the help of an online student recruitment tool in the aim to attract students with information easily accessible via smartphones.

• MobileActive launches mobile voting platform

  Mobile content and services company, MobileActive (ASX:MBA), has launched a new mobile voting platform for broadcasters.

• Voters can get 'cluey' this NSW Election

  Enrolled voters can enlist the help of a Web application to simplify the “daunting” task of voting below the line in the upcoming NSW election on the 26 March 2011.
  

• Webwire: Connxion, Brain Resource, Cellnet

  Connxion completes first stage of $1.5m capital raising; Brain Resource scores first directly-negotiated client win; Cellnet financial controller takes over secretary duties

• Kinect for Windows SDK shipping later this year

  Microsoft's official blog has announced that a free, "non-commercial" Windows SDK for developing for applications using the company's Kinect motion sensing system will be available for download "this spring" (that's our autumn for the hemispherically challenged).

• IT skills shortage could delay software development: Report

  The IT skills shortage continues to plague executives and developers alike and could lead to significant delays in the development of software and systems, according to a benchmarking report by a NATA accredited software testing firm.

• Powerlan launches Click2Fix

  Powerlan (ASX:PWR) subsidiary ConverterTechnology has launched a new Microsoft file migration support tool it calls Click2Fix.