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Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have found that correctly labelling your tweets can vastly improve your experience on Twitter. They have also identified how hashtags work and identified the four stages of a twitter event.

The School of Computing held a meeting for the Chartered Institute for IT(Hampshire branch) on Thursday 21 March. The event presented an opportunity for guests to get hands-on with the new Digital Forensics and Usability Labs, with several talks and practical demonstrations.

Using Facebook to look at old photos of yourself and wall posts that you have written could be as soothing as a walk in the park. Almost 90 percent of users access the site to look at their own wall posts, and three quarters look at their own photos when they are feeling low, new research has found. 

The School of Computing at the University of Portsmouth has recently commissioned a number of new, specialist labs. On Thursday 21 March, in Partnership with The Chartered Institute for IT, two open sessions will explore the capabilities of the Digital Forensics and Usability labs through a series of practical demonstrations. 

Theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster, Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE will be the special guest speaker at a free public lecture on the importance of good  communications in the fields of science and engineering. 

A computing student at the University of Portsmouth has won a place at a prestigious Women in Technology event run for women studying traditionally male-dominated subjects.