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Jul, 16 2008Move-In Weekend Teams Gear UpA particularly important service provided by UTS is technical support during Move-In Weekend. Each year, teams of technicians from University Technology Services fan out across the Columbia campus to help students get connected to the campus network, and troubleshoot computer problems. More... UTS Teaching and Technology Services Plans BEST Institute The BEST Institute seminars will return to USC this Fall for faculty and teaching assistants. BEST, which stands for Blackboard and Educational Software Technologies, will be held the 18th, 19th, and 20th of August. More... New Student Orientation Wraps Up The University’s Summer Orientation for new students wrapped up on July 3rd. University Technology Services provided information for the incoming students and their parents in sessions held each day throughout the month of June, and early July at Russell House. More... Happy Birthday Internet! In our World of the 21st Century, it's pretty common to get birth announcements via email: “We just had a beautiful baby girl, 5 lbs 13 ounces, and 18 ¾ inches! Mom and baby are doing great!” It should come as no surprise, then, that the birth of the very medium we use to send these messages was also announced electronically. Twenty years ago this month, the Internet became operational with this email message: “The NSFNET Backbone has reached a state where we would like to more officially let operational traffic on.” More... OneCarolina Update The OneCarolina project team has completed a number of steps in the process of planning and preparing for implementation. OneCarolina is a multi-year project to replace outdated administrative systems throughout the University system. In the past few months, fit-gap studies and readiness assessments have been finalized.
More... Mac News: iClouds Everywhere with MobileMe If the 1980s were seen as the Decade of the Personal Computer, and the 1990s were seen as the Decade of Networking, then the “aughts” (00s) may end up as the Decade of Cloud Computing. And Apple Computer Corporation, as it did in the previous “Decades of” may be leading the way once again with MobileMe.
More... New Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Bags So you’re late to the airport, your flight is being announced, and of course, the line at the security checkpoint is very long. Lots of people ahead of you are being asked to pull laptops out of cases and turn them on. Time seems to slow. When you finally get to the checkpoint, you scramble to get your laptop out of its case, mouse dangling, DVDs flying, Velcro straps catching on everything. All the while you keep thinking, There has to be an easier way. Well, soon there will be.
More... DID YOU KNOW? Firefox Themes Did you know that if you use the Mozilla Firefox browser, you can change the way it looks? More... Jul, 14 2008Security Newsbytes: July 2008SANS Institute Security Newsletter for Computer Users July 2008 ************************************************************************ A formatted version of the OUCH newsletter can be found at: https://www.sans.org/newsletters/ouch You can subscribe to OUCH on the same site. Send your comments to OUCH@sans.org ************************************************************************ More... |
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