Nearly a year in development, Firefox 2.0 was released yesterday. I didn’t test any of the pre-release candidates, but have downloaded the new version and have given it a quick run-through. On […]
Archives: 2006
The Wabash email system can handle attachments up to 25Mb. That’s pretty big, but not always big enough. What to do if you face this problem? Try yousendit.com. Through yousendit.com, you can […]
As we announced on the Tech Notes blog recently (Getting Organized with Google Calendar, 10/6/06), Wabash has adopted Google Calendar as our preferred personal calendaring system. Since that decision, we’ve been looking […]
Using strong passwords is a key component of computer security. Passwords are the keys that provide access to information stored on our computers and online accounts, and are often the only barrier […]
On Thursday at Educause, Jeff Overholtzer (Washington and Lee University) and I gave a presentation titled How Much Infrastructure is Enough? Our third presenter, Dave Smallen from Hamilton College, was called away […]
Today in the Macintosh Users Group meeting, Ryan Haarberg gave a presentation on Macintosh computer security titled The Short List for Mac OS X System Security. This guide is intended as a […]
I’m a bit behind in my review of Educause 2006, which I attended last Tuesday-Thursday. I’ll get caught up today and tomorrow with my summary. The exhibition hall at Educause is always […]
I’m currently in Dallas, Texas, attending the annual Educause conference. Educause bills the conference as “the premier information technology event in higher education”. It’s certainly the largest, with approximately 7000 attendees from […]
Last week, Mike Heinold gave a Tech Talk presentation on Google Calendar. We’ve recently adopted Google Calendar as the IT supported personal calendar system, replacing Netscape Calendar (which will be phased out […]
One of the challenges of keeping on top of security concerns is that the technology language can be quite confusing. From worms to phishing, pharming to bugs, threats are described and categorized […]
Everyone knows Halloween is in October, but did you know that October is also National Cyber Security Awareness Month? IT Services does a number of things to keep Wabash data and computer […]
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A couple of weeks ago, Filemaker released a new product called the Campus Productivity Kit. Designed for students, this free program, available for Windows and Macs, has tools that help you be […]
