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Whenever I travel, I tend to agonize over airline ticket prices and wonder if I should buy now or wait, especially when buying tickets for my entire family. Farecast, a recent entry into the […]

Read More - Optimize your airline ticket purchases with Farecast

Last Saturday, the IT Services department and the Wabash Environmental Concerns Committee sponsored a Community Computer Recycle Day. Wabash faculty, staff and students, as well as members of the greater Crawfordsville community, […]

Read More - Community Recycling Day a Great Success

It’s nearly impossible these days to walk across the Wabash campus and not see students (or employees) sporting the tell-tale white iPod ear buds. Many people take their iPods everywhere, and this frequent […]

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Cryptographer and computer security specialist Bruce Schneier once wrote “The user’s going to pick dancing pigs over security every time.” And who can blame them? It’s hard to get excited about computer […]

Read More - National Cyber Security Awareness Month

IT Services “Tech Talks” are held in Baxter Hall 114 on the second and fourth Tuesday each month. Each Tech Talk features a presentation on technology at Wabash, and includes lunch. Talks […]

Read More - Fall Tech Talk Schedule Set

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and to help raise awareness on campus we’re dedicating two Tech Talk’s this fall to security. Yesterday, desktop support analyst Mike Heinold got us started by […]

Read More - Talking About Windows Security

Last week, Microsoft announced a new program, “The Ultimate Steal,” that lets students purchase Office Ultimate for only $59.95. This is a great deal, and considerably less than Office costs through our already […]

Read More - Students: Get a Great Deal on Microsoft Office Ultimate

During yesterday’s Tech Talk, we highlighted some of the main technology changes we made on campus this summer. It’s been a busy summer, and we hope the campus finds the upgrades and […]

Read More - Summer Tech Project Overview

During freshman computer orientation, we surveyed new students to see how many already have computers at Wabash. Most do (over 85%) and most of the rest plan to get one soon.  If you […]

Read More - PC Magazine Back to School Guide

As at any college, each fall many new students, staff and faculty arrive at Wabash. For many, not only is Wabash new to them, but so is  Crawfordsville. A new service from […]

Read More - Get the 411 with Google Voice Local Search

On Monday, we kicked off our first annual (we hope!) Summer Tech School.  Over the next three weeks, IT Services and Lilly Library will offer more than 20 technology classes to Wabash […]

Read More - Summer Tech School is Underway

We replace computers at Wabash on a three-year cycle, and this year the Library Computer Lab was due for an upgrade.  The 22 new lab computers are Dell Optiplex 745s, and feature […]

Read More - Library Computer Lab Upgrade