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ITS Coffee Break for Wed., June 28, 2006

Learn about the upcoming upgrade to Safari Tech Books on line, get the podcast through a quick-subscribe link in iTunes, test drive the Microsoft Office 2007 Beta, and learn a few new parent hacks in this edition of the ITS Coffee Break.

ITS Coffee Break for Mon., June 19, 2006

Learn about email password changes, discover how to take Web page screenshots from within Firefox, and get an overview of technology in the Lafayette Libraries in the June 19 edition of Soapbox. You can also find out about new Microsoft Word documentation available on the ITS web site.

ITS Coffee Break for Tues, June 13

A short update on this summer's network drive transition starts off the 6/13 ITS Coffee Break before turning the discussion turns to two beta projects: WIndows XP running on an Intel-powered iMac via Apple's Bootcamp beta software, and the beta version of Windows Vista. Stop by the ITS Consulting Center in the Library to see either project in action. There's also a discussion of a new digital paper initiative by Hearst Newspapers and a round-up of upcoming workshops being offered by ITS.

ITS Coffee Break for Tue., June 6

Updates to the password change utility, the ability to use your network id to login to e-mail, and a new Web-based tech book library service and upcoming workshops top the ITS News segement of this week's Coffee Break podcast. After discussing what's new with ITS, Courtney and Ken take a look at Microsoft and Adobe's fight over PDF creation and talk about the new security flaws found in Mozilla's Firefox Web browser. Finally, the "Help" section reviews the new documentation available on the ITS web site.

ITS Coffee Break for Tue., May 30

Learn about the early summer ITS workshops, listen to Ken and Courtney discuss their tech/scifi summer reading lists, and learn about new wireless and Webmail documentation in the latest edition of the ITS Coffee Break.

ITS Coffee Break for Mon., May 22

We review the changes to Lafayette's wireless network before launching into a discussion Trends and Notebook, two of Google's latest tools. In Help News, we review several items relating to Blackboard and offer some suggestions on how to improve your passwords.

ITS Coffee Break for Mon., May 15

As the semester winds down we announce the winners of the Documentary Film Class Awards, discuss aspects of Facebook that academic users should be aware of, define what OPML is, and then highlight a new service that lets you use them, and offer instructions on how to set an "away" message for your e-mail while you're on vacation, on break, or simply away from your computer.

ITS Coffee Break for Mon., May 8

The sophomore episode of the Information Technology Services podcast features local news about the documentary film screening and the formation of a GIS users group as well as tech news from the Cassini mission to Saturn. In the "One Minute-Help" segment, we provide information about backups and accessing your files while you're away from campus.

ITS Coffee Break for Mon., May 1

The first-ever Information Technology Services podcast features news about wireless coverage and the planned network outage in May, a discussion of social bookmarking in academic settings, news about the geek invention festival known as Make Faire, and help with managing your network password.

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