Cellphones still protected from telemarketers
by F. Damkroger, Telecommunications
published May 17, 2005
Recently there has been a spate of e-mails telling the public they are
about to be assaulted by telemarketing calls on their cellphones as a result
of a new cellphone-number database. It's not true. According to the
Federal Trade Commission, "Telemarketing to cellphone numbers has
always been illegal in most cases and will continue to be so." For
details, see this FTC webpage:
The Truth about Cell Phones and the National Do Not Call Registry.
Technology classroom and computer lab
to be upgraded
by R. Satterlee, Computing and Network Services
published May 17, 2005
Several technology upgrades will take place in the Ackert 219
technology classroom and the Nichols 21 university computing lab during
spring intersession. Each computing lab environment will have the
workstation replaced with newer models. Overall, more than 100 PCs will be
upgraded.
Furthermore, the software offering in Nichols 21 will include
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional. This new software release will be
used in coordination with CIS 10X classes this summer.
The maintenance periods for the lab updates are as follows:
- Nichols 21: noon May 18 (Wed)-5 p.m. May 20 (Fri)
- Ackert 219: 8 a.m. May 23 (Mon)-5 p.m. May 27 (Fri)
During these outages, other university computing labs (Seaton,
Dickens, Justin, Union) and the K-State InfoCommons (Hale Library)
will be available for computing use during the specified timeframes.
K-State considering antivirus software options
by S. Coulson, College of Engineering
published May 17, 2005
K-State's SIRT Antivirus committee is investigating the
question of whether K-State should continue to use Symantec
AntiVirus or switch to another product.
To be better informed, the committee has invited representatives of
major antivirus and security software companies to make on-campus
presentations about their products and how they might benefit
K-State.
Though these presentations are primarily for the benefit of
committee members, anyone interested is invited to attend,
particularly those with college or departmental IT responsibilities.
Representatives from Trend Micro Inc. and McAfee Inc. gave
presentations May 12-13. Future presentations scheduled:
- May 23 (Mon), 9:15-11:30 a.m. in Union 207
Thomas Charles, Computer Associates International Inc.
- May 26 (Thu), 8:30-11:30 a.m. in Union 207
Eric Becker, Symantec Corp.
Free-printing allocations to be reset for summer
by the editors, InfoTech Tuesday
published May 17, 2005
Free printing in the university computing labs and the K-State InfoCommons will be reset
this Sunday, May 22. All K-State students will receive $5 of free
printing for the summer.
German e-mail spam arriving at K-State
by B. Edwards, Computing and Network Services
published May 17, 2005
K-Staters who began receiving a flood of e-mail in German last weekend are not alone.
It's due to a German spam that's going the rounds, and you should just delete it. See
isc.sans.org for details.
Did you know K-State's central e-mail system allows filtering of
messages in other languages?
- Go to eid.k-state.edu and sign in to your eProfile.
- Go to the "E-mail" section, and click on "change" for your spam filtering.
- Make sure "Enable spam filtering" is turned on.
- Click on "Advanced configuration options".
- Fill out the "Accepted Languages" section, and click the Update button.
May 18 Tips and Tricks: Working with styles
in MS Word
by C. Rodriguez, Information Technology Assistance Center
published May 17, 2005
This month's Tips and Tricks session is "Working with Styles in
MS Word". The session is 1:30-2:30 p.m. in 301A Hale
Library. A short demonstration
(10-15 minutes) will be followed by discussion and a
question/answer period. This session will cover how to create
your own Style toolbar and then show how to add style commands
to the toolbar for faster styling. We will even generate a
Table of Contents based on Word's default heading styles.
Participants are encouraged to bring a Style tip to share.
| Q/A: IT questions from K-Staters |
by the editors, InfoTech Tuesday
published May 17, 2005
What computer labs and studios are being upgraded?
They include Eisenhower 228, Nichols 21, and Ackert 219.
Have a question or comment?
TellTuesday@ksu.edu.
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UFM summer catalog
by the editors, InfoTech Tuesday
published May 17, 2005
Need to be enlightened this summer? Consider taking a class from
UFM. The catalog is available on the UFM website at
www.ksu.edu/ufm or by going directly to the
Course Catalog by category.
Find a good site? TellTuesday@ksu.edu.
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