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ITS Newsletter Spring 2002
contents:
Introduction | Responsible Computing | Corporate
Time | Email: Recommendation & Tip
In the LRC | Streaming Media
| Useful Links on the Web | Does
Technology Make Our Lives Easier?
Reflections from SCS | Student
Virus Protection | ITS Workshops |Farewell
to Departing Seniors
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Introduction
to this Issue from Jackie Tanner...
Melisa, Nimda, I Love You, SirCam, Code Red, and Klez—recognize
these names? They are just a few of the computer viruses that have
plagued the campus this spring and many of you have personal experience
with them. For Mac users most viruses are more of a nuisance than
a damaging factor, however, for Windows users, these viruses can
be destructive. Luckily for us, the biggest complaint about Klez
was that it bogged down the network and filled our mailboxes with
junk. We must take more responsibility for our assigned machines,
learning how to recognize potential virus alerts and checking that
virus definitions updates are enabled on personal computers.
In
this newsletter, Wendy Rancourt’s article on responsible computing
offers some helpful tips for users to maintain healthy computers
and prevent viruses and other maladies. We should also all read
Paula Krog’s message to students on preventing viruses.
Also in this issue you’ll find a list of useful websites and
helpful user tips, including a reference guide written by Cora Clukey
on Corporate Time, Colby’s new event calendar program. Finally,
contributions from two members of the ITS community who are leaving
us: student computer services coordinator Eric Fleischman offers
some reflections on his time here at Colby, and Language Technology
Consultant Jon Reinhardt tries to answer that vexing question ‘Does
technology make our lives easier?’
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