Computing Service Newsletter 232: April 2007 (pdf version)

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Headlines

• Lost: one thesis, nearly complete
• How to use the University-wide email addressbook
• Are you paying too much (or too little) for software?
• Cancellation of student accounts
• The Computing Service is launching a pilot Streaming Media Service
• Extra technical support for small institutions within the University
• The University telephone system is to be replaced
• News on TLS and SSL server security certificates

Other News

• Use of CS teaching rooms and User Area
• Coordinated bulk purchase of Windows/Linux hardware
• Power failures
• Copyright and scanners
• Seventy years ago
• Bulk email - think before you send
• Secure access to Hermes - the end of the story
• Size limits on Hermes
• Changes to web search
• UK Mirror Service to close
• PWF software for next academic year
• File transfer to and from the PWF
• PWF Condor
• CUS closure
• Closure of Pelican

Features and reports

• Diary
• Help Desk news (Frequently Asked Questions, Help Desk calls)
• Videoconferencing Service
• Sales news (performance figures, new products)
• Progress Reports
• Documentation and Training
• Contact Points