http://www.oit.umass.edu/news/OIT News Feeden-us17 May 2008 09:47:04 -04001440http://www.oit.umass.edu/news/newstdt.html13 May 2008 12:00:00 -0000newstdtAll new students at UMass Amherst must activate their OIT Account before the beginning of the semester. Your OIT Account gives you access to the campus email system (UMail), which is used for all official University communications, and other computing resources on campus. more...http://www.oit.umass.edu/news/hiring.html07 May 2008 12:00:00 -0000hiringOIT is looking for Software Support Consultants, and Help Desk Consultants to assist students, faculty and staff with their day-to-day computing questions.http://www.oit.umass.edu/news/jjune08wkshps.html06 May 2008 12:00:00 -0000jjune08wkshpsRegistration is now open for Academic Computing's workshops for faculty. These workshops cover a wide variety of technology-related topics and most allow you to learn new technologies while working with content from your own courses. To review our list of offerings and to register for a workshop, visit our Faculty Workshop/Event Registration form.http://www.oit.umass.edu/news/extend_umail.html29 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0000extend_umailStudents leaving the University automatically get access to their UMail address for 6 months after their leave date. Use SPIRE to extend your UMail account for 6 additional months. Learn more....http://www.oit.umass.edu/news/spire_download.html24 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0000spire_downloadStudents and instructors can now download their schedule from SPIRE, then import it into their preferred calendaring tool (e.g., Apple iCal, Microsoft Outlook.). Please note that this new SPIRE feature is still undergoing testing. more...http://www.oit.umass.edu/news/campus_alerts.html08 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0000campus_alertsStudents, faculty, and staff can use SPIRE to subscribe to Campus Alerts text messages, a new service that will provide emergency notifications directly to subscribers’ cell phones. Subscribe by April 30, 2008 and you're automatically entered to win one of five iPod Nanos. Campus Alerts Web sitehttp://www.oit.umass.edu/news/voip_rollout.html27 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0000voip_rolloutStudents living in the North Residence Halls are invited to participate in OIT’s Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) pilot project. Using VoIP, you can make and receive telephone calls on your computer from anywhere on campus where there is a wired Internet connection. http://www.oit.umass.edu/news/cgi_upgrade.html19 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0000cgi_upgradeAs of May 14, 2008, OIT will be hosting CGI (Common Gateway Interface) scripts on a new server and disabling access to the existing server. OIT’s CGI server hosts programming code associated with online forms on UMass Amherst course and department Web sites. http://www.oit.umass.edu/news/safari_update_080318.html18 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0000safari_update_080318Apple has released a major update for the Safari Browser, which improves its security and functionality. We recommend you download and install this update via the Apple Software Update utility or by downloading the latest version of the browser from Apple. Please note that OIT does not support the Safari browser on Windows computers. http://www.oit.umass.edu/news/powerlink.html12 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0000powerlinkThe UMass Amherst Provost’s Office, the Office of Information Technologies (OIT), and the Center for Educational Software Development (CESD) have developed a link from the learning management system used for on-campus courses, SPARK, to our online homework tool, OWL. http://www.oit.umass.edu/news/phishing.html12 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0000phishingFraudulent email messages asking for personal account information have been received by some UMail account holders. These emails do not come from OIT/UMass Amherst. OIT will never ask you to provide your NetID or password via email. Please delete these messages. Do not respond to these emails or click on any links or attachments. http://www.oit.umass.edu/news/hd_consultants.html11 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0000hd_consultantsOIT is hiring student Software Support Consultants and Help Desk Consultants to assist students, faculty and staff with their day-to-day computing questions.http://www.oit.umass.edu/news/spamhaus.html04 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0000spamhausOIT has installed a new spam filtering tool, Spamhaus, on the campus mail servers. Spamhaus identifies email messages sent from known spammers and blocks them before they reach the incoming mail servers. http://www.oit.umass.edu/news/classrooms_pc_availability.html25 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0000classrooms_pc_availabilityCheck out our new Computer Availability page, which gives you up-to-the-minute information on the number of computers available in OIT Computer Classrooms. Make sure you also check our classroom hours and scheduled classes information before going to a classroom.http://www.oit.umass.edu/news/Spire_SecCert_Rosters.html06 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0000Spire_SecCert_Rosters Starting this Spring, the Photo Rosters for UMass Amherst courses will be available to all active instructors who earn their Security Certificate. These rosters feature students' UCard photos and are intended to support your teaching. Please make sure your students’ photos remain confidential at all times.http://www.oit.umass.edu/news/adobe_discount.html22 Oct 2007 12:00:00 -0000adobe_discountFor a limited time, UMass Amherst faculty and staff can purchase Adobe software for personal use at a significant discount through the Adobe Select program. The program is usually only open to students and includes software such as Adobe Acrobat Professional and Adobe Creative Suite. This offer had been extended through March 2008. more... http://www.oit.umass.edu/news/update_winscp.html27 Sep 2007 12:00:00 -0000update_winscpWinSCP, the popular Windows FTP client, has received an important version update that makes the program more stable and secure. WinSCP is free and available for download from the Supported Software & Downloads section of the OIT site.http://www.oit.umass.edu/news/copy_quiz.html19 Sep 2007 12:00:00 -0000copy_quizDuring the '06-'07 school year, over 1400 members of the UMass community received notices of copyright violations from the RIAA or other copyright holders. Take our Copyright Quiz to learn how you can avoid copyright violations. Copyright Quiz