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Tech News Archives

September 2005: Minnewiki - the Minnesota music encyclopedia; Server maintenance on Sunday; Chatting with George; Journey through the center of Google Earth; Pandora music exploration; Windows Firewall flaw

August 2005: Planarity (online game); Open Media Network; Free Software for Dummies

July 2005: iPod text games; Image search; Security notices; New EDUCAUSE groups; Campus modem pool to be discontinued next month; Adobe Acrobat update; iTunes podcasts

June 2005: Flickr Montage; Internet TV; Mathematica 5.1.1 available; Tots and tech; Spam 101; Contagious Media Showdown; Public Radio Podcasts; wikiHow; Atomic Clock Birthday; Art Mobs MoMA podcast; New blog format for Tech News

May 2005: Classrooms of the Future highlights; Podcasting developments; Campus wireless; Beyond Boundaries conference; Papers from an educational blogging conference; "Podcasting: Do It Yourself Guide"; Conversing between MSN and Mac iChat; iPod skins; Organizing search results; Higher education as major content providers for the web; Security vulnerability in FireFox browser; Name Changes and Student Employees; Widgets in Mac OS X "Tiger"; "Using Technology in Teaching" text; MSUM story from THE Journal

April 2005: Concordia technology upgrades for the coming year; Wi-Fi development in Moorhead; Archives under development for The Technology Source; Announcement to all students re Email accounts; Tagging: A grassroots information system for the Web; Classrooms of the Future, pre-conference workshops; My "Online Portfolio Adventure"; Technology Pedagogy & Course Redesign conference; Cites, Sites and Thoughts; Teaching Well Using Technology workshop at Notre Dame; Open-Access Journals Flourish; Americans getting used to spam; Bioimages; Classrooms of the Future XI registration; "6 million podcast listeners" in the United States; National Digital Newspaper Program; Residence hall network outage; YaGooHoo!gle; Using digitized recordings to respond to student writing; BBC Creative Archive

March 2005: Desktop search tools for Windows (and at least one for Mac); Mac popularity = increased attacks?; Mozilla Foundation releases security update for Firefox; Why spammers keep bothering us; Be a Presenter at the 4th Beyond Boundaries Conference; Webcast Series Explores Technology and General Education; Mobilize Now To Save Hubble; OPEN Student Television Network; Technology Source archive to disappear; NYPL Digital Gallery; Open courseware initiatives; International Children's Digital Library; Instructor Led Community Portal; Effective use of PowerPoint; Classroom personal response systems; Classrooms of the Future XI; R&D Showcase IV (The next step: commercializing science); Colleges to spend less on average on technology; MERLOT International Conference; COW upgrades; Digital Content Servers; PlanetQuest; NationStates; Duke iPod First-Year Experience

February 2005: Seminars on Academic Computing; MSN Messenger update issues; Illinois Online Conference for Teaching/Learning; EDUCAUSE listservs on Instructional Technologies and Learning Space Design; Classrooms of the Future XI; EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2005

January 2005: Repurposing the Nigerian funds scam; January Innovate-Live Webcast Schedule

December 2004: Video blogs; Server downtime; Managing Taskbar buttons for PowerPoint; IT magazines favored by education IT leaders; Announcement for Classrooms of the Future XI; Tip: speeding up Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader; X: drive will be down for maintenance; Using blogs for education; Center for Academic Transformation/Program in Course Redesign; Critical patch for Internet Explorer; Report on computers and student learning; Nvu 1.0, web authoring system for Windows, Mac and Linux

November 2004: Wikinews, journalism by citizens; TCC Worldwide Online Conference; Grid computing opportunities; Phishing attacks up; Information Technology at Small Colleges; 100 years of electronics; Google Scholar; Pixels turn 50; Zoomerang online survey tool; BioMed Central search plugin for Firefox; Bofra virus; Yet another Internet Explorer security flaw; Innovation Futures; Megaconference VI; A student view of course management systems; "College Students Prefer Electronic Voting by a 2-1 Margin"; Low threshold application: a simple way to make graphics files; Google Print service; AcademicCommons.org; EdTechInforCenter.com, a new educational technology website

October 2004: Student technology fees; RFID tags and libraries; GPS info in photos; TV-B-Gone; Symantec Internet Security Threat Report; Servers Down 10-23; PayPal glitches; Next generation iPod and competitors; Tech Trends: Podcasting; JPEG security flaw in Microsoft Windows operating system and applications; Skype Internet telephony; October Innovate-Live Webcasts; Inaugural Issue of Innovate

September 2004: Open access journals in Education; Teleconference on electronic portfolios; Course management systems vs. ePortfolios; Open-source software survey; Mozilla FireFox downloads; Center for the Digital Future 2004 report; Beyond Boundaries conference; TechTerm - "nouse"; A.L.I.C.E. bot wins 2004 Loebner Prize; Water and methane on Mars; Changes to student network storage - X: drives

August 2004: Software Freedom Day; Real releases new products for Mac OS X; Report to Concordia Board on technology; Voluntary recall on 15" PowerBook G4 batteries; Online access to everything ever published??; Serious security vulnerability in Bluetooth-enabled phones; Macromedia Contribute licenses available; Center for Responsible Nanotechnology; Red River Valley Research Corridor summit on RFID; iTunes and Linux: CodeWeavers Adds Support For Apple iTunes In CrossOver Office; Scientific Publishing Maven Joins Open Access Movement; Information Literacy site from the American Library Association

July 2004: "This Land" creators told to cease and desist; virus email; Server maintenance scheduled for Saturday July 31st; free computer recycling; making room for Internet growth; www4 server maintenance; Audacity: an open-source audio editor; Microsoft security updates; Twenty Questions: The neural-net on the Internet; Weird Fields Make Wonderful Art; Tomorrow's Professor website; Spam trends; Tech Term: 'geolocation'; resources for teaching statistics; evolving a more efficient Internet; MountainRise: an e-journal on the scholarship of teaching and learning

June 2004: "Time to Dump Internet Explorer? "; Winona State $40 Million Mega-Buy Boosts Tablet PC; Pick and drop; new critical IT functions on the horizon; anti-plagiarism resources

May 2004: looking for an invitation to sign up for Gmail?; Computer Stupidities; latest Barracuda stats; Innovate online journal of information technology; Tech Planning committee, 2004/2005 budget highlights; Classrooms of the Future 10 conference, keynote speakers; Web @ Work 2004 survey; "Eye halve a spelling chequer"

April 2004: resources for evaluating student PowerPoints; 'Osama Captured' e-Mail is Malicious Trojan; Internet speed record set; Web Resource: MERLOT;Scirus search engine for science; Technology and Pedagogy Conference

March 2004: 2004 CIC Teaching and Learning Mentors Institute; Barracuda question; safety on the Internet for kids; 10th annual Classrooms of the Future conference; website resource: "Active Learning with PowerPoint"; update on Barracuda anti-spam activity; new virus on campus ; Tech Consultant Meetings; Anti spam system

February 2004: Windows Updates During Spring Break; R: an open source statistics environment/package; May 2004 Institute at Notre Dame; "Digital Aristotle" project; searching the 'Deep Web'; virus alert; Windows update process for campus computers; Classrooms of the Future, call for proposals; website: National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education; advice on email and other interruptions; EDUCAUSE constituent and discussion groups; network update; Classrooms of the Future X, Call for Proposals; Windows critical update - PC Support; Message from PC Support-Critical Microsoft Update; 'Save the Hubble' petition drive

January 2004: "thugware"; Conference for faculty, visual images and new media; New virus on campus; Converting FrontPage websites to use server-side includes; Computer virus on campus; Web resource: Partnering with Students to Avoid “Cut and Paste” Plagiarism; ResNet update; Emerging technologies article; ResNet update; Classrooms of the Future X announcement; Access to gloin shares from off campus; "Do you read the fine print"; Issue with re-using CCAngel courses; Ad-Aware anti-Trackware tool; Lighter Side: printing email; NoodleTools review of search tools

December 2003: Internet running out of room to grow?; Lighter Side: Feeling sick? Blame your computer!; Tech Tip: automatic dates on your web pages; Mozilla Thunderbird spam filtering; Question about the new dorm Internet access; Tech Tip: moving files in CCAngel; Robots in the news; Tech Tip: adding text to Adobe Acrobat documents; "PowerPoint Makes You Dumb " article

November 2003: Website resource: Presentation Help Online; Atomic Learning Computer Help Desk ; student survey on software piracy

October 2003: fall technology workshops; Messenger updates in the labs; posting announcements in CCAngel ; Lighter Side: Serene Japanese Computer Error Messages(?); computer terminology defined

September 2003: McAfee for faculty/staff home computers ; Atomic Learning update; electronic portfolio resource site; McAfee and patches for off-campus students; another round like Blaster??; Goodbye Gallileo; McAfee for off-campus students; Exchange server update; "Tomorrow's Professor" listerv; Atomic Learning tutorial service; beware emails from 'Microsoft' with attachments; ResNet reconnection update; Concordia Cable channel lineup; residence hall reconnection update; Blaster worm at other colleges; Lighter Side: Blackout Photo Hoax

August 2003: Campus network problems, disconnection of residence halls ; W32/Mimail virus still hitting campus; "Does Concordia’s policy allow downloading music via the dorm room internet connection?"; accessing restricted materials on www4.cord.edu; new students should synchronize passwords; Invitation to Submit Articles; McAfee anti-virus available for students

Summer 2003: Concept Mapping Software from the Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Human & Machine Cognition; Web Resource: Campus Legal Information Clearinghouse; CAREO: Campus Alberta Repository of Educational Objects; Low Threshold Applications; Virus Warning and McAfee Reminder; 5th annual Upper Great Plains Technology Conference and Trade Show; Lighter Side: WIndows Defined

April 2003: Classrooms of the Future IX; Conference: "Technology, Learning, and Intellectual Development"; IBM BlueBoard technology and collaborative work; student first-year experience with computing at Concordia; MSUM Conference: Educational Applications of Wireless Computing

March 2003: Collaboration Conference followup; Low threshold application: Creating Editable Forms in Microsoft Word; Free, open-source word processing program; Website resource: Teaching Perspectives Inventory; Email Issues; Call for Proposals: Integrating Tech into Teaching & Learning conference, UND; Tech Tip: IntelliMouse Trick; Internet problems; Teleconference on First Year Experience; Tech Tip: disabling Windows Messenger Service; free webcast on the use of Instant Messenging in education

February 2003: channels added to Concordia Cable; Concordia webcam; Backing up your Macintosh Computer!; Tech Tip - Microsoft Word: using Spike for multiple cuts & paste; Tech Consultant Meetings for February; Computer Upgrades - Windows 98 to Windows 2000; CUMREC 2003: Leveraging the Magic of Information and Technology

January 2003: teaching with technology conference at Notre Dame; anti-virus software; free design software; Classrooms of the Future conference; Web resource: "THE FUTURE OF HIGHER (LIFELONG) EDUCATION: For All Worldwide, a Holistic View"; statement on plagiarism, National Council of Writing Program Administrators

December 2002: Security alert: critical Internet Explorer flaw; Security alert: Microsoft upgrades another flaw to critical; best view of Saturn in decades; A Learning Guide; Online resource: Exchange magazine; Tech Tip - Microsoft FrontPage: using forms instead of mailto: links; Regional technology conference: The Collaboration for the advancement of college teaching & learning; student course-related web projects using FrontPage; Reminder about New Faculty/Staff; Educause to host regional IT conference in Chicago

November 2002: Webcast: Anti-plagiarism workshop; In the news: Dennis Duncan; Library resource: effective use of online teaching tools; Web resource: Electronic portfolios; Website review: American Transcendentalism Web ; Nov/Dec issue of The Technology Source; building wiring upgrades for summer 2003; Fall technology workshops; electronic portfolio resources

October 2002: Looking for a free email client?; 2002 Campus Computing Project results; Virus alert from PC Support; followup from PC Support on recent virus alert; another spam article with resources; Study of information gathering habits of students and faculty; PEW Internet Project report on college student technology use; live webcast: robotically assisted heart surgery

September 2002: Anti-spam petition drive; MWALLT 2002 conference announcement; UND Conference: "Beyond Boundaries: Integrating Technology into Teaching & Learning"; Beyond threaded discussion forums: using shared online documents to support classroom discussions; The Journal of Academic Leadership; Spam and college email systems; survey questions for assessing presentations; upcoming AECT educational technology conference; Virus on campus

Summer 2002: PC World article on search engines; Security Alert - Internet Explorer for Windows; Security Alert - Windows Media Player; Technology use among fourth year students, Spring 2002 CSEQ results; New gloria set to go online; Tech tip - Microsoft Office: tabbing through tabbed dialog boxes; Concordia Cable television system; goodbye to the HOBBITON domain; Something New in the Macintosh Computer labs; Windows XP Home Edition networking problems; Security Alert - Microsoft patch fixes six IE security flaws; a new twist on spam (and virsues): return address 'spoofing'; Tech Tip - Outlook email distribution lists for class emails; Tech Tip - Microsoft Word: double-click shortcuts; Tech Tip - Microsoft FrontPage: using Hit Counters on your pages; Security Alert - Microsoft Windows security certificate flaw

May 2002: Web resource - SpamCop ('take a bite out of spam'); "Coming Soon: netLibrary Notes Will Make Research Faster, Easier"; computer sale; Classroom technology changes over summer; on-campus modems terminated; 'net news digest; new Internet speed record; 2nd MERLOT conference; Microsoft patches 6 IE security holes; patch said to be 'flawed'; virus hoax on campus: Jdbgmgr.exe; May/June Technology Source; webcast archive: "Information Fluency vs. Information Literacy: A Liberal Arts Perspective on Technology's Role in the 21st Century"; Security alert: Yahoo Messenger; learning objects resource site

April 2002: The Internet (yes, the whole Internet) supposedly down for maintenance; two new security holes in Office XP; Teoma: a new search site available from Ask Jeeves; The Lighter Side: Shouldn't Microsoft use Microsoft products??; new meeting time for campus presentation of the Technology Long-range Plan; Tech Tip - accessing network file storage space on campus (or 'what's the deal with gloria and gloin?'); tweety server down for scheduled maintenance on April 9th; Kazaa peer-to-peer software has sleeper network hidden inside; April Technology Source author forums; The Lighter Side: The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation; Tech Tip - Microsoft Word: quick change case; educational pricing on Gateway, Dell and IBM for faculty, staff and students; free webcast on information literacy; The Lighter Side: Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie; regional conferences on teaching with technology; Tech Tip - Microsoft Word: inserting images; Gloria and Webmail accounts over summer; Tech Tip - Microsoft Excel: using Paste Special to convert formulas to values; teaching with technology conference at MSUM

March 2002: Important Notice to all Outlook Exchange users......; Google search for cord.edu; automated tape backup for Macintosh users; The Lighter Side: Windows development; Microsoft Personal Security Advisor; Exchange server; ***Virus Warning W32/Fbound.c@MM *** McAfee Update 3-14-02; The Lighter Side: "Ode To Spell Checker"; Next-Generation Text-To-Speech (TTS) from AT&T Labs; March/April edition of The Technology Source; Free Online Web Accessibility Training Available; AOL not accepting our mail; The Lighter Side: Evil Penguin movie; Teaching in Higher Education (THE) Forum; Teaching Goals Inventory online; Web Sites - Instructional Technology - 'Why bother?'; Low Threshold Applications; The Lighter Side: 404 Research Lab; a new way to get to Concordia Computing; two new critical flaws exposed in Internet Explorer (Windows)

February 2002: scholarships for faculty, students and staff from non-profit National Education Foundation (NEF) CyberLearning; Chronicle of Higher Education: "Students Plagiarize Less Than Many Think, a New Study Finds"; Security alerts - holes in Internet Relay Chat, Morpheus peer-to-peer file swapping program; "Alliance Formed to Open Scholarly Publishing Avenues"; pepe maintenance; scam email: The Nigerian Advance Fee Scheme; Tech Tips - typing foreign characters; "Why is the network so slow?"; Security alert - Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger; *** Virus Alert From PC Support ***; Classrooms of the Future; new technology long-range plan; automated McAfee anti-virus updates; The Lighter Side: The Physics Chanteuse; Degree Navigator: new report formats, department workshops; GoConcordia.com; Security alert - three more critical security patches from Microsoft; Microsoft freeware checks Windows security

January 2002: new anti-spam effort; Security alerts - Netscape 6.0, 6.2: cookies not secure; Tech tips - Microsoft Outlook: automatically forwarding daffy/Exchange mail to gloria; Tech tips - Microsoft PowerPoint: embedding TrueType fonts; Tech tips - Microsoft Office: using or turning off adaptive menus in Office 2000; classroom equipment list; Security alerts - W32/Myparty@MM virus; Internet connection switchover; The Lighter Side: Dave Berry: "Learning to love the computer, warts and all"; distributed computing projects: cancer cures, anthrax treatments, search for extraterrestrial intelligence, and others; pepe downtimes; Classrooms of the Future VIII, call for proposals; Tech Futures - Mars exploration, testbed for new developments in robotics; Web resources (faculty) - Developing teaching portfolios; Web resources (faculty) - FAST: Free Assessment Summary Tool (http://www.getfast.ca); CCAngel update; Security alerts - AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) security hole, unsecure third-party patch; phase-out of the on-campus modem pool; Tech tips - CCAngel: setting up multiple instructors on a class; new technology classrooms; Security alerts - Trojan software bundled with popular file-swapping programs; Security alerts - Microsoft Security notice; Internet studies: contractions, expansions and spirituality