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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Performing basic computer safety maintenance is your first step to preventing nasty viruses from infecting your computer. 3 things you can do to protect your computer: Install anti-virus and anti-spyware software. At Carleton, all computer labs and staff/faculty workstations have Symantec installed. Symantec is available to staff and faculty... More
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Current Students now have a new and improved website. The new Carleton Current Students site runs off WordPress 3.5.1 and uses Syntactically Awesome Stylesheets (SASS) as a CSS pre-processor. When coding the site, it was important for it to be fully accessible and responsive. When designing the site, the Office of the Associate Vice-President... More
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Portable Storage Devices (PSDs) are small, portable devices capable of storing and transferring data. They include USB/Flash drives, smart phones, iPods, and portable hard drives. The portability of data in the digital age is convenient, however, these small media types are often not protected appropriately. If the PSD is lost or left unattended,... More
Monday, February 11, 2013
Last year we announced an initiative to convert to a more common format of email address. Currently, official email addresses use an underscore (_) to separate first and last names. Our new format of official email address will employ a dot (.) as a separator. Why are we changing the email format? Introducing this... More
Thursday, February 7, 2013
On January 30th, the iTeam hosted an intermediate iPad Lunch and Learn. This session focused on iCloud, a free service from Apple. This session focused on three iCloud features: iPhone locator, notes App and iCloud backup. To set up your iCloud Account: Go to apple.com/icloud/setup. Sign in with your Apple ID. - Have you... More
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Theft on campus accounts for tens of thousands of dollars worth of personal and university property loss every year. Along with the financial burden comes the loss of valuable personal and academic information. To protect your laptop: Most laptop theft occurs when devices are left unattended. To prevent laptop theft: Never leave your laptop... More
Thursday, January 24, 2013
If you have received an email with the subject of "Completed: Please DocuSign this document : Confidential Company Agreement 2013..pdf [****]”, please do not click on the links or open the 'pdf' document within this email message, do not provide your email & account information and do not reply to it. This is a phishing email... More
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Please be aware: destructive email viruses continue to be sent to some Carleton.ca email addresses. These viruses are typically disguised as .zip files containing faxes or scanned documents. The recent viruses are very new and not detected by many anti-virus vendors, including Symantec. If opened, these viruses will damage your shared network... More
Thursday, January 10, 2013
The installation of a new fire suppression system on the fourth floor of the library means that the centre section on that level (the area between the two stairwells) will be blocked off until Jan. 25. Ask at the Welcome Desk (directly in front of the library entrance) to have books from the affected... More
When you receive a call on your iPhone, double-tap the Power On button to send the call directly to voicemail. A single tap on the Power On button will mute the iPhone and let the call ring out. Reference: osXdaily.com, Feb 2 2011 More... More
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
If you have received an email with the subject of "Email Verification”, and which appears to be from "Carleton University", please do not click on the link within the body of the email message, do not provide your email & account information and do not reply to it. This is a phishing email and should be... More
Friday, December 14, 2012
The infographic below highlights things that happened in the world of ITS in November. Click on the image for a larger... More
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