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Congratulations go out to Dr. Corey Olsen of WC's Department of English. His project, The Tolkien Professor, has just gone big on iTunes. Dr. Olsen uses a website, RSS feed and podcasts to share his thoughts and lectures on Tolkien's work and the worlds created within. Since posting his podcasts up to iTunes only days ago, Corey has been named a featured publisher on the service . His

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Instructional Technology has launched a new feature on its blog - Off The Circuit. Off The Circuit will cover the strange and wonderful things that happen when cold technology meets with the emotions of humanity. Stories that are off the beaten path will be published on Off The Circuit biweekly. Today's first installment covers Shinto gadget blessings and a 13 year old's experience trading his

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The following email is NOT from Washington College. Please do not respond to it. Washington College OIT will NEVER ask for your email user name and password by email.Washington College Support DeskAttention:This is to inform you that we are carrying out a site upgrade, as amailbox Subscriber, we are carrying out a (inactive email-accounts)clean-up process to enable service upgrade

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If you are already set up to use Zimbra, the following tutorial created by Gene Sheehan will be very useful for you:To log in to Zimbra:Go to the Zimbra link directly by going to https://zmail.washcoll.eduORGo to the Washington College home page at http://www.washcoll.edu/ and click on Log In at the top right corner of the pageThen Click on the WC email button (labeled Zimbra Mail Client) at the

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Apple announced yesterday updates to its MacBook Pro family of notebook computers. The 13" MacBook has now been named a "Pro," joining its 15" and 17" siblings (which only makes sense since it looked like them anyway.) The systems each received processor, memory and storage upgrades - and price reductions.OIT has chosen its three favorite configurations of these new notebook computers and has

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The U.S. Postal Service enacted an across-the-board postage rate hike on May 11, 2009. The price of a first-class stamp rose 2 cents from 42 to 44 cents. Under the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, prices for mailing services are reviewed annually and adjusted each May, with the overall average price increase capped at the rate of inflation, currently 3.8 percent. This postal increase

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Thinking about buying a new computer for back to school season? Considering a Mac? Want an iPod for free?Now through September 8th, Apple is offering a free iPod touch (or other iPod of equal or lesser value) to anyone who buys a new Mac through the Apple Store for Education. Don't miss this great back to school promotion!

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A lot of our campus community is using Windows via Parallels or VMWare Fusion on their Macs. How does a set up like this work with Microsoft's Windows 7, the successor to Vista? Gene Sheehan, our software guru, reports in on using Windows 7 with Parallels on his MacBook Pro:After doing an upgrade to Windows 7 RC on my MacBookPro last week, Parallels Shared Folders did not work at all. This can

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Please do not respond to the email reprinted below. It is a fake and originated in Canada. Remember - OIT will not ask for your user name and password by email. The spammers are getting more tricky - this time they used information from the college Web site to make it look more official.Here's the fake email:Subject: Notice!!From: HelpDesk@washcoll.eduDate: Thu, April 30, 2009 8:39 pmTo:

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Please remember that no matter what email you may receive that asks for your user name and password for any account - not only Washington College accounts - you should never respond. Legitimate commercial, government and educational organizations will not request that information by email.If you want to check on the validity of such a request you should telephone the organization directly or go

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Office of Information Technologies staff is currently in the process of testing the Zimbra collaboration suite and has been having great luck with this new service. Where issues have been found, work arounds and solutions have been uncovered and documented on our Zimbra microsite. oit.washcoll.edu/zimbraIf you are already testing Zimbra for OIT and do uncover any problems, please contact the

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Did you know that you are a few key strokes from technology help no matter where you are?On campus, simply type "help" into any web browser to visit the newly refreshed help.washcoll.edu. There you can find quick links to OIT's answers and resources for your most common support issues. Get Live Chat support from OIT staff and learn about training opportunities, too.(Off campus, just visit

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Blackboard 9 is coming to Washington College and Instructional Technology plans to "flip the switch" this July. In preparation for the coming transition, we have prepared a Blackboard 9 workshop that covers the new features of this learning management system and steps you can take to back up and archive your existing Blackboard 9 courses. Workshops begin next week and we highly encourage you to

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Did you know that there are over 230 audio and video files from Washington College on iTunes U? iTunes U features fascinating material from the C.V. Starr Center, Goldstein Program, Athletics, Lit House and much more. If you want to know what's going on at WC, make sure to check out iTunes U.You can watch and listen to all of this great content and even download it to your computer, iPod,

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The 60 Seconds or Less Video Festival just wrapped up with its 5th annual awards reception and ceremony. Winners have been announced in all seven categories and Instructional Technology has provided a run down of the event for those who could attend on its blog. You may also watch the winning videos by visiting wcmc.tv.

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The Rose O'Neill Literary House is featured amongst National Poetry Month content on Apple's iTunes U homepage. Nestled in between two items posted by Oxford, you can find the 2009 readings from first year creative writing students here at Washington College. This is really a great honor not only for the Lit House but for the students, whose readings will be heard by a global audience of

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The OIT Help & Support page has been given a new look. This help resource now features dynamic, revolving content, just like the OIT homepage. Without navigating to any other pages, you can find information about the most common services of Help & Support - the Help & Support contact info, Computer Repair, Audio/Visual Services and Shopping. Related materials - like Email, Software, etc. - are

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Why, it's a sampling of candies from around the world! This package of sweets arrived on my desk just in time to be given away to all attendees of the 60 Seconds or Less Video Festival presentation and ceremony on April 7th. The evening kicks off with a wine and cheese reception in Toll Atrium at 6:00 pm followed by the show in Litrenta at 7:00 pm. Hope to see you there!

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OIT has embarked recently on a busy schedule of projects that will bring some exciting new services to the Washington College community. We want to keep you in the loop with these projects as they develop, so check back with the OIT News blog for the latest information on the following:Zimbra - new email, calendar and collaboration tool for faculty, staff and studentsBlackboard 9 - brand new

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Showcase the work you've already done in classes! Make a trailer for a longer video assignment, re-edit something that's over a minute - we want to make sure your work gets seen because we know there are great projects out there on campus now!(And - if you think you can turn something out quickly, why not make that idea into reality or turn in another quick project?)You now have until Monday,

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On April 1, the "conflicker" worm is set to activate on Windows based computers. Everyone using a Windows computer should be sure to obtain and install all high-priority Windows updates before April 1.For Windows XP computers:Open the Start menu. Near the top of the menu should be Windows Update. Click on that and get any updates that are available for your computer. Alternatively, you can

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The 60 Seconds or Less Video Festival is fast approaching and entries are due tomorrow - Tuesday, March 31 by 3:00 pm! If you haven't registered yet, visit www.wcmc.tv for full rules and entry form. After you've registered online, drop your tape off with Nancy Cross on the Lower Level of the Miller Library.Again, you have until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, March 31 to drop off your 60 Seconds or Less

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Emails that seem to be from Facebook, Classmates, or other popular Web sites, but really are not, are attempts to entice people to install programs on their computers that will try to steal personal information, log and report keystrokes, or do other harmful things to the computerand/or to the personal information that is on the computer.An example is below. Note that the link does not actually

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... and in with the new. OIT has updated its entire website with a new design from College Relations that we've customized to best serve our audience (that would be you.) The new look takes advantage of the larger resolutions that modern displays use to provide visitors with a much more open space for content. It also better presents the global Washington College navigation (like Log In,

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Congratulations to Alex Sobotka, the winning designer in our 2009 60 Seconds or Less Poster Contest. A team of judges from across campus picked Alex's design out of many exceptional efforts from his peers for its creative take on our 5th Annual 60 Seconds or Less Video Festival theme: "exploring a flat world."Alex will be taking home a $50 Amazon gift card and we will soon be shaping his design

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