March
The Ed Tech's have some great training sessions coming up in March to help you with Plone, Meeting Management in Outlook and some SharePoint Tips & Tricks. Our ITChatter plans to be fun too. We hope to see you there!
The new Knowledge Commons in Pattee Library is a student-centered space offering a wide-range of services in an environment designed to facilitate information discovery, collaborative learning, and knowledge building. It blends digital and multimedia technologies with the best of online and traditional library services to foster student learning and research.
The term "pwned" (pronounced as 'owned' or 'poned') is used to describe when a hacker gains remote control of a server or another computer. If you think that your email addresses or online accounts may have been hacked or "pwned", you can check it out with a site called PwnedList.
What can you do when Windows 7 gadgets stop working or might not be displayed correctly?
APPLock will protect your installed Android applications using a password or pattern.
Federal regulations touch every facet of college and university operations, from employment law to export controls, from international programs to student affairs, from tax issues to accreditation. Dozens of national higher education associations monitor these regulations and produce valuable resources to help their members achieve compliance.
Adobe has released Photoshop Touch for iPad 2, and as the name implies, it only works on the newest version of Apple’s tablet. Please click the link to read the full article from the TechBlog by Dwight Silverman.
Researchers from the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech have developed a prototype iPhone app called BrailleTouch that should revolutionize texting and data entry for visually impaired iPhone users. Please click the link to read the rest of the article and watch a movie.
From Jeff Hyde's Agricultural Entrepreneurship blog - My colleague (and fellow blogger here), Sarah Cornelisse, and I have recently made presentations about social media strategy. It's an absolutely critical topic as businesses explore ways to use Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. to engage customers, other business owners, consultants, or even educators like me. The primary point we make is that the things a business owner hopes to accomplish though these tools should be consistent with the overall business goals. Allow me to explain...
On March 1 Google began to use a new, main privacy policy that covered the majority of their products. The new policy re-defined what information they collect from your use of their products and how Google will use it.
The Kingston Technology Wi-Drive is an external hard drive that can be plugged into your computer for data management. But then it can use Wifi to connects wirelessly to Apple iOS devices.
One of the first things many iPad owners do is look for a Microsoft Office app in the Apple App Store. Unfortunately, that app doesn’t exist -- yet. Read more about Microsoft's challenges in introducing Office for the iPad here.
According to a new poll by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, smartphones are the new norm. "Two in five adults (41%) own a cell phone that is not a smartphone, meaning that smartphone owners are now more prevalent within the overall population than owners of more basic mobile phones." Read more here.
From Upgrade Your Life, the latest iPad has just been unveiled. And the big question: Should you buy one?
'Retina Display' is Apple's terminology for a very high resolution screen on its devices like the iPod touch, iPhone 4 and the new iPad. For example, an HDTV has a 1920-by-1080 resolution screen. Retina Display devices have resolution of 2048 by 1536. The pixel density is so high your eye is unable to distinguish the individual pixels. Read more here.
Photo-sharing service SmugMug has entered the iPhone camera app game with an iPhone app called Camera Awesome. Please click the link to read more about the new app on TIME Techland.
To increase your online banking security, you should change your personal identification numbers (PIN) and passwords frequently. The question is, how?
Google Translate for iOS now works on the iPad.
Could OmniTouch be the end of keyboards and monitors for future generations?
Battery life in iOS 5 can be disappointing. This page has tips to help you out. For example, you can turn off lock screen notifications for push notifications (as well as disable any Notifications & Apps in the Notification Center that you don't use). Please click the link to read their recommendations.
Lighter Side items are links to interesting, funny, even weird items from the web. These may not be tech-oriented. We hope you enjoy them.
To encourage adoption of the latest wireless technologies at Penn State, the University will end the wireless Virtual Private Network (VPN) service as of July 1, 2012. As a result, all users should plan to transition to the University's wireless 2.0 service for on-campus wireless connectivity.
With the recent deaths of two members of the College's family, it seems as appropriate time to raise this question. If you were to pass away today, would your family be able to access your online assets to bring them to a close? Or know that you wanted them left online as a memorial?
Microsoft has announced a very serious issue with the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and also a patch for the primary vulnerability. However, the severity of the potential impact related to unpatched systems is such that the University will begin blocking the use of RDP at the border effective Wednesday (March 21).
Before sending out an Email, I'm sure we all give it a second look. But sometimes auto-correct or our own failings (or maybe 'oar owe fallings') will trip us up. Outlook 2010 has the ability to READ BACK your text so you can proof-listen before you click Send.
Data imported into Excel from external sources can sometimes contain unprintable characters. This tip will let you "clean" them right up.
Have you ever received an email that claims to be from NACHA and that you have a "Rejected transaction?" I have. These emails are a phishing attempt that want you to click a link to gather your Personally Identifiable Information (PII). You should delete these messages if you receive them.
AirDisk Pro turns any iOS device into a personal and secure wireless drive, allowing you to save, manage, edit and view files on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. You can connect to AirDisk Pro from any Mac or PC over the Wi-Fi network and transfer files by drag & drop files straight from the Finder or Windows Explorer.
Walt Mossberg reviews AirStash, a wireless USB flash drive for your iPad and other port-less devices. Please click the link to read "For iPad and Mobile Devices, a ‘Port’ out of the Norm."
Jared Newman from TIME TechLand shares a great point in this article. "We’ve just passed the point where these improvements seem like technological breakthroughs." Do you agree?
Mobile apps for agriculture are spreading like wildfire and making ag professionals more efficient at their jobs. Please click the link to read the full article by CropLife.
Do you need to send a truly private email? Burn Note allows you to send an online message which can be read only once by the recipient.
This video shows a potential future where unsightly cell phone and microwave towers could be eliminated. Anthony Sutera describes Chamtech Enterprises' nano particle, spray-on antenna technology. Click the link to watch the video.
As MG Siegler writes on TechCrunch, "Technology is amazing." To read more about his take on the new iPad (along with photos), please click the link to read the full article entitled "The New iPad Makes Apple’s Tablet Domination Clearer Than Ever."
The Modern Language Association (MLA) has devised a standard format to use when you need to cite a Tweet as a source.
Can I Stream It from Urban Pixels will search for streaming movies to rent or buy across major services iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, and more. The app will also show you the price of each movie rental or purchase. Click the link to see the app on the iTunes Store.
From CNET How To's, getting your local weather forecast on your iPhone's lock screen is now as simple as installing and launching an app. Lock Screen Weather costs $0.99 and is compatible with an iPhone (3GS, 4, and 4S) or iPod touch (3rd or 4th gen) running iOS 5.
A new study in Science reveals that honeybees that scout for new food sources or nest sites have patterns of gene activity in their brains known to be associated with novelty-seeking in humans. In other words, "What makes some bees boldly go where no bee has gone before?" Please click the link to read the full article.
Do you own a Kindle from Amazon? Then you might want to check out their Windows application called Send to Kindle. This application allows you to send files (.doc, .docx, .txt, .rtf, .jpeg, .jpg, .gif, .png, .bmp, .pdf) to your Kindle. You can either right-click on a file and send to the Kindle; or, you can print the file and select Send to Kindle. From CNET How To's, here's how to use Send to Kindle for Windows.
Lighter Side items are links to interesting, funny, even weird items from the web. These may not be tech-oriented. We hope you enjoy them.
