http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/its ITS News Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:05:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en American University's Center for Social Media has issued a new guide to using copyrighted materials in the classroom. The authoring of the guide involved over 150 educators and a review by experts in copyright law. Overall, the publication stresses the flexibility of the "fair use" provisions of copyright law which ... http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/its/2008/11/11/new-guide-to-using-copyrighted-material-in-the-classroom/ Most everyone knows not to open executables (e.g., .exe, .bat, etc.) and documents (e.g., .doc, .xls, .ppt, .html, etc.) received via email when they’re not expected. However, did you know that Adobe Acrobat documents (.pdf) fall into the same category?? It’s quite straightforward for an attacker to invisibly ... http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/its/2008/11/10/open-an-unanticipated-pdf-file-infect-your-pc/ Available at http://www.swarthmore.edu/its_summer08.xml Contents Internet Bandwidth, Increased from 60 Mb/s to 100 Mb/s Media Services Equipment Loans Computers in the Classrooms: next up are Hicks 211, Kohlberg 226 & 328, Trotter 301 & 303, SC 199 New Improved Office Computer Backups, Coming Soon Media Center Now Open Sundays, 1 - 9 p.m. New Software Versions 16TB in ... http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/its/2008/10/24/its-fall-2008-newletter/ If you're a Windows user, did you ever wonder what the periodic appearance of a yellow shield on your task bar means? When you have Windows Automatic Update enabled (and you definitely should!), your PC will regularly check with Microsoft to see if any new software fixes or patches are ... http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/its/2008/10/24/dont-ignore-the-windows-update-shield/ According to security experts and anti-virus software vendor F-Secure, a new malware attack is currently being spread via Facebook pages. The attacks are propagated by a malicious worm which steals victims Facebook information. Users receive a message from infected friends with links to a YouTube video. If Windows ... http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/its/2008/10/21/beware-free-videos-from-friends-on-facebook/