Category: Software

Academic Technology, Software

New Version of SPSS

Mark Davis

ITS has a newer edition of SPSS (version 19) available for download for faculty, staff, and students here:ITS Software What’s new in version 19? Linear models: Linear models predict a continuous target based on linear relationships between the target and one or more predictors. Linear models are relatively simple and give an easily interpreted mathematical formula for scoring. The properties of these models are well understood and can typically be built very quickly compared to other model types (such as neural networks or decision trees) on the same dataset. This feature is available in the Statistics Base add-on module. See … Continue reading New Version of SPSS

Software

New Version of MathType

Mark Davis

ITS has the newest edition of Math Type available for download for faculty, staff, and students here:ITS Software MathType 6.7 New Features: Virtually all MathType features are enhanced in each major release. Here are some major new features in MathType 6.7. To learn more about these features, visit our Full Feature List. Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Support: MathType now supports Mac OS X 10.4.9 Tiger or later, including version 10.8 Mountain Lion. Apple iWork ’09 Support: Apple has picked MathType as its equation editor. If MathType is installed, a MathType Equation item appears on the Insert menu in … Continue reading New Version of MathType

Accounts and Passwords, Faculty/Staff, Mobile Devices, Security, Software

UPDATED: Protect the Data on Your iDevice (iPad, iPhone, etc.)

Nick

There are three easy actions you can take to immensely enhance the data protection capabilities of your “iDevice” and your investment in it.  These are particularly important if you access any College or personal data with your device. 1) Use an alphanumeric passcode iPads and iPhones can actually encrypt the data they contain!  However, to utilize this capability, a passcode has to be set.  Although a four-digit passcode will minimally suffice (there’s software available to easily crack these), the best option is to enable the use of alphanumeric passcodes.  This is done by going into Settings and then selecting General … Continue reading UPDATED: Protect the Data on Your iDevice (iPad, iPhone, etc.)

Faculty/Staff, Software, Students, Tips

Windows 8 Announcement

Seth

Microsoft released Windows 8 on October 26th, 2012 and most Windows hardware vendors are now shipping systems with Windows 8 installed. ITS Recommendation Information Technology Services (ITS) will support Windows 8 for our clients, including off-campus students, on new systems that ship with Windows 8 pre-installed. ITS strongly recommends that College community members thinking of upgrading to Windows 8 adopt a “wait and see” approach, continuing to use earlier supported versions of Windows (Windows 7 SP1 and Windows XP SP3) until the initial bugs and compatibility issues in Windows 8 are identified and fixed. It is ITS policy to test … Continue reading Windows 8 Announcement

Security, Software

Java – The Hacker’s Best Friend

Nick

Some of you may have heard that a significant security vulnerability was disclosed recently that affects pretty much all versions of Java. Oracle (who now owns Java) seemed to be dragging their feet on providing a fix until they felt some heat from the U.S. Government. A fix was made available today but only for users of Java version 7. Java runs on all operating systems so Mac users are impacted along with PC users.  Note: there won’t be a fix available for Mac users with Snow Leopard or earlier so your best option is to totally disable Java. How … Continue reading Java – The Hacker’s Best Friend

Academic Technology, Software

Data Desk 6.3 for Mac OS X 10.7 & 10.8 now available!

Mark Davis

Data Desk is an interactive data analysis package that helps you find patterns and relationships in your data. This package contains several items to help you learn and use Data Desk. 1) The “Getting Started Using Data Desk” file offers a quick overview of Data Desk. 2) The “Advanced Data Desk Features” file provides an introduction to Data Desk using an analysis of real data. 3) The Help file offers on-line help. 4) A list of Frequently Asked Questions on our web site at www.datadesk.com provides detailed answers for many popular questions. Those of you who have used previous versions … Continue reading Data Desk 6.3 for Mac OS X 10.7 & 10.8 now available!