Phishing scam aimed at Lafayette

Several Lafayette email users have recently received an email message from the "EDU messaging center" saying that the user's account will be deleted unless s/he sends a reply that contains the account's password. The message appears to be vaguely legitimate by virtue of containing the user's actual name, the Lafayette Webmail logo, and a snappy image of the Marquis.

This message is part of a "phishing" scam whose sole purpose is to gain access to email credentials so nasty things can be done with them. If you receive such a message, or any other message from any entity that requests confidential information, do not reply to it. ITS will never ask for your password, and no other legitimate organization should either.

ITS Coffee Break for 7/28/2008

On this edition of the ITS Coffee Break hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley review what's new in Moodle, talk about the Moodle Hack/Doc Fest held at Kenyon College, announce the creation of Lafayette's Second Life Island, and take a look at the college's new "Corn on the Quad" blog. In Tech News, they stop by NASA's new photo archive, try out the Molecules application for the iPhone and iPod touch, and review Google's decision to kill it's LibrarianCentral blog. Listen in iTunes or download from Soapbox.

ITS Coffee Break for 6/30/2008

The last podcast of the 2007-2008 academic year sees hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley discussing summer plans for upgrading Moodle as well as the roll out for the new Network Access Control (NAC) service at Lafayette. In Tech News they discuss the Wordle tool for generating beautiful tag clouds, the release of Firefox 3.0, Lewis & Clark College's use of del.icio.us for organizing environmental studies research resources, the new WorldCat app for Facebook, and this year's Podcamp Philly. Finally, Courtney announces upcoming workshops for July 2008. Listen in iTunes or download from Soapbox.

ITS Coffee Break for 5/30/2008

Summer is upon us, and to celebrate, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley run down their summer reading lists. In additon, they have news about a new faculty blogger on Soapbox and the upcoming NITLE Moodle Users Group Meeting; discuss an interesting example of classroom journalism using blogging and Google Maps; and cheer the return of the venerable web development site WebMonkey. Listen in iTunes or download from Soapbox.

ITS Coffee Break for 5/15/08

On this edition of the ITS Coffee Break, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley discuss ITS's summer plans for Moodle; look at how Twitter is keeping people up to date with happenings in the Senate and House of Representatives; take a sneak peak at Open Office 3.0; and check out Google Reader's ability to share notes. They also announce early summer workshops for Moodle, Opinio, podcasting, Photoshop, and more. Listen in iTunes or download from Soapbox.

iTunes U system maintenance scheduled for Monday, 5/12

On Monday, May 12, between 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Lafayette's iTunes U service will be unavailable due to system maintenance.

ITS Coffee Break for 4/24/2008

On this week's edition of the Coffee Break, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley talk about Lafayette's electronics recycling event for Green Week; announce when the Fall and Summer 2008 courses will be created in Moodle; and ask for feedback on how faculty use multimedia online. In Tech News, they talk about PayPal's decision to block visitors using old Web browsers; speculate on the addition of New York Times news stories to Google Earth; and check out some new web applications for Facebook. Finally, Help News has tips on evaluating the effectiveness of your web site. Listen in iTunes or download from Soapbox.

Timeline for Windows Vista, Leopard, and Office Announced

After much consideration, ITS has planned the implementation of Windows Vista, Mac OS X Leopard, Office 2007, and Office 2008 for Mac for ITS-maintained computers according to the schedule found at http://its.lafayette.edu/help/osupgrades.