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This page last updated on Monday, November 16, 2009 16:12:54
Other resources used in the class and assorted stuff
It won't be long before wintry weather threatens the Omaha area. If poor weather conditions force the University to close for all or part of a day, your most reliable source for accurate information is the Creighton University weather hotline at 280-5800.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Hardware night! The iMac OS X servers are here, as well as the Intel NICs for the Windows servers. Be prepared to get your hands dirty tonight!
Let's discuss the Zix/Axway conversion, and it's implication for enterprise email users. (see an email I will be sending your way).
Microsoft confirms the first WIndows 7 Zero-day Exploit. We should be OK at CU as we block these ports.
Apple wins judgment against Psystar. This is huge for Apple and just about kills that upstart.
Interesting article about the upcoming (?) Apple tablet
Dirty PCs (done dirt cheap?!)
Will Apple require you to respond to ads on their devices?
Did you use your Ray Tomlinson invention today?
The greatest generation - of networkers?
Monday, November 9, 2009
Guest speaker tonight, please be on time!
Remind me to tell you of an interesting development in the student email change.
Step back and think about the gopher
Steve Jobs is Fortune Magazine's "CEO of the Decade"
Interesting story from 60 Minutes about the vulnerability of our power systems
Monday, November 2, 2009
Could we run out of IP addresses by next year?
Apple to disable support for Atom processor in OS X 10.6.2?
A good run this
weekend!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Funny! 4Chan ordered pizza to balloon boy's house while he was supposedly flying away
The One Hundred oldest domain names
Apple introduces new products on Tuesday, October 21 - just before Microsoft
introduces Windows 7 on Wednesday, October 22. Coincidence?
Also,
Apple declares war on the entire PC industry
Here's a
teardown of the new 27" iMac
Want a Windows 7 burger? Oh, and
InfoWorld says Snow Leopard
beats Windows 7.
I am going to order several of these for our class to work on
Geocities is closing down today - definitely an end of an era
Midterm Exam Information
The exam will be available on Blueline beginning at 21:00 on Monday,
10/12/09 and will remain available until 23:55 on Sunday, 10/18/09. Once you
start the exam you will have 90 minutes to complete the exam.
At 23:55 on Sunday, October 18th the exam will end and
will not be available.
EXAM INSTRUCTIONS:
Welcome to the MIS 470 Midterm Exam for the Fall, 2009 semester. You have 90
minutes to complete this examination. You may submit the exam one time. The
exam will be available for review once the short answer questions have been
graded. Please do not use any outside material other than your class notes
and the textbook. By taking this exam you are stating that you have not used
any outside sources, including collaboration with other students in the
class.
Monday, October 12, 2009
CU wireless network update!
Don't be distracted when you are on your phone!
T-Mobile customers: Sorry about your data!
Some interesting Microsoft news this week
Tuesday is going to be a monster "Patch Tuesday" for Microsoft products
Monday, October 5, 2009
I've corrected the due date on Assignment Two, it is due on Friday, October 9th at 16:30 (or earlier).
Apple introduces new educational software licensing program
Monday, September 28, 2009
Judge orders Google to deactivate users's email account
Apple and Intel collaborate on next generation 'lightpeak' connectors
A guide to computer ports - a useful reference document!
Has the glory gone out of working in IT? and Bad PC sales staff exposed
Monday, September 21, 2009
Safety first for IT executives visiting China
Seagate releases first 6Gbps, 2TB hard drive
The top five ways students use technology to cheat - gotta watch out for those cellphones!
Support changes coming for WIndows Server 2000 and 2003
FCC Chairman says "open Internet" rules are vital
Outsourcing to Google? Flaw lets students read each others' email
Monday, September 14, 2009
InfoWorld's Windows Pulse: The real-world state of Windows
Unchain the office computers! - Is your PC locked down?
iPod fifth generation tear-down photos and a detailed review
Forty years of Unix - a great article showing it's roots and a great companion to Assignment One and today's lab exercise. Along with that, how about the Unix Philosophy and a history and another history. And if you are really interested in Unix, check out the Unix Timeline.
Pigeon transfers data faster than South Africa's Telkom - and you thought your Internet connection was slow! But hey, it's RFC 1149
Apple news: Why there is no camera in the iPod Touch and a blurb on last weeks event
Captain Ramius: "Re-verify our range to target... one ping only."
Capt. Vasili Borodin: "Captain, I - I - I just..."
Captain Ramius: "Give me a ping, Vasili. One ping only, please."
Capt. Vasili Borodin: "Aye, Captain."
"The Hunt for Red October,"
1990
Monday,
August 31, 2009
Welcome to the first day of class! Please check
back here at least every day as I update this page with class items, interesting
things, and whatever
else
or else or else
or else or else
and else
/ else
comes to mind. You can check out my interests at my main page at http://eden.creighton.edu.
Let's talk about email etiquette (Slashdot question) See Tip #1 and Tip #2 Oh, and HTML in email is a bad thing!
New iPods coming in early September
Can't touch
this!
H1N1 Statement
No one can predict how the H1N1 “swine flu” virus will affect us this
coming semester. Therefore, the instructor reserves the right to modify the
class content and delivery methods based on quarantine and other flu-related
events.
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Obsolete technology: 40 big losers - How many of these have you used, or still using?
Check out this mess that my phone-tech friend sent me. This is a connection point in downtown Valley.
You can't go home again, unless you set $HOME (ha ha)
Linux Quick Reference Card (PDF)
A few comments about email etiquette: (#1 and #2) I would add that you should always use a subject line (and for email with your faculty, put in the course number) and NEVER, never, never use text-messaging slang like "ur" for "you are." Using text slang is inappropriate unless you are texting to that person.
You should be more like these guys!
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