Information regarding Modular Messaging

Emory Law School has seen a major upgrade in the last few weeks with the voicemail system with the move to Modular Messaging system from Meridian. One of the major new features is the ability to receive your voicemail in your inbox with an attached audio file of the message. You will also have the . . . → Read More: Information regarding Modular Messaging

Smartphone Invasion

2010 has seen its share of new smartphone technologies, from the quickly popular Android OS to the iPad and everything else in between. Along with the slew of laptops and desktops that we see around the law school, smartphones are equally viable as a means of checking your email or surfing the web. We’ve seen . . . → Read More: Smartphone Invasion

A Reminder About Security

University Technology Services has been hard at work figuring out ways to protect the Emory community from being baited by phishing scams or infected by malicious viruses. While they are diligently working, we can all help by remaining vigilant with regard to the types of emails we receive, the files we store and share, and . . . → Read More: A Reminder About Security

Purchasing Work at Home Software

This walks faculty and staff through the process of purchasing work at home software. Note that this is ONLY available to Emory faculty and staff. Emory students should visit http://www.ultimatesteal.com for discounted pricing on Microsoft Office for students.

Visit https://software.emory.edu/workathome/

Visit https://software.emory.edu/workathome/ Click the link to login to Work at Home Software

Login screen . . . → Read More: Purchasing Work at Home Software

Troubleshooting Mac Wireless Issues

We keep hearing that our Mac users are having issues with wireless. We asked our good friends at the University Clean Room how they are dealing with this. Here’s their response:

What has worked for us in the Clean Room has been to use the steps below. I am writing this from memory since I . . . → Read More: Troubleshooting Mac Wireless Issues

ELS IT presentation for orientation 2010

Here’s a link to the slides from the presentation that Ben is giving to new law students as part of orientation.

Please let us know if you have comments, questions, or feedback. Remember, to submit a help request to the IT department, please visit http://www.law.emory.edu/help/

Link back to presentation:

Slideshare version of Orientation . . . → Read More: ELS IT presentation for orientation 2010

Phish should only be a jam band.

It appears that phishing attacks are still effective as ever in duping our Emory employees into giving confidential information. A phishing email will look very similar to the ones below:

ATTENTION.

Your mailbox has exceeded the storage limit which is 10GB as set by your administrator, you are currently . . . → Read More: Phish should only be a jam band.

When smartphones become lostphones

It’s clear that smartphones have quickly become a staple in modern tech-savvy life. Having ready access to internet, email, and documents is a value among the multi-taskers among us. But with that convenience comes a risk in losing our phones, and thus compromising our data.

Below is a list of ways for you to track, . . . → Read More: When smartphones become lostphones

New changes to lab computers

Dear students,

To provide a more pleasant computing experience on the lab computers (located on MacMillan 2nd floor), the IT department has made major changes that require your attention.

Below is the new desktop:

As you can see, the changes are substantial. Here is the list of changes:

New wallpaper. . . . → Read More: New changes to lab computers

Purchase MS Office 2007 for $59.95 at UltimateSteal.com

As a law student, Microsoft Office will be an essential tool. Microsoft makes Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate available to students for a discounted price of $59.99 (excluding the $13 backup copy). As of May 05, 2010, the full version sells on Amazon.com at $397.05, so this is a huge discount. Microsoft does this so . . . → Read More: Purchase MS Office 2007 for $59.95 at UltimateSteal.com