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 Alert from
Department of Justice – Phishing SCAM!
The
Department of Justice has issued an alert
warning individuals not to fall victim of the “Dear Citizen”
phishing scam. This particular scam claims to be an email from the
Department of Justice (DOJ), including the DOJ logo, stating that the
recipient has an IRS case filed against them. The DOJ warns you not
to respond to the email, but to report the receipt to the Internet Crime
Complaint Center
(www.ic3.gov) which is a partnership
between the FBI and the National
White Collar
Crime Center.
To read more on this alert, see Department
of Justice Website.
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 MySpace Under
Another Phishing Attack
According
to the SANS Institute, MySpace.com accounts have been used by phishers to
attack unsuspecting web surfers. On Thursday, the Institute
announced that the phishers installed fake navigation bars on the top of MySpace.com
user profile pages that will infect the surfer’s computer if they
click on the fake bars. According to the report, the attack will
not affect those users who have the latest Microsoft patches installed,
but it does take advantage of known Microsoft security flaws. Once
executed, the program installs a bot on the unsuspecting victims machine
that then goes and steals MySpace credentials. The unsuspecting
user is redirected to a fake login page and the bot steals their username
and password which can then be used to gain personal information.
Reports are that security testers were able to acquire up to 60 accounts
an hour using the scam. For more information, see InfoWorld.
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 Peer Reviews,
Blogs and Journals Oh My!
Faculties currently using BB-CE6 have probably
already discovered that discussion forums are far easier to read and
grade than they were in WebCT 4.1. What faculty may not know, however, is
that the discussion tool in BB-CE6 can help instructors set up nifty blog
or journal assignments as well as easy-to-orchestrate peer reviews (which
can be associated with blogs and more traditional discussion postings).
To
transform your discussion tool into a blog, journal and/or peer-review
tool, you need to change the default settings in your course, which you
can do by selecting the Build Tab in your course then selecting Manage
Course (on the Designer Tools tool bar). Once in the Manage Course area,
select Settings. In the Settings Management area, select the Discussions
link (under the Tools column) and change the last two settings to
“true.” When you save the new setting values, you will see a
few additional options the next time you create a discussion forum. The
blog and journal features are excellent ways to keep students engaged and
writing, and the peer-review mechanism helps assure (and set criteria for)
student-to-student interaction. If you have any questions about how to
leverage these features once you’ve “switched them on”
in BB-CE6, don’t hesitate to contact Dr. Susan
Hines (shines@deltastate.edu
or ext. 4038).
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Tech News
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(from News Factor )
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The Day Apple Launches iPhone
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Debate on Network Neutrality Rages On
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Campaign Watchdog Links with Debate Site
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Issue No. 87 – June 29, 2007
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 New Names &
Numbers Phone Books on Campus
OIT delivered
the 2007 Names and Numbers phone book to departments on Campus this week.
If you did not receive one or need extras please contact Joanna Barnes @
4148 or jbarnes@deltastate.edu
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 Close Windows
Quickly
from
Windows User
Group Forum (wugnet.com)
If
you're wondering if there's a quick way to close all open windows, then
check this out. There are several ways, depending on what you're doing.
Let's say you double-click My Computer to open it. Now double-click the
drive C icon to open it. Then you double-click one of the folders in
drive C to open it.
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Now hold down Shift and click the last window's close box. All
the windows you just opened will close. This includes My Computer. Any
other open windows that are not related to My Computer will not close.
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You can also right-click the taskbar and choose Minimize All
Windows. This doesn't close them, but it does get them off your desktop
and out of the way.
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If you use a keyboard that includes the Windows key, you can
press Windows-M to minimize all the open windows. Just as with the
taskbar, this doesn't close any windows--it just minimizes them
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Technology Term of the Week
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(from Webopedia
)
Net
neutrality or
net neutrality, as it is abbreviated, is the term used to describe
networks that are open to equal access to all. They are non-discriminatory
as they do not favor any one destination or application over another. Due
to the political debate in 2006, the definition of network neutrality has
changed to mean those who run networks as opposed to the network itself,
where net neutrality is generally understood to mean that the service and
telecommunication providers do not discriminate against rivals or
individuals when they charge fees or when they prioritize traffic. Net
neutrality is a major issue as the U.S. considers new telecommunications
laws. In a general sense, it is mainly supported by companies that
provide services at the edge of the network, and is generally opposed by
companies that manage the middle of the network
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