News Items for 2008

April

• Security Information: Ken Ihrer, Chief Information Security Officer, has released a memo, "Be Aware of Continuing Phishing Scams," which details how to identify a phishing scam. (4/29)
  
  
• Urgent Security Update (April 25): Ken Ihrer, Chief Information Security Officer, has released an important update regarding the recent University-wide "phishing" scam. (4/25)
  
  
• During yesterday's Democratic primary media coverage, ABC News featured the following two segments with Temple students:
  
  - Terrence Lee sharing his journalism experience at a local voting precinct.
  
  - Anna W. & Jonathan L. discussing their voting experiences. (4/23)
  
  
• Urgent Security Announcement (April 23): Today, the University was hit with an e-mail scam. This particular e-mail has a subject line of “FINAL VERIFICATION OF YOUR TEMPLE EMAIL ACCOUNT” and appears to come from an address called TEMPLE TEAM. This is an unauthorized attempt to gain your personal and confidential information. 
  
  DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL. Delete it if you receive a copy. If you reply, you will be sending your credentials to an unauthorized party.  Computer Services is making every effort to block the recipient’s address but these criminals are resourceful, they may change the address and resend the message. 
  
  If you replied, please change your password immediately.  If you need help in changing your password, please let the Help Desk know by calling 215-204-8000.(4/23)
  
  
• Temple Ambler will sponsor Earthfest 2008 on Friday, April 25th from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (4/23)
  
  
• An article in this week's Temple News features an article about the new TECH Center recording booths. (4/23)
  
  
• Students can now purchase Turning Point response pad (clickers) directly from the Turning Technologies online store.The response pads are offered at the discounted price of $30.
  
  For more information about Temple's Classroom Response Systems, and to register, change, or deactivate a response pad, go to the Classroom Response Systems page. (4/7)

March

• Capturing video with Flip is a snap, as the New York Times reports. (3/31)
  
  
• An article in today's Temple Times (page3) provides an update for the University community on Project Enterprise. (3/20)
  
  
• Hulu offers an online library of ad-supported movies and TV shows, as Technology Review reports. (3/12)
  

February

• The Online Journalism Review reports on a variety of free tools for creating photo galleries. (2/29)
  
  
• Adobe Systems releases AIR, a software development system that will power applications with the potential to merge the Internet and the PC, as The New York Times reports. (2/26)

January

• Get a handle on the weather and surf in the rain with the hi-tech umbrella, as BBC News reports. (1/30)

• Temple's smart classroom technology is featured in an extensive article called "Taking Control" in the current issue of University Business magazine. (1/29)

• Residence Hall Students: For information on telephone and Internet service, please see Resources for Residence Hall Students. (1/18)

• Apple has announced a new online movie service and thin laptop, as Reuters reports. (1/14)

• Temple has officially selected SunGard Banner Unified Digital Campus as the new ERP system that will replace many existing campus software systems. (1/14)

• AOL will cease security updates / future development after of Netscape on 2/1/2008, as Yahoo News reports. (1/2)