News Items for 2005

December

• Wired Magazine takes a look back at the most predictable technology stories of 2005. (12/28)

• New Yorkers take to technology during the mass transit strike, as CBS News reports. (12/22)

• Microsoft ceases support for Internet Explorer on Mac OS X, as VNU reports. (12/20)

• Technology Review reports on designing a new infrastructure for the Internet. (12/20)

• Blog provides one-stop shopping for farmers at Farm Gate, as ABC News reports. (12/19)

• A computer analysis of the Mona Lisa reveals her true disposition, CTV.ca reports. (12/16)

• The Mercury News offers FAQs about the potential shutdown of Blackberry e-mail service stemming from a long-standing dispute. (12/16)

• In an effort to make searches easier for music lovers, Google adds a music search box that also produces links for purchase options, ABC news reports. (12/15)

• MTV and Microsoft take the gloves off and go right after Apple with their own online music store, the Los Angeles Times reports. (12/15)

• The journal Nature lends Wikipedia a much-needed shot of support, publishing an online article claiming that the Web encyclopedia is as accurate as Encyclopedia Britannica, CNN reports. (12/15)

• Sheri Stahler, associate vice president of Academic Computer Services and Technology Support and Development, has been named one of the Premier 100 IT Leaders of 2006 by Computerworld. Stahler is the third Temple recipient of this award since 2002. Timothy O'Rourke, vice president of Computer and Information Services, received the honor in 2004. John D'Angelo, associate dean for information technology at the Fox School of Business and Management, received the award in 2002.
  
  The Premier 100 award recognizes leaders who make a positive impact on their organizations through technology. According to Computerworld, characteristics that define an IT Leader include advocating technology concepts that reinforce a company's approach, linking technology and innovation to definitive business desires and projections, and taking risks. For more information on the Premier 100 IT Leaders, visit www.computerworld.com. (12/13)

• The online encyclopedia Wikipedia takes a big hit when a Nashville man owns up to falsely linking a prominent journalist to the assassinations of the Kennedy brothers, News.com reports. (12/13)

• Microsoft and MCI team up for a voice-over-Internet service, Reuters reports. (12/13)

• Many home computers are not protected from security attacks, as MSNBC reports. (12/7)

• CNN reviews the features of Apple's new iMac G5. (12/6)

• Scientists and computing professionals from around the world are participating in a live 12-hour Webcast, called Beyond Einstein, as BBC News reports. (12/1)

• The Smitsonian American Art Museum has launched a new blog, as Artdaily.com reports. (12/1)

• Blackberry e-mail service may be shutdown in the US, due to patent infringement, as Yahoo News reports. (12/1)

• An updated version of the Firefox Web browser (Firefox 1.5) has been released, as PC World reports. (12/1)

November

• An article on technology at Temple by Timothy O'Rourke, Vice-President of Computer and Information Services, appears in the latest edition of the Temple University Faculty Herald. This article highlights the various technology resources available to Temple faculty as well as projects in development. Click here to read it online. (11/22)

• Discounted Software: In a partnership with Journey Education Marketing, Temple offers faculty and staff as well as students discounts on the purchase of popular Microsoft software for more than 60% off the list price. Temple students can also purchase Adobe Acrobat Professional and Creative Suite for more than 80% off the list price. For more information on the discounted prices and to purchase software, visit the Journey Education Marketing Web site. (11/22)

• With the Web-enabled guitar, musicians can surf the Web and send e-mail between songs, as CNN reports. (11/22)

• The Library of Congress receives $3 million from Google to create a World Digital Library, as the International Herald Tribune reports. (11/22)

• CNN reports that a British moblile phone service plans to summarize literary classics into text messages. (11/21)
  
  
• A critical security flaw involving iTunes for Windows has been discovered, as CNET reports. (11/18)
  
  
• Temple hosted the first in a series of Internet2 lectures and master classes this week featuring Dr. Christopher Azzara, an Associate Professor in the Eastman School of Music. (11/18)
  
  
• The United Nations hopes to bridge the technology divide with the green machine, a durable $100 laptop for children, as the BBC reports. (11/17)

• In a concert this Sunday in Anaheim, California, Paul McCartney will have his music linked up into space. He will become the first musician to broadcast live music to an audience in space, Forbes reports. (11/11)

• After learning of the vulnerability from their copy protection scheme, Sony abruptly suspended producing CDs with antitheft technology, The Mercury News reports. (11/11)

• Motorola's RAZR is latest cell phone cranking out iTunes, Apple Insider reports. (11/9)

• Just one day after a court settlement shut down services, Grockster has been purchased and will re-emerge as a legal music download site, eWeek reports. (11/9)

• Web Pick: Hone your beat skills with the online metronome. (11/9)

• Microsoft's Windows AntiSpyware has been remade as Windows Defender, News.com reports (11/8)

• A lawsuit over defective Apple iPod Nano screens has gone global, BBC News reports. (11/8)

• Google has unveiled its initial offering of online digitial books, as Yahoo News reports. In a similar announcment, Microsoft has entered into an alliance with the British Library to put 100,000 books online, as ABCnews reports. (11/4)

• Map your walk, calculate mileage and calories burned, keep a log, and more on a Google map. To calculate mileage, type your address in the boxes on the left and click on Find on Map. Next, click on your starting point to place a red dot, and then click on the main points of your walk to show the path and calculate the distance which will be shown on the left. (11/4)

• According to a Consumer Reports reader survey, it often pays to buy electronic products online, as MSNBC reports. (11/4)

• It often pays to buy electronic products online, asoffers tips for online shopping, as ABCNews reports. (11/4)

• Check out the latest Best of the Web Directory from Forbes. (11/2)

• Microsoft plans to begin offering online versions of its most popular programs, as USAToday reports. (11/2)

October

• The Help Desk Web site has a new feature, called Ask a Tech, that enables you to type questions in plain English and obtain targeted, relevant responses. Ask a Tech also has a Top Ten button that enables you to quickly view the top ten questions at any given time. (10/31)

• New technologies create additional opportunities for journalists, as the Online Journalism Review Reports. (10/28)

• Don't forget to turn your clocks back one hour when you go to bed on Saturday night (10/29) to return to standard time. Why do we do this? See WebExhibits for information about daylight saving time. (10/27)

• Microsoft teams up with Yahoo and Internet Archive on the book digitization project, as ZDNet reports. (10/26)

• Frequent use of small keyboards could cause "BlackBerry Thumb," as CNN reports. (10/25)

• Several major publishing companies have developed Web sites to directly sell their books online, as the Los Anglels Times reports. (10/21)

• Using a new type of FLASH memory, Intel is on its way to developing technology that will make computers turn on in an instant, as the Technology Review reports. (10/21)

• Temple University experienced a major phishing attack where several Temple users responded to a PayPal message asking to update personal information. For information on identifying this phishing scam, please read Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer Ken Ihrer's messages to the Temple community on October 11 and 12. (10/14)

• Apple's Steve Jobs defied the critics and himself by developing the new video-enabled iPod, the Seattle Post Intelligencer reports. (10/14)

• Overheating and melting issues are causing Hewlett Packard to recall some 135,000 battery packs for some HP and Compaq computers, Yahoo News reports. (10/14)

• Microsoft released six security patches Tuesday, including a critical one that stops a potentially major attack, USA Today reports. (10/13)

• In a deal involving $180 million of cash transactions, Blackboard, Temple's course management system, has acquired main competitor Web CT, the Washington Business Journal reports. (10/13)

• Palm rolls out two sleek new products, one of which is a $99 color PDA, MSNBC reports. (10/12)

• Yahoo takes a giant yet unusual step in its news reporting by adding blogs to search results, Forbes reports. (10/11)

• Google has combined online maps with its local search feature, as Yahoo News reports. (10/6)

• Rumor has it that Apple will soon announce a new video-playing iPod, as the Los Angeles Times reports. (10/6)

• Philadelphia has selected Earthlink to build and maintain its planned citywide wireless Wi-Fi network, as MSNBC reports. (10/4)

• In an effort to compete with Google, Yahoo plans to create a digital archive of books, video, and audio, as BBC News reports. (10/3)

• The new version of Microsoft Office will let users save documents in the popular PDF format, as Yahoo News reports. (10/3)

• The Recording Industry Association of America is filing another 757 lawsuits against people accused of file-sharing, as Information Week reports. (10/3)

September

• Kodak introduces EasyShare-One—a digital camera equipped with Wi-Fi technology, as MSNBC reports. (9/30)

• In the 10th Annual Call for Entries, Webby Awards announces new video, podcast, and blog categories. (9/29)

• Digital art takes off in galleries and public spaces, as Wired reports. (9/27)

• MIT researchers develop computer interface that recognizes gestures and speech. (9/27)

• Mozilla has corrected a number of security flaws with the release of Firefox 1.0.7, as Tech World reports. (9/26)

• A lawsuit accuses Google of "massive copyright infringement" for their digital library project, as Wired reports. (9/21)

• Computer Services is broadcasting a live video stream of Constitution Day events from the Liacouras Center this morning. Beginning tomorrow, Friday, September 16, the event will also be available "on-demand." Click here for more information on the event and the broadcast. (9/15)

• Google strikes again - adding a search for blogs. (9/15)

• Oh, how far we've come. CNN reports on the origins of the first digital camera, which was put together by Kodak employee nearly 30 years ago. (9/14)

• Read all about it: Computer Services talks password security, the new TUportal, and the upcoming TECH Center in this week's Temple News. Quoted in the feature are Tim O'Rourke, vice president of Computer and Information Serivces, Sheri Stahler, associate vice president, and Jerry Hinkle, director of computer labs. (9/13)

• The New York Public Library has produced an online digital gallery that features over 337,000 images. (9/13)
  
  
• A new book, The Search by John Battelle, diagrams the phenomenon that is Google, CNN reports. (9/13)

• In a deal worth upwards of $4.1 billion, eBay is set to purchase Internet telephone provider Skype Technologies, the Boston Globe reports. (9/13)
  
  
• Google has hired Vinton Cerf, one of the creators of the Internet, as MSNBC reports. (9/8)
  
  
• Apple has launched a new razor-thin iPod, called the nano, as well as a phone integrated with iTunes software, as Yahoo News reports. Read a review of the iPod nano by Wall Street Journal personal technology columnist, Walter Mossberg. (9/8)

August

• A growing number of colleges are transforming their libraries into book-free learning centers, as ABC News reports. (8/30)
  
  
• The National Science Foundation announces the GENI (Global Environment for Networking Investigations) project which is intended to re-engineer the Internet, as Wired News reports. (8/29)
  
  
• Technology Review reports on the potential uses of holographic storage. (8/29)
  
  
• Temple University has been recognized for its technology efforts in CIO Magazine’s "Bold 100." The magazine selected organizations based on their willingness to embrace significant risk for the sake of great reward. Temple’s Computer Services, under the leadership of Vice President Timothy O’Rourke, accepted the award at the conclusion of the CIO 100 Conference and Symposium held August 21-23 in Coronado, California.
  
  In naming Temple to its distinguished list, the magazine noted the development of the Technology, Education, Collaboration, and Help (TECH) Center. The TECH Center, which features, among many other things, nearly 700 workstations and round-the-clock access, is scheduled for completion in the Spring 2006 semester. (8/24)
  
  
• Returning Faculty & Students: When you return to campus, don't forget to pick up your new OWLcard. Your old Temple ID card will no longer work for building access and Diamond Dollars. The new OWLcard lists your new TUid which Temple now uses as your primary identifier instead of your Social Security number.

  For information on OWLcard distribution locations, please go to: http://ssn2tuid.temple.edu (8/24)
  

• Yahoo and Verizon have joined together to offer low-cost DSL Internet service, as CNN reports. (8/24)
  
  
• Google is entering the instant messaging and voice mail arena with Google Talk, as Salon reports. (8/24)
  
  
• Google has released a new beta version of its desktop searching program with added features, as CNN reports. (8/22)
  
  
• Sony tries to catch up to the competition with their new pint-sized digital walkman, CNET reports. (8/19)
  
  
• Apple re-releases their giant security patch, Techworld reports. (8/19)
  
  
• Yahoo! begins a huge marketing push for its music download service, which is offered as low as $4.99 a month, RedNova News reports. (8/18)
  
  
• Microsoft reveals the pricing for the Xbox 360 gaming system, which will go on sale later this year, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. (8/18)
  
  
• In the Technology at Temple guide, you can learn all about the technology resoureces that earned Temple its #4 ranking in The Princeton Review's America's Most Connected Campus survey. (8/17)
  
  
• A computer worm spread its way across three continents and affected several major media outlets, as CNN reports. (8/17)
  
  
• Apple may enlist Sony to design a new Apple-Intel laptop, as CNET reports. (8/11)
  
  
• Microsoft was awarded $7 million in a lawsuit against one of the world's largest spammers, as BBCNews reports. (8/11)
  
  
• Electronic gadgets may get out of sync if daylight savings time is extended, as CNN reports. (8/11)
  
  
• Digitizing university and public libraries presents a variety of challenges, as ZDNet reports. (8/5)
  
  
• Online news sources take the lead in adopting RSS technology, as CNET reports. (8/4)
  
  
• Digital scanning unwraps a 2,000-year-old mummy from the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, as ZDNet reports. (8/4)
  
  
• NASA TV transmits live coverage of the Discovery mission on the Web. (8/3)
  
  
• Lulu offers a marketplace for uploading and selling manuscripts and other creative works such as music, photos, and videos, as BBC news reports. (8/1)
  
  
• Nomads in Niger use e-mail to appeal for help in hunger crisis, as CNN reports. (8/1)
  
  
• The Institute for Interactive Journalism announces finalists in the 2005 Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism. (8/1)

July

• The next release of Microsoft Windows will be called Vista, as CNN Money reports. (7/25)
  
  
• NEW: Check out the new campus Webcam of the 1800 Liacouras Walk South construction. (7/20)
  
  
• A new search engine, Blinkx, allows for easy multimedia searches of video and audio content, Personal Tech Pipeline reports. (7/20)
  
  
• The competitiveness at Google and Microsoft shifts to the courtroom, Vnunet.com reports. (7/20)
  
  
• In light of recent identity theft issues, Bank Of America is rolling out enhanced identity protection features on its Web site, Information Week reports. (7/15)
  
  
• Sharp has developed a two-way LCD display that can show different images, depending on the angle on which it is viewed, as Yahoo! News reports. (7/15)

• The Mozilla Foundation has released an update to the Firefox Web browser that fixes several security flaws, as CNET reports. To download Firefox 1.0.5, go to www.getfirefox.com. (7/14)
  
  
• The price for broadband Internet service is coming down, as USAToday reports. (7/14)
  
  
• An Arizona high school has decided to eliminate textbooks and instead issue laptops, as Silicon.com reports. (7/14)
  
  
• Hewlett-Packard has announced a new $199 inkjet printer that cuts photo printing time in half, as MSNBC reports. (7/12)
  
  
• E-notebooks revolutionize data sharing among laboratory scientists, as Nature reports. (7/8)
  
  
• Technology Review reports on historical collection of over 11,000 digitized maps. (7/7)
  
  
• During the writing process, authors experiment with maintaining blogs, as the International Herald Tribune reports. (7/7)
  
  
• Google and Yahoo offer hackers the routes to their map services, as Wired News reports. (7/6)
  
  
• Live web broadcasting operates in hospitals, as the International Herald Tribune reports. (7/6)
  
  
• A number of colleges and the ETS are developing a test to evaluate Internet IQ, as CNN reports. (7/5)
  
  
• Advertisers explore the potential of RSS technology, as the International Herald Tribune reports. (7/5)
  
  
• The Center for Democracy and Technology provides a searchable database of over 8,000 reports produced by the Congressional Research Service, as PC World reports. (7/5)
  
  
• The final conversion process from Social Security numbers to TUids is now complete and starting today, your new OWLcard is ready for use. For more information on this major security milestone, see Vice President Timothy O'Rourke's message to the University community. (7/5)

June

• Due to the release of a new beta version, the expiration of Microsoft's AntiSpyware program has been extended from July 31 to December 31, 2005. (6/29)
   
• Computerworld has named Temple to its 12th annual list of the “Best Places to Work in IT,” placing Temple on par with many of the country’s top companies. The list of the top 100 work environments for IT professionals is part of Computerworld’s June 27 issue. (6/28)
   
• The Supreme Court drops the hammer on file sharing companies, BBC News reports. (6/27)
   
• On July 5, 2005, it is expected that all Temple University computer systems will begin using your new TUid number. This means that all students, faculty, and staff must begin using their new OWLcard on that day. It's a good idea, however, to carry both your old ID card and new OWLcard on July 5th in the unlikely event that the conversion needs to be postponed.

  The new OWLcards are now available. Faculty and staff may obtain their cards from their individual departments. Students can pick up their cards from the locations listed on the Student OWLcard Distribution Web page. (6/24)

• The large scale effort to digitize books is creating challenges for librarians, as MSNBC reports. (6/24)

• Security updates have been released for a number of Adobe, Macromedia, and Symantec products, as Publish reports. (6/11)
   
• Take a look at the essential technology items one reporter uses on the road, as MSNBC reports. (6/11)
   
• Timothy C. O'Rourke, Vice President of Computer and Information Services, announced today the appointment of Ken Ihrer as Computer Services’ Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Temple University, effective June 6, 2005. (6/10)
  
  
• Small Town Papers creates searchable online archive of American small town newspapers, as the Online Journalism Review reports. (6/10)
   
• Using a mesh network system, roadcasting software enables people to create and broadcast their own radio stations, as the Technology Review reports. (6/10)
   
• Real estate and police blotter databases match up with Google maps, as CNN reports. (6/10)
   
• The Technology Review reports on the challenges and concerns that IT organizations face in collecting and storing electronic information. (6/8)
   
• Ethicists and editors debate the guidelines for posting and archiving print stories online, as the Online Journalism Review reports. (6/8)
   
• IBM joins researchers to create the first computer-based model of the human brain at the cellular level, as MSNBC reports. (6/7)
   
• The popularity of blogging contributes to the growth of citizen journalism, as the SFGate reports. (6/7)
   
• Apple announces an iPod recycling program, which includes a ten percent discount off the purchase price of a new iPod, as ZDNet reports. (6/6)
   
• An increasing number of corporations are using blogs to reach consumers, as CBS News reports. (6/6)
   
• The tracking system used by Google raises concerns about privacy, as CNN reports. (6/6)  
• Information on the big upcoming Philadelphia Live 8 and the July 4th events are available on the Web. (6/2)
   
• By analyzing the pixel patterns of light, researchers have developed a way to recreate images without actually viewing them, as Technology Research News reports. (6/2)
   
• Microsoft is getting ready to release the last security update for Windows 2000, as eWeek reports. (6/2)
   
• A Forbes article focuses on ten interesting widgets for the Mac OS X Tiger Dashboard. (6/1)

May

• Computer Services would like you to be aware that there is a new e-mail virus in circulation that can be harmful to your computer. The messages may appear legitimate because they appear to come from Temple addresses such as "support@temple.edu", "register@temple.edu", or "service@temple.edu." The message subject indicates that there is an issue with your account, for example:

  *IMPORTANT* Your Account Has Been Locked, or
  *IMPORTANT* Please Validate Your Email Account, or
  Your account is going to be closed for Security Purposes...

  The body of the message indicates that you should open the attachment. DO NOT open the attachment. Instead, just delete the message because it includes a virus that will (until our anti-virus program is fully updated) infect your computer. In addition, as always, make sure to keep your antivirus software up to date.

  If you have any questions about this virus or need assistance with keeping your anti-virus program updated, please contact the Help Desk at 215-205-8000. (5/31)
   

• Microsoft is working on an in-depth map program to rival Google's that will come out later this year, hoping to provide close-ups of specific locations, the Courier Post reports. (5/25)
   
• Hackers gone mad - the computer crashers have found a way to hold users hostage for their files for a fee of $200, CNN reports. (5/25)
   
• Remarkable word of mouth advertising and creative marketing has led to success and 50 million downloads for Mozilla FireFox, Wired reports. (5/24)
   
• Nearly 100,000 customers of four banks may have had their financial records stolen after bank employees sold bank data to collection agencies, MSNBC reports. (5/24)
   
• Apple is recalling a rechargeable battery used in its iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 laptops, as CNN/Money reports. (5/20)
   
• Just hours after its official launch, a critical security update has been released for Netscape 8.0, as Sci-Tech Today reports. (5/20)
   
• Google has introduced a new customizable Internet portal, as Yahoo News reports. (5/20)
   
• Computer Services Urges Caution on Mac OS Upgrade: Apple recently released Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger). The software improves upon the stability of earlier versions of the operating system, and introduces more than 200 new features.

  Computer Services has learned of some confirmed compatibility issues with this new OS and software such as SPSS and Symantec AntiVirus. The list of incompatible software could grow as Computer Services continues to test the product.

  While Computer Services does not discourage the upgrade, it recommends that Mac users ensure that their versions of any critical software are compatible with this OS before they purchase and install the upgrade. Those users who have already installed the upgrade and have noticed incompatibilities may have to revert to the last stable version. (5/20)
   

• Netscape has just released an updated new version of its Web browser, Netscape 8.0, as Reuters reports. (5/19)
   

• E-Mail Alert: A computer worm that sends political e-mail messages in German or English is currently in circulation. The worm is a variant of the Sober mass mailing worm. The spam messages do not appear to damage computers. Nonetheless, if you receive an unexpected, suspicious e-mail message, do not click on any of the links or attachments associated with the message. Instead, just delete it. In addition, as always, keep your antivirus software up to date.
   

• For more details on the Sober computer worm, please see one of the articles on MSNBC or PC World. (5/17)
   

• Using technology and the law, free-software and free-culture movements work to safeguard a variety of freedoms, as the Technology Review reports. (5/13)
   

• To create programs faster, IT professionals in large corporations adopt scripting languages, as ZDNet reports. (5/13)
   

• The Mozilla Foundation releases security update for two flaws in Firefox, as ZDNet reports. (5/12)
   
• The Online Journalism Review highlights innovative ideas and projects presented at BlogNashville. (5/12)
   
• Online variorum includes 400 years of commentary about Shakespeare’s Hamlet, as the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. (5/10)
   
• New visualization software tools provide advanced search technology for finding and analyzing information, as the Technology Review reports. (5/10)
   
• Essay grading software programs receive mixed reviews, as CNN reports. (5/9)
   
• Security researchers discover vulnerabilities in Firefox Web browser, as TechWeb reports. (5/9)
   
• BBC News reports on the opening of the international Cyberarts Festival in Boston. (5/9)
   
• Wired reports on ZabaSearch.com, a Web site where people may find your date of birth, phone number, and a history of your addresses. (5/6)
   
• IBM hopes to introduce you to a "Shopping Buddy," when you go to buy your groceries, as Yahoo reports. (5/4)
   
• Apple has released a second security fix for Mac OSX, Jaguar version, as TechWorld reports. (5/4)
   
• You can wind up dealing with computer problems if you misspell the Google Web site address, as TechWorld reports. (5/3)

April

• Hear the Tiger roar! Apple's new operating system hits stores today, Friday, April 29. (4/29)
   
• The New York attorney general fights back against spyware, MSNBC News reports. (4/29)
   
• A San Francisco AM radio station is taking podcasting to a new level, Wired News reports. (4/27)
   
• Timothy C. O'Rourke, Vice President for Computer and Information Services, has updated his Welcome message to the University community. (4/22)
   
• Cell and molecular biologists often use image manipulation software, such as Photoshop, may be unintentionally undermining the integrity of the images, as Nature reports. (4/22)
   

• Handheld classroom remotes represent a growing trend in K-12 schools and colleges, as the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. (4/22)
   

• In a merger of software giants, Adobe will acquire Macromedia in a $3.4 billion dollar deal, as Reuters reports. (4/18)
   

• The digitization of printed books raises a number of questions about the future of libraries, as the Technology Review reports. (4/15)
   

• ABC News reports that Encarta encyclopedia is trying out a system that allows readers to submit changes. (4/15)
   

• Moore's Law, a predictor of computer power, turns forty this month, as USA Today reports. (4/14)
   

• Microsoft has released patches to fix 18 vulnerabilities that affect a number of its software products, including Internet Explorer, Windows, Exchange, Messenger, and Office products, as Computerworld reports.

  For instructions on how to run Windows Update, go to:

  http://www.temple.edu/cs/windowsupdateinstructions.htm

Microsoft has released patches to fix 18 vulnerabilities that affect a number of its software products, including Internet Explorer, Windows, Exchange, Messenger, and Office products, as Computerworld reports.

For instructions on how to run Windows Update, go to:

http://www.temple.edu/cs/windowsupdateinstructions.htm

This site also includes instructions on how to set up your computer to obtain Windows Updates automatically. This method is the best way to stay current with the latest updates. (4/13)

• The Recording Industry Association of America plans to sue students at 18 universities for using the Internet2 network to illegally download files, as CNet reports. (4/12)
   

• The Online Journalism Review reports on the media’s use of aggregators to research the "blogosphere." (4/12)
   

• The National Science Foundation plans to establish a new cybersecurity Science and Technology Center, as Computerworld reports. (4/12)
   

• Is technology making a comeback? Newsweek takes a look at the players who may be in the forefront. (4/7)
   

• Stay up to date on the latest developments at Temple's libraries by reading the Library Log blog. (4/7)
   

• You can now see a satellite view of your neighborhood through the Google maps site. The site, however, is raising privacy issues, as CNN reports. (4/6)
   

• Goggle will begin a trial project of storing video or vlogging, as the BBC reports. (4/6)
   

• WebProNews reports that when you do a Google search, Firefox uses a technique called prefetching. With prefetching, Google anticipates the pages you may want to visit and places them in your cache. Learn about prefetching in a WebProNews article which outlines the advantages and disadvantages of this technique and how to shut it off. (4/4)
   

• The photography industry continues to evolve to meet the challenges of the digital era, as Yahoo! News reports. (4/1)
   

• Google ups the ante in the e-mail wars by offering 2 gigabytes of free storage for Gmail users, as ABCNews reports. (4/1) 

March

• Flat screen television technology continues to make advances, as BBCNews reports. (3/31)
   

• Timothy C. O’Rourke, vice president of computer and information services, released a memo to the University community on the importance of computer security in helping to prevent identity theft. The memo outlines Computer Services’ efforts to safeguard Temple’s systems and presents tips for protecting your personal information. (3/31)
   

• The editors of Forbes have compiled a Best of the Web Directory, as an article in MSNBC reports. (3/30)
   

• In what could be a landmark case, the Supreme Court begins hearing a case today involving the Grokster peer-to-peer file sharing network versus the entertainment industry, as MSNBC reports. (3/29)
   

• Yahoo meets the challenge and raises its e-mail quote to 1 gigabyte, equaling the precedent set last year by Google's e-mail program, MediaPost reports. (3/24)
   

• The music industry is still fighting peer-to-peer software, while also trying to figure out ways to benefit from it, Wired reports. (3/22)
   

• iTunes has corrected a flaw that allowed hackers to listen to iTunes music on other media players, Vnunet.com reports. (3/22)
   

• A husband and wife find a whole new world for their art by selling online, CNN reports. (3/21)
   

• Newsweek reviews a variety of photo-sharing sites and picture blogs. (3/15)
   

• Gizmodo receives the best technology blog award in the annual Bloggies, as BBC News reports. (3/15)
   

• A new version of Suse Linux has been released, as InfoWorld reports. (3/10)
   

• CNet reports on Cabir, the first known cell phone virus. (3/10)
   

• Mozilla FireFox has released a security upgrade with a new version of their browser, CNN reports. (3/4)
   

• Techworld reports on Broadreach, a UK WiFi provider that is offering free Internet phone calling to users without registration at over 350 hotspots, including various train stations and coffee shops. (3/4)
   

• The rise of Mozilla FireFox has knocked Microsoft Internet Explorer below 90% global usage, NewsFactor Network reports. (3/2)
   

• Sony Ericsson brings new meaning to "all-in-one" with their new Walkman, which to make phone calls, send messages, browse the Internet, and play video games and, yes, music, CIO Today reports.  (3/2)
   

• Jef Raskin, the Apple developer behind the Macintosh, passed away last weekend at the age of 61, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. (3/1)

February

• Apple has unveiled new versions of the iPod and lowered the prices on others, as the San Francisco Chronicle reports. (2/24)

• An article in Wired focuses on information architect, Jonathan Harris, creator of an innovative Web site called 10x10, that graphically depicts current news stories as a montage of photos along with dynamic captions. (2/22)  

• A new version of Internet Explorer is being developed that will include protection against viruses, spyware, and phishing scams, as BBC News reports. (2/16)
   

• FORTUNE searches the future of Google with their product manager. (2/16)
   

• Geekcorps volunteers move toward using open source software in developing countries, as the Technology Review reports. (2/16)
   

• CNN reports on ArtStart, the new interactive multimedia system for viewing the entire collection in London's National Gallery of Art. (2/14)
   

• UCLA Medical Center develops technology for using the iPod to store and share medical imaging data, as the Technology Review reports. (2/14)
   

• The Online Journalism Review interviews the photojournalist who created "Digital Warriors," the online exhibit of photographs taken by soldiers in Iraq. (2/14)
   

• Timothy C. O'Rourke, Vice President for Computer and Information Services, has updated his Welcome message to the University community. (2/11)
   

• Spyware may soon be coming to Firefox, as CNET reports. (2/10)
   

• An article in today's Temple Times outlines the new Web content management system, recently developed by Computer Services, that makes updating and managing Temple Web sites easier. (2/10)
   

• Physicist Graham Flint is touring the U.S. for the Gigapxl Project, taking gigapixel photographs using a custom-made camera that weighs more than 100 pounds, as Wired reports. (2/8)
   

• Spamming techniques are getting more sophisticated making spam harder to block, as InfoWorld reports. (2/8)
   

• More and more, automobiles are coming standard equipped with computer technology, BBC News reports. (2/3)
   

• Microsoft takes off the gloves and goes after Google with the rollout of their MSN Search, News.com reports. (2/2)
   

• How in the world does a search engine work? KSBW-TV found out. (2/1) 

January

• In a poll by consultant agency Interbrand, Apple's brand was selected as having the greatest worldwide effect, ahead of Google, the Times Online reports. (1/31)
   

• Nominations have been announced for the 2005 Weblog Awards, as an article in BBCNews reports. (1/27)
   

• Microsoft will soon implement an anti-piracy initiative for Windows XP. as CNN/Money reports. (1/27)
   

• Google has unveiled a web site for searching television content as an article in the San Francisco Chronicle reports. (1/25)
   

• Web logs (or blogs) are gaining in popularity in academia, as BBC News reports. (1/25)
   

• BBC News reports on resources for organizing and storing digital photographs. (1/19)
   

• Preparing and filing your taxes electronically is now available at no charge for everyone through the IRS Web site, as USA Today reports. (1/19)
   

• The University of Pennsylvania announces its archive of poetry recordings available to the public for downloading through PennSound. (1/19)
   

• CNN reports on the overuse of buzzwords in the marketing of technology. (1/18)
   

• Network World Fusion reports on a new e-mail worm that poses as an appeal for tsunami disaster aid. (1/18)
   

• Learning HTML reinforces journalism concepts for students and teachers, as the Online Journalism Review reports. (1/18)
   

• Check out the new Computer Services Technology at Temple guide. Note that the last page of this guide contains instructions for connecting to the Internet from the Residence Halls. (1/14)
   

• Do you have questions about your Residence Hall Internet connection? Check out our Resources for Residence Hall Students page. (1/14)
   

• Apple is now offering a line of sub-$500 Macs, a new office software suite called iWork, and a new $99 iPod. See Apple's Web site for details. (1/11)