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OITConnect: One Place for all your Technology Needs

OITConnect: One Place for all your Technology Needs

Friday, January 27, 2012

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Please enjoy the latest effort from the Video Production team (and various OIT employees, plus a special guest)… OITConnect: One place for all your technology needs

Passphrases: The Next Thing?

Passphrases: The Next Thing?

Friday, January 27, 2012

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Let’s face it, we live in a “password-protected” age. Passwords protect all of our valuable data, and it seems like we are constantly prompted to create a new password to log into our computers, various websites and personal accounts. There is a constant struggle to create a secure password that is not easy to guess, [...]

Announcements/Staff Changes/Jobs (1/27/12)

Fri, Jan 27, 2012

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Staff Changes
Best wishes and good luck to Juan Noval, Mark Darland and Joe Van Meter – their last day with UTSA is today. Welcome to Michael Prescher, TV Control Tech I (Academic Technology), whose first day in OIT will be February 1.
Currently Posted for Recruitment in STARS
Instructional Development Specialist [...]

Tech Tips and Tricks (1/27/12)

Fri, Jan 27, 2012

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Tech Tips and Tricks (1/27/12)

From the Mac Forum Blog: Seeing Conflicting File Sizes?
With the release of Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) on Aug. 28, 2009, Mac OS X adopted a different way of calculating file sizes in the Finder, which was a significant change for the way the Finder had previously made these calculations. This is a [...]

@ The Weekend (1/27/2012)

Fri, Jan 27, 2012

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@ The Weekend (1/27/2012)

Asian Festival Celebrates the Year of the Dragon
TheĀ  25th annual Asian Festival is happening this weekend at the Institute of Texan Cultures. The festival runs from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28. The festival will include food, dance, music and crafts, as well as cooking and martial arts demonstrations reflecting the various Asian cultures [...]

BeachBallin’ IT (1/27/12)

Fri, Jan 27, 2012

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BeachBallin’ IT (1/27/12)

Announcements/Staff Changes/Jobs (1/20/12)

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

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Staff Changes
No staff changes this week.
Currently Posted for Recruitment in STARS
Instructional Development Specialist closes Jan 27
Senior Systems Analyst (UNIX Senior System [...]

Not a full-time employee? Get your W-2

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

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Not a full-time employee? Get your W-2

~ from Dana Rozelle
Recently, an email went out campus-wide about getting W-2s online. This went to all employees, even part-time and work study employees. Most part-time/work studies do not have access to UT Direct. There are several ways they can get access:
1) Go (in person) to DEFINE Services at University Heights (UH)
2) Go (in [...]

Tech Tips and Tricks (1/20/12)

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

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Tech Tips and Tricks (1/20/12)

The future of telecommunication?
Apparently the UN (yes, that UN) approved a new standard for telecommunication. The new standard, IMT-Advanced, promises to blow 3G, 4G – heck all of the G’s – out of the water. It is supposed to use the RF spectrum more efficiently and use less bandwidth. Super fast messaging, [...]

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