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April 6, 2005
Issue No. 68

Table of Contents

• Highlights and Features
  • Important Software Updates
    
  • Make Your PC Secure
    
  • New Stanford Web Resources
    
  • Find It At Stanford
    
  • New Telecommunications Fee
    
  • Multimedia Course in Dorms
    
  • New Version of Grokker
    
  • Streaming Media Services
    
  • Google Tips and Tools
    
  • Free Assistive Technology
    
  • Student Computing Survey 2005
    
  • Your Web Pages and WebAuth
    
  • StanfordYou Enhanced
    
  • Computer Labs for Rent
    

• Library Resources
  • Music E-resources
    
  • Scholars Workshops-Spring
    
  • Black Thought Database
    
  • Literary Studies Database
    
  • New SSRC Web Site
    
  • SSDS Helps with Data
    
  • AIP Backfiles Available
    
  • CSA Illumina on SULAIR Web
    
  • New Web of Science Features
    
  • HighWire Press New Journals
    
  • Cyclopedia of Puzzles
    
  • New NYPL Image Archive
    

• Computing News
  • Software Licensing News
    
  • ATL Helps Faculty and TAs
    
  • CTL Workshops and More
    
  • Recent ATS Projects
    
  • New Wide Format Printer
    
  • Kronos Upgrade
    
  • Online Computer Training
    
  • STARS-Training Registration
    
  • Bookstore Computer Store
    
  • Stanford Joins Calconnect
    

Important Software Updates for Desktop Security

If you have not already done so, ITSS urges you to make the following software updates as soon as possible to improve your PC or Macintosh computer's security. The Symantec, Eudora, and Spy Sweeper software updates are available on the Essential Sta... Read more

Make Your Windows PC Invulnerable

By taking a few simple steps, and bearing in mind a few words of caution, you can make your Windows desktop or laptop PC almost invulnerable to the kinds of attacks, whether by hackers or viruses, that we most typically see on the Stanford campus. M... Read more

Find It @ Stanford: New Linking Service for the Stanford Community

You may have noticed a Find It @ Stanford button next to your citation results while searching databases from the Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources' (SULAIR) web... Read more

Software Licensing Gets New Macromedia Contract

The Software Licensing office, in partnership with Procurement's CWA (Campus Wide Agreement) team, negotiated a new contract with Macromedia, completed just before the winter holiday break. Why a New Contract? A wide variety of Macromedia products... Read more

New Music Electronic Resources

The Stanford Music Library has several new electronic resources for members of the Stanford community: two databases of recorded music (both of which allow faculty to create play lists and to link ... Read more

Google: Better Searching and More...

Google, one of the Web's most-used (and useful) search engines, has a wide range of capabilities...and it's not just for searching. You can get definitions, use a calculator, track airline flight information, trans... Read more

Editor: Eleanor Brown

Graphics and Layout: Eden Adogla, Eleanor Brown, Kelly Fields, Casey Chen (photographs)

Contributors: Valerie Beeman, Jeff Bornstein, Chris Bourg, Casey Chen, Karen Clay, Marcelo Clerici-Arias, Robin Cohen, Elizabeth Cowell, Dave Futey, Shelley Haven, Kim Hayworth, Matthew Jockers, Sue-Ellen Johnson, Annette Keogh, John Klemm, Kathy Kerns, Jano Kray, Jennifer Ly, Judy Marsh, Jerry McBride, Clementine Mengin, Stella Ota, Mike Peters, Linda Pilkin, Ethan Rikleen, Malgorzata Schaefer, Leni Silberman, Jay Stamps, Scott Stocker, Ben Stone, Julie Sweetkind-Singer, Linda Yamamoto