Month: April 2014

  • Technology Helpline Easter Recess Hours

    Technology Helpline Easter Recess Hours Thursday, April 17th: 8:00am-4:45pm Friday, April 18th: Closed Saturday, April 19th: Closed Sunday, April 20th: Closed Monday, April 21st: 8:00am-4:45pm Tuesday, April 22nd: 8:00am-11:00pm (regular hours resume)

  • Heartbleed Vulnerability in the News

    The Heartbleed vulnerability has been in the news this week.  http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-nightmare/ This recently discovered vulnerability may allow hackers to steal your password or other critical information from un-patched internet sites. For more information please see:  http://heartbleed.com/ For information about which sites have been compromised and patched, please see: http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/ This vulnerability again underscores the importance of…

  • Windows XP official support has ended

    http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enterprise/end-of-support.aspx Yesterday, we lost a favorite, Windows XP. Windows XP was first released in October of 2001. Windows XP official support ended yesterday. Windows XP had been supported for 12 years, which by today’s software standards, is a very long time.  With support ending, there will be no more security updates released to patch the…