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Issue
49 - September 2006
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Features
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A
Glance at the Mass e-Communication Service at CityU
Mass
communication in the University is mostly done electronically via
the Electronic Broadcast Service (EBS), news posted on the Staff
homepage and the Student homepage, news posted in the University
e-Portal, and Staff Forum in the University e-Portal. Let us take
a look at them in turn...
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Optical
HARNET: The next generation networking technology
It
is the first time in years the local universities are able to lease
dark fibers from a local carrier for setting up the Optical HARNET,
an experimental optical network linking up all the HARNET member institutions
for collaborative research and academic activities which require high
network bandwidth. The optical network was installed and became operational
in late August 2006...
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What's Up?
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Guidelines
on Sending Emails to a Large Number of External Users
At times,
most departments may have genuine needs of sending email to a large
number of external recipients, and yet quite a number of such email
was either bounced as undelivered email or returned with undeliverable
notifications by the recipients' email servers due to the following
reasons...
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Supplementary Laser Printing Service for Students
According
to statistics, our students printed more than 12 million pages (black
& white) in year 2005-06 inside the Computing Services Centre
(CSC). This is a new record! In fact, the demand for laser printing
has been increasing steadily in recent years due to increased e-Learning
activities...
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Renovation Work Completed in CSC Student Terminal Area
In
response to the University's teaching requirements for more large-sized
classrooms for conducting computer tutorials and practicals, the
Computing Services Centre (CSC) has started the renovation of Room
H by changing it from an open access terminal room to a dual purpose
Classroom/Teaching Studio with a capacity of more than 80 seats...
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Using Notebook Computers in Teaching Classrooms and Lecture Theatres
Currently,
there are about 150 teaching classrooms and lecture theatres on
campus which are equipped with computers and audio-visual equipment.
For most users, the computers in these rooms are already sufficient
for their teaching purposes, however, under the following circumstances,
users may prefer to bring and use their own notebooks...
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