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As announced by Microsoft, only the newest version of Internet Explorer (IE) will be supported from 12 January 2016. The older versions of IE will no longer be supported meaning that there will be no more security update for these browser versions thereafter, and any computer running them will become vulnerable to potential hacking activities.

In the IT world, software applications have an associated life cycle - newer versions of applications with new or enhanced features are often released after a certain period of time to replace the older versions.As Microsoft Office 2013 had been released for more than three years, Microsoft reviewed its Office productivity suite and released the new version – the Microsoft Office 2016 in September this year.

/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force.

Windows 10 – the latest version of the Windows Operating System was launched in July 2015. It takes a huge leap forward and gives users a deep impression. It introduces plenty of new features and improves a number of existing features.

New and Relocation of Printing Facilities:Two new Konica Minolta industrial grade fast printers have been installed to replace the old printers at the Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre (CMC) to support the quota-controlled free printing service for students.  A new colour printer is also made available there to support charged colour or black/white printing.

 There's no doubt that nowadays mobile devices already become one of our essential gadgets, and we spend hours daily on these devices to consume news, socializing, gaming or work. According to a study [1] in March 2015, the digital media time people spent on mobile devices (phones and tablets) already surpassed that on desktops. We can foresee that it will keep rising when more people started to equip themselves with smart watches, armbands or other wearable devices.Three years ago the Central IT started to evaluate and develop mobile applications for CityU members, to address the increasing demand of services and information on mobile devices. In 2012, we released CityU Mobile CAP and Mobile News as pioneer projects, followed by Mobile AIMS, Mobile Admission Interview and finally the CityU Mobile in 2013 [2].

/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force.To ensure that data centres meet the reliability and performance needs of universities, and achieve the comprehensive protection from various security threats, a number of aspects should be taken into the consideration during the design and implementation of the data centre management solutions.

/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */Vulnerabilities of data centres are found in their physical security, systems / devices hosted and management procedures implemented. Several common exploitation techniques are illustrated below:

Has Facebook, Twitter or Instagram already become an integral part of your life? You may want to share whatever you find interesting with your friends or followers, as frequent as you can. Wouldn’t it be a good idea if you can communicate with your colleagues on business issues the same way? What if a student wants to ask a professor questions and also look for comments from other coursemates? While the above 3 social networks may be too open or informal, Yammer is the solution for these scenarios.  

The Student Notebook Computer Daily Loan Scheme (DLS) has been established by the Computing Services Centre for more than ten years (previously known as the Mobile Computer Service) to give students the convenience and flexibility to make use of the wireless network (Wifi) to access the campus IT services and the Internet when the Wifi was newly set up and notebooks were expensive, facilitating their e-learning and encouraging online academic activities.