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by Joe Lee

dual monitors
We are pleased to inform you that the over 10-year old Opscan 8/50 Optical Mark Reader is finally replaced by a new Sekonic SR-3500 machine. This machine supports all our existing standard forms and is bundled with a user-friendly application. In addition, another Sekonic SR-1800 machine has also ...

by Henry Wong

The Exchange System is more than an email system. It is an enhanced, integrated and unified messaging system that provides Email, Calendar, Scheduling, Resource Booking, Contacts (Address Books), Tasks, Notes, etc. on an integrated and unified platform. Thus, data and services can easily be accessed ...

by Joe Lee

Introduction The Committee on Information Services and Technology approved the Electronic University Data Regulations 1 on 19 August 2010. Faculties and staff are obliged to protect “all data collected, maintained and used in the University's information systems.” In addition to observing related ...

by Joe Lee

New developments and replacements Special height-adjustable tables for wheelchair users To remove the barrier of study, height-adjustable computer tables specially designed for wheelchair users have been installed in the CSC Teaching Studios (except Room P and Room Q). All students can use these ...

by Yeung Man

The website ( http://literacy.cityu.edu.hk) of the Student Computer Literacy Programme (SCLP) has been revamped this summer to better serve the needs of students and meet the requirements of today’s web standard. The following web design guidelines have been adopted: Simple and Clear Navigation A ...

by Joe Lee

Microsoft Office 2010 provides some attractive features to assist users in work, including Backstage View, Paste Preview, Customization of Ribbon, Photo Editing Tool, Removal of Photo Background, New Screenshot Feature, Improved Sharing and Collaboration, Ribbon Interface for Outlook, and many ...

by S K Tsui

In addition to the basic phone and fax service provided by the CityU IP Phone System, the Computing Services Centre (CSC) is preparing to deploy a personal fax service supported by the RightFax fax server where users can send and receive faxes using their own networked PCs. Fax server is a ...

by S K Tsui

Due to the pervasive availability of Wi-Fi devices such as notebook computers and smart phones , the demand for wireless connectivity throughout the universit y has grow n significantly in the past few years. Recently, we have received complaints saying that users experienced bad throughput in ...

by Joe Chow

Since the start of academic year 2008, more than 7,000 students had participated in the Student Notebook Computer Long Term Loan Scheme (LLS). The scheme entitles eligible students to loan a notebook throughout their period of study. Students can select between two models of notebooks, namely the ...

by Henry Wong

wiki services
You may have noticed that, since the end of last month, you have been receiving email from your external correspondents in only a matter of seconds. This is the result of the recent system upgrade performed on the university incoming mail gateway. Spam/junk email had been the headache of email users ...