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The video conferencing equipment can be cataloged into two types. One is desktop level device for very small group of participants, and web cam is one commonly used device under this category. The other type of video conferencing device is more advanced and sophisticated, and we usually called this ...
What is "spam"? " Spam" can be regarded as a synonym of " junk mail". It refers to unsolicited commercial email (UCE) and unsolicited bulk email (UBE). Email spam is an annoying problem faced by most of the email users on the Internet. No one wants his/her mailbox fills up with unwanted messages ...
When we talk about Chinese input method in the subject of "Chinese Computing", you will immediately relate this to the "Chang Jie ", "Pinyin ", "Quick " etc. input methods. Then, you might also have experienced the hardship when you start to learn using the keyboard and memorize keystroke ...
Quite a number of University PCs were infected by the recent outbreaks of the viruses/worms, viz. MS Blaster, W32/Welchia (or W32/Nachi) and Sobig-F. The University not only acquires sufficient licenses for the Windows, MS-Office, and McAfee anti-virus software but also frequently promotes user ...
In view of the increasing popularity of notebook computers for use on campus and at home, the Computing Services Centre (CSC) has successfully partnered with the IBM to organize a Computer Ownership Programme for both students and staff. Six latest models of IBM ThinkPad notebook computers plus ...
After a lengthy tendering exercise, the annual maintenance service contract for Dell desktops (Warranty Extension Scheme, WES) and the Per Call Service Scheme for all desktops are finally awarded to IBM and ServiceOne respectively. The subscription arrangement and the service scope of the two ...
In March 2000, the University introduced a pilot notebook computer loan scheme as an extension of the Wireless LAN project. By allowing students greater access to the computer applications on the network and the Internet via the Wireless LAN with the use of portable computers, the purposes of the ...
Eudora has been the standard and officially supported email client software at the City University since its installation in 1997. Owing to the fact that it is user-friendly, Eudora is welcomed by the majority of staff on campus. However, as technology advances, more and more problems have arisen ...
According to usage statistics, the majority of our students have already moved from Windows 98 (Win98/CWin98) to the Windows XP (WinXP) environment. In order to concentrate our support effort on WinXP and leave room for the development of this environment, we will remove the Win98/CWin98 application ...
Linux, featuring flexibility, open system standard, and vast free resources (including itself), has become the hottest operating system today. The Survey and Results To find out how Linux has been used in CityU, we performed an on-line survey in December 2002. We collected around 60 responses from ...