Mac OS X Mavericks is Free
October 23, 2013
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Apple released Mac OS X Mavericks October 22, 2013. See:
New Features: http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/
System Requirements: http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/
App Compatibility: http://roaringapps.com/
How to Upgrade: http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/
Apple is distributing Mavericks for free through the Mac App Store.
Use SuperToast Professional for IM Alerts
October 21, 2013
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SuperToast Professional is available for $0 through the Vanderbilt Software Store.
Microsoft Lync 2010 users can use SuperToast to send alerts for the instant messages (IMs) they miss. In addition, you can use SuperToast to display a list of all missed conversations and to re-engage in a specific conversation.
Vanderbilt's site license lets employees and students install SuperToast on their home computers; departments can install on enterprise machines.
Modality Systems, the manufacturer, expects to release a Lync 2013 comp
Save on Windows 8.1 through the Software Store
October 21, 2013
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Oracle Critical Patch Update for October 2013
October 18, 2013
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Oracle released its Critical Patch Update for October 2013 on October 15, 2013. Starting October 2013, Oracle will release Java SE Critical Patch Update quarterly every year as per the main Oracle Critical Patch Update Schedule.
Oracle strongly recommends applying the patches as soon as possible.
The next four Critical Patch Updates include:
January 14, 2014
April 15, 2014
July 15, 2014
October 14, 2014
Oracle posts its Critical Patch Update Advisories o
Software Store Maintenance Scheduled for October 23, 2013
October 17, 2013
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Kivuto, the company that hosts the Software Store, will perform scheduled maintenance on the store's underlying platform Wednesday, October 23, 2013 from 6-8 AM.
Customers will not be able to access the store during this time.
Adobe Premiere Elements 12, Photoshop Elements 12 Available
October 16, 2013
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Adobe recently released Photoshop Elements 12, Premiere Elements 12, and the Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 12 product suite. The Software Store offers all three products to departments. Customers with active maintenance received a free upgrade to version 12 in their Software Store accounts.
Get 17 percent off Dell products Oct. 26-Nov. 1
October 16, 2013
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The Vanderbilt Software Store in collaboration with Dell will offer Vanderbilt employees a 17 percent discount off Dell products Oct. 26 through Nov.
HP Academy Program Ending
October 14, 2013
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HP announced it is ending the HP Academy Program on November 12, 2013. The HP Academy Program provides Vanderbilt students with discounted pricing on hardware and software products.
Adobe Releases Critical Acrobat, Reader Patch
October 8, 2013
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Today, Adobe released a critical patch for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 11 for Windows. See https://www.adobe.com/support/security/ for details.
New Top Level Domains
October 8, 2013
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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) oversees the public domain name system (DNS). Currently, the system includes 22 generic top-level domains (gTLDs) such as .COM, .ORG, and .NET.
ICANN approved a plan more than two years ago to add hundreds of new gTLDs to the DNS. The new gTLD categories include:
Business (19 TLDs)
Real Estate (30 TLDs)
Industry (21 TLDs)
Geographic (85 TLDs)
Money & Finance (32 TLDs)
Culture