IT@NUS jul 2008

It's the time of the year when new students join us - and it's time to get a notebook to start off the term. Most of the notebooks available from our exciting lineup this year come with the new Intel "Montevina" chipset. Literally "Hot" off the press, these machines were introduced recently into the market with the latest performance and compatibility improvements. Newly introduced this year is the UMPC (ultra-mobile PC) with <1kg in weight. These cool white and blue "bento" boxes run on Windows XP and Linux OS respectively and are priced below $800. Having it won't break your back or wallet while it does spice up your cool geek gadget factor. To view the whole story, please click here.		NUS students, good to have you back on Campus! New students, welcome on board NUS' 'Information Highway'. Only a few clicks away, you'll find access to a myriad of services. Through the NUS Global Campus scheme, we give you the best notebook deal in town — allowing you to access unlimited Internet resources, the e-learning portal and NUScast for recorded lectures, talks, seminars and events, anytime, anywhere. And when you are new, having access to network groups will be useful. At NUS, we have our Online Community Portal and the ever popular NUS Secondlife, designed and created especially for students. If you have any suggestions or comments, mail me at IT@NUS.Till the next issue, Peace! Your Editor, Tracey☺
Get ready for a week of fun, learning and prizes at NUS’ 7th annual IT Security Week! With the exponential use of e-transactions in our daily lives, knowing how to secure your PC is never more crucial. Mark down 18-22 August on your calendar and come on down to the Central Library forum and be entertained by live performances, take part in our line up of mass gaming events, as well as gain awareness on IT security! more...		Connecting to the Department's Network Printer Here's how you can do it without consulting the help of your colleagues. more...
Many of us are fond of instant messaging (IM) or using chat programs from Microsoft and Yahoo. Do you know that we also have our corporate instant messaging client as well? Now, for the “Road Warriors”, NUS IM client is available for Windows Mobile and Blackberry users, allowing you to chat while on the move! Better still, your MS Outlook calendar status is reflected on your IM Client without the need to manually set it to "Meeting" or "Busy".	With the CPU clock-speed approaching its limit, and multi-core technologies dominating the CPU markets, it is thus inevitable that HPC and research computing users shift from relying on native clock-speed to multi-core parallel computing to speed-up their computational processing. A new 768-core cluster, to be launched in early August will also feature large memory nodes of up to 128GB and the fast InfiniBand internal network	Many of us used to rely on StreetDirectory.com to find our way around Singapore. Unfortunately, the site has in effect shut down since April 2008 after its long legal battle with Singapore Land Authority (SLA) on copyright issues. Many Google Maps-based mashup services have since been sprung out, with the likes of eRoutePlanner, Street Sine, SkyPigeon and GoThere. Some of them even look alike, while trying to differentiate themselves by offering route planning etc.
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