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Apple is hard at work for its new release of Snow Leopard (aka Mac OS 10.6), and Information Services looks forward to testing the new platform out. Until we can thoroughly test this new release, we will not be deploying this to any machine on campus. At this time we cannot provide support for support this new version or its features, nor can we make any statements or recommendations about it. Please check back in a few weeks to hear more. If upgrading quickly is of interest to you, please contact the Help Desk (x7440, help@brynmawr.edu) ... Read more»

Recently, there have been many new releases of Internet browsers: Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8, Apple has released Safari 4, and we expect that Mozilla will soon release Firefox 3.5. While these new programs may provide new feature sets as well as faster browsing experiences, they have not yet been fully tested by the Information Services department. We are hard at work at trying out these latest products and seeing how they interact with our present Bryn Mawr College services. Please note that since many of the Bryn Mawr College services are accessed via the Web (Virtual Bryn Mawr, ... Read more»

Recently, many community members have been receiving spam and/or phishing type emails that appear to be sent from the Information Services staff. These emails may state that your email account is over quota or is slated for removal. The emails are requesting that you reply with your name, password, and some other personal information. Bryn Mawr College will NEVER, EVER ask for this type of information over email. What happens when your account is comprimised? When an account is compromised by a phishing email (see our previous post about phishing here), the phisher attempts to send hundreds to ... Read more»