New College ITOffice

@WeareXMA - you guys OK? I've been on hold for 25 minutes to check stock levels, and no-one's picking up....

All finished with the networking changes. It's working!

Ok, so we're done with the major external/internal disruption, and the Wireless AP's can now see their controller again. On to realign the Annex network.

Progress!

Here we go with some major network reconfiguration. Hang on to your hats!

Ex New College IT person Adam Spiers helping out the Put It To The People march. facebook.com/story.php?stor…

A bug in Google chrome has been discovered that needs an update as soon as possible, as it's already being actively exploited in the wild. It affects all versions of Chrome on all platforms - Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, etc. So apply updates now! theregister.co.uk/2019/03/07/goo…

twitter.com/ox_it/status/1… twitter.com/ox_it/status/1…

MacOS 10.10 (Yosemite) users take note. Avoid updating iTunes as it breaks Safari. If you’ve already done so, the easy fix should be to upgrade to 10.11 which is still available on the Mac App Store. If you can run 10.10, it’s pretty much guaranteed... facebook.com/story.php?stor…

'aint no such thiing as a free VPN... theregister.co.uk/2018/11/19/vpn… theregister.co.uk/2018/11/19/vpn…

Toothbrushes. If you don't know where they've been, don't use them. pcworld.com/article/307004…

How can we stop being cyber idiots? bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…

Son, I am disappoint... theregister.co.uk/2018/09/17/cyb…

A variation of the cold call Tech Support scam, but similarly bogus. which.co.uk/news/2018/08/i…

Useful info for our overseas students. neighbourhoodalert.co.uk/da/232308

Whoops. Intel have cocked up bigtime, it appears - there’s a design flaw in many of their processors going back... fb.me/1t9cphbTf

:-| fb.me/7TxAQyK7j

Yesterday’s reported MacOS High Sierra bug has been fixed with a security update. All Mac users should run... fb.me/1JnhHxHFt