UCS News

Thu 9 Feb, 17:30: Lapwing Intermittent problems

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:33:00 +0000

Lapwing - Intermittent problems affecting eduroam access for some users are under investigation.

Sat 11th Feb: Sales Web Server unavailable 11:00 - 14:00

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Sat 11th Feb: Sales Web Server unavailable 11:00 - 14:00 The UCS Sales Web Server will be unavailable for systems work.

Google Calendars synchronisation issues

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:43:00 +0000

In preparation for an upcoming server side change, Google have made a change to the Apps Sync client so that it no longer works to synchronise Google calendars with Outlook unless a gmail address is being used. Since in the context of the Google Apps @ Cambridge calendar gmail addresses are disabled, Google have removed this functionality for Cambridge users.

New web-search facilities

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:29:00 +0000

In November 2010 the Computing Service introduced a new interface for searching University web servers (http://search.cam.ac.uk/), with a number of added features and more flexible and extensive searching than the previous system. New documentation is now available at http://www.ucs.cam.ac.uk/web-search with details of how suitably authorised users can set up their own search filters (a direct replacement for packaged searches); can add 'Quicklinks' - links returned for searches with specific popular keywords); also can use the newly added dynamic filtered search to search a url or set of urls from within the page (a replacement for the qp=url:... syntax).

New version of Lapwing

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:55:00 +0000

We expect to begin rolling out the new version of Lapwing, outlined in a previous news article , in the middle of February. Major improvements include the abolition of the "keep-alive" window, and a more efficient and flexible facility for creating visitor tickets. Logging data for administrators will also be much improved over the next month or two.

Minor change to mailbox names on Hermes

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:38:00 +0000

For technical reasons we need to implement over the next few weeks a restriction on Hermes mailbox names, which will no longer be allowed to contain the characters "*", "%" or "?". The small number of users who currently have such mailboxes will be contacted individually.

Teaching and other software on UCS managed desktop systems including the Managed Cluster Service

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:08:00 +0000

The call for requests for teaching and other software on Computing Service Training Facilities or Managed Cluster (MCS) classrooms for 2012-13 will shortly be published in the University Reporter. The deadline for requests is Friday 16 March. Full details are at http://www.ucs.cam.ac.uk/desktop-services/mcs/softwarecall.

New Double Exposure Exhibition: Volcanoes: beauty and menace

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:12:00 +0000

A new Double Exposure exhibition opens on 20 January 2012: an exhibition of photographs of volcanoes and major volcanic eruptions, their hazards and consequences, from 1980 to the present. Since the eruption of Mount St Helens, USA, in 1980 there has been a revolution in scientific understanding of how volcanoes are crucial to sustaining life on Earth and yet threaten human populations and the planet with the most devastating natural forces. The exhibition is in the Photographic and Illustration Service on the New Museums Site; admission is free. For details, opening hours and directions see http://www.ucs.cam.ac.uk/media/pandis/double.