As announced by Microsoft, only the newest version of Internet Explorer (IE) will be supported from 12 January 2016. The older versions of IE will no longer be supported meaning that there will be no more security update for these browser versions thereafter, and any computer running them will ...

In the IT world, software applications have an associated life cycle - newer versions of applications with new or enhanced features are often released after a certain period of time to replace the older versions. As Microsoft Office 2013 had been released for more than three years, Microsoft ...

Windows 10 – the latest version of the Windows Operating System was launched in July 2015. It takes a huge leap forward and gives users a deep impression. It introduces plenty of new features and improves a number of existing features. Besides, the best news is the free upgrade of Windows 10 for ...

New and Relocation of Printing Facilities Two new Konica Minolta industrial grade fast printers have been installed to replace the old printers at the Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre (CMC) to support the quota-controlled free printing service for students. A new colour printer is also made ...

The Student Notebook Computer Daily Loan Scheme (DLS) has been established by the Computing Services Centre for more than ten years (previously known as the Mobile Computer Service) to give students the convenience and flexibility to make use of the wireless network (Wifi) to access the campus IT ...

To support work related activities of staff and academic use by students, all regular staff and students are now free to install and use the latest versions of Microsoft Office software in the Office 365 ProPlus suite via the University's Enrollment for Education Solutions with Microsoft. This ...

The Computing Services Centre (CSC) is preparing to launch the Virtual Desktop Service (VDS) program very soon, to cater for the trend of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and explore the feasibility of adopting personal mobile devices for teaching and learning. Around 40 virtual desktops will be ...

Relocation of Mac Lab To improve management of Teaching Studios, the Mac Lab (AC2-5607) has been relocated to room AC2-4101 on 4/F. All Mac machines, lockers, benches and the working environment are maintained. Room AC2-5607 is now equipped with advanced PCs providing two operating systems (Windows ...

Nowadays, the adoption of mobile devices such as tablets and smart phones are changing the way that people work. Using personal devices at work makes users feel more comfortable and work faster with their own customized and personalized settings, thus increases productivity levels as well as user ...

The Computing Services Centre (CSC) has successfully completed the first phase of the client virtualization project and, after the past Easter break, released around 130 virtualized workstations in one Teaching Studio (AC2-4200) and two Open Access Areas (AC2-G601 and AC2-5802) in the CSC Teaching ...