Please check the guidelines and tips on energy saving for desktop workstations (the main system unit), printers and monitors at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/about/energysave.html.

Don't Share Digital Content When You Do Not Have Copyright !!!
We have recently handled a couple of cases in which our users installed "killer applications", i.e. peer-to-peer file sharing, for searching and downloading digital content from the Internet. In these cases, the users downloaded digital content to their hard drives. This downloaded digital content and its copyright did not belong to our users. After downloading, however, these peer-to-peer file sharing applications automatically allowed other users of the software to also download the digital content.

Although most of our users have no intention of providing digital content for which they do not have copyright, the acts violate copyright law. Under current HK laws, distributing copyrighted materials to the general public without authorization can be criminal, and people have been prosecuted for serving similar content from their servers, for profit or not.

If you are not sure whether the material you downloaded is copyrighted, it is prudent to configure your software to disallow serving them out to the public.

In addition, we would like to remind you that whenever you install software, you have to know how it works. You should read the software's Terms of Service very carefully to determine any legal obligations you are undertaking.

For more information about peer-to-peer file sharing, peer-to-peer computing or peer-to-peer content networking solutions, please visit http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/about/p2p.html.

Remove the Proxy Server Setting from your Browser NOW
The University Transparency Proxy Server was implemented last August. Through this proxy server, you can enjoy a relatively faster surfing speed. For a better resource allocation, the current manual proxy server, proxy.cuhk.edu.hk, will be retired starting from May 6, 2002. Hence, we recommend that you remove your current proxy setting (if any) in order to gain the full advantage of using the Transparency Proxy Server. Otherwise, you may fail to access overseas webpages beginning this May.

For details about removing your proxy server setting, please visit http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/howto/proxy/ .

Wireless LAN Connections Extended to Lingnam Stadium
Accessing the Campus Network while enjoying Lingnam Stadium is no longer a dream. It is made possible through the wireless LAN recently implemented in Lingnam Stadium. All you need is a wireless LAN card and a VPN client program set up in your computer. Operations details can be read at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/network/wlan.

Special Arrangements for User Areas and Training Rooms between March 4 and March 10
To provide a better working environment in the User Area, all the PCs model Pentium II 300 or below will be replaced by the high-end model Pentium IV 2G in March. For the ease of this upgrade, parts of the User Areas and Training Rooms in 1/F Pi Chiu Building will be closed over the following periods.

Date: March 4 (Monday) - March 10 (Sunday)
Closings:
- Part of the User Area (PC number ITSC001 - ITSC040):
Room 127-133 Pi Chiu Building
- Training Room I - Room 104 Pi Chiu Building
- Training Room III - Room 131B Pi Chiu Building
- Part of the User Area (PC number CCX001 - CCX021):
Room 103 Wong Foo Yuan Building

Affected classes, currently using Training Room I and Room III, will be conducted in Training Room II. For any enquiries, please contact the ITSC Electronic HelpDesk at http://helpdesk.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk or e-mail to pclan-help@cuhk.edu.hk.