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The Technology Powering the Science: A Q&A with CIO Adam Stone
From powering scientific discoveries to keeping your laptop running smoothly, the Lab’s IT Division touches nearly every part of our work. Elements sat down with Chief Information Officer Adam Stone to learn how his team supports both cutting-edge research and everyday operations. Read the whole story here. Read more »
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Stanford Biologists use LBNL Singularity for HPC Portability
Biologists and neuroscientists at Stanford have standardized on Singularity for deploying and executing their BIDS (Brain Imaging Data Structure) stack and bridging their development environments (desktops, workstations, and local servers) to traditional HPC. The workflows can now be distributed, archived and leveraged as well as run on any HPC resources that have Singularity installed. Stanford… Read more »
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Unscheduled Datacenter and HPC Outage
Adam Stone posted on Oct 05, 2016 Routine fire protection work led to an unscheduled major data center outage at approximately 11:45AM today Wed Oct 5. It will take a substantial amount of time to recover HPC systems. Return to service time not currently known. Read more »
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[Resolved] Google experiencing issues with access to accounts (September 14, 2016)
Luis Enrique Corrales posted on Sep 14, 2016 Google experienced an issue where some users are unable to login to their Google Accounts. Google’s product engineering team investigated and resolved this situation as of 9/15. For status of this issue from Google click here. Read more »
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[Resolved] Google Experiencing Issues with Slides (September 1, 2016)
Jennifer Brown posted on Sep 01, 2016 Google is currently experiencing issues with Google Slides. For status on this issue from Google visit the Google Apps Status Dashboard. Read more »
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Excel not opening downloads in Windows 10
If you are having an issue with Excel not opening downloads in Windows 10, you may need to change your protected view setting.In Excel go to File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Protected View, and then uncheck "Enabled Protected View" for files originating from the Internet.If you are still having… Read more »
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Today in Tech History (August 18, 2016)
HP IncorporatedAugust 18, 1947Hewlett-Packard is incorporated by William Hewlett and David Packard, nine years after they sold their first products from their garage in Palo Alto. Hewlett and Packard got their start in 1938 by producing oscillators used to test audio equipment. Since selling eight of their first oscillators to Disney for use in preparing… Read more »
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Today in Tech History (August 26, 2016)
First Use of Tape Recorder in RadioAugust 26, 1938Radio station WQXR in New York City broadcasts a program using a tape recorder for the first time. The tape recorder used was the Phillips-Miller recording system, also known as Millertape, invented by James Arthur Miller. (via https://thisdayintechhistory.com/) Read more »
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Google Calendar Spam Reporting (August 25, 2016)
Jennifer Brown posted on Aug 25, 2016 If you notice a strange calendar event which appears to be spam, our Commons instructions page will help you learn the steps to report the event to Google. If these steps do not resolve the spam issue, please contact Help Desk at (510) 486-4357 (xHELP). Read more »
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Today in Tech History (August 25, 2016)
The Birth of LinuxAugust 25, 1991Linus Torvalds posts a message to the Internet newsgroup comp.os.minix with the subject line “What would you like to see most in minix?” This is the first announcement that he is working on an operating system that will one day become Linux. (via https://thisdayintechhistory.com/) Read more »
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LBL Help Desk Short Staffed
Carlos A Lopez posted on Aug 22, 2016 Good Morning LBL. Our Help Desk is short staffed today, 8/22/2016, please be advised that hold times could be lengthy. Remember you can submit your HELP request via email to help@lbl.gov We will try to assist every caller, email and Ticket submitted as best we can . Thank you. Read more »
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Today in Tech History (August 19, 2016)
Google’s IPOAugust 19, 2004Google holds its Initial Public Offering (IPO) selling over 22 millions shares at a starting price of $85. Google shares closed that day at $100.34 and the IPO created many instant millionaires and a few billionaires. (via https://thisdayintechhistory.com/) Read more »
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No outages reported (August 18, 2016)
Jennifer Brown posted on Aug 18, 2016 As of 11:00AM August 18, 2016, there have been no outages reported. Read more »
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