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New requirement on Technology Use During Foreign Travel

June 24, 2025

In response to increasing cybersecurity and research security threats, Berkeley Lab has updated its Requirements on Technology Use During Foreign Travel to better protect government systems, Lab data, and employees during international trips. These threats, which include the tracking or seizure of government-issued devices, mirror a wider trend seen across the national lab system and… Read more »

Revision History in Google Docs

May 25, 2011

(mjchoung@lbl.gov) posted on May 25, 2011 Google Docs now allows you to view all changes made to spreadsheets, documents and drawings by each collaborator. After accessing revision history through Google Docs, a pane will appear on the right-hand side with the collaborator’s name, as well as the time and date of change. In addition, Google Docs… Read more »
HPC Services Staff Address 4th Annual Moab User Group Conference

May 19, 2011

(mjchoung@lbl.gov) posted on May 19, 2011 Last week, Jackie Scoggins from the High Performance Computing Services group addressed the 4th annual Adaptive Computing Moab User Group Conference (MoabCon 2011)) which was held May 10-12 in Provo, Utah. Moab is one of the most widely used job schedulers at large HPC installations. Jackie Scoggins presented a case… Read more »
IT Division Hosts Le Conte Elementary for Education Outreach Program

May 19, 2011

(mjchoung@lbl.gov) posted on May 19, 2011 Last week, the IT Division hosted Le Conte Berkeley Elementary School’s 2nd grade students for the second year of its educational outreach program. With the goal of introducing young students to the fundamentals of technology, the IT staff developed a curriculum that educated the students on how computers and networks support the science at Berkeley… Read more »
Color Coded Events and Pivot Tables

May 18, 2011

Adam Stone posted on May 18, 2011 Google Calendar now offers the ability to color code events in a single calendar. More information: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/color-code-your-google-calendar-events.html Pivot Tables are now available within Google Spreadsheets. This important feature has been frequently requested by LBL users. More information: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/05/pivot-tables-now-in-google-spreadsheets.html Read more »
LBL Employees Honored for Energy Efficient Ethernet Standard

May 17, 2011

Adam Stone posted on May 17, 2011 Mike Bennett from the IT Division received an IEEE award sponsored by the IEEE Standards Association. The award was presented in recognition for leadership in developing IEEE Std 802.3az-2010™, more commonly known as Energy Efficient Ethernet or EEE in the industry. The standard was published in the fall of… Read more »
Active Directory Upgrade Planned

May 6, 2011

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on May 06, 2011 We will be upgrading the Domain Controllers (DC) for Active Directory this month. This involves newer hardware as well as a change from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 R2. No customer impact is anticipated (approximately 2000 users and computers are members of the labs Active Directory environment). In… Read more »
Mathematica Latest On-line Seminars

May 3, 2011

Nina Lucido posted on May 03, 2011 THESE SEMINARS ARE PROVIDED BY MATHEMATICA AND NOT BY IT =============================================================================== New seminar titles featuring the latest technologies in Mathematica 8 are available to the technical computing community. Here is what participants are saying: “I am new to image processing and to Mathematica, and this seminar gave me a… Read more »
30 Days with Android – Day 1 Intro

May 2, 2011

Adam Stone posted on May 02, 2011 Day 1: Like many folks at LBL, I’ve been using an iPhone for several years now. Lately, I’ve been getting a number of questions about Android devices in terms of how they work with Google Apps, so I’m spending this month with a Samsung Galaxy S to get a… Read more »
Upload Folders and New Interface in Google Docs

May 2, 2011

Adam Stone posted on May 02, 2011 LBL users now have access to new refinements in the Google Docs List. You can upload entire folders to Google Docs, or drag and drop files directly on to the Docs list to initiate an upload and/or conversion. More information is available on the Google Apps blog. Read more »
Announcing Apps4Science

April 27, 2011

Adam Stone posted on Apr 27, 2011 Today we’re announcing a new program called Apps4Science. We’re looking to the Laboratory community to help share their expertise about the best mobile applications for scientific researchers. Whether it’s helping to organize journal research and citations, take laboratory notes, or even gather data, mobile apps have the potential to… Read more »
Voice Mail System Upgrade on Saturday, April 30th

April 26, 2011

Nina Lucido posted on Apr 26, 2011 The Lab’s voice mail system will be offline from 7:00 a.m. until approximately 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 30th for a system upgrade. During this time, callers will still be able to dial your extension but will be unable to leave you messages. Please click here to read about… Read more »
IT Booth at Lab Earth Day Fair

April 22, 2011

Adam Stone posted on Apr 22, 2011 IT joined other operations divisions and vendors for the Lab’s annual earth day fair on April 20th. Our table featured information about our green(er) data centers initiative, how to configure your computer’s power settings, and why personal printers make the pandas sad. Read more »