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The BITS team provides the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University with IT services. From desktop support to software development we aide the research at Biodesign by making sure computing and data needs are satisfied. This blog is a way to broadcast information that may benefit researchers and administrative staff. If you have any questions or recommendations for future posts please let us know.


Digital media formats and what they mean to you

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Obviously the future of audio and video media is electronic formatting. The days of CD’s and DVD’s will most likely morph into a world with almost no “touchable” media. As this occurs, electronic media format control has fallen into the hands of corporations like Apple and Sony which have a vested interest in creating standards [...]

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Other Recent Posts

Snow Leopard - Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted: September 1st, 2009
The latest release of Apple Inc's Mac OS X operating system, Snow Leopard, is now available. Biodesign IT Services (BITS) can assist with the upgrade of your Apple Intel based desktop or laptop currently running Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) ...

Connecting to Biodesign servers from home

Posted: June 17th, 2009
How-to: Access the Biodesign Institute file share server (peptide.biodesign.asu.edu) from an off-campus location BITS email: bits-q@asu.edu Page 1 of 3 Latest Revision: 6/15/09 Before using the Biodesign Institute Peptide file server, please be sure to read the confidentiality statement and mandatory computer security requirements ...

The ‘Conficker’ worm - Has your PC taken the bait?

Posted: March 30th, 2009
The newest “major” threat to internet security – and most reported- is the “Conficker” worm. This worm, which infects an estimated 10 million computers and gathers personal information about the computer’s users (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker), is set to undergo a change in ...

GOT VPN?

Posted: March 30th, 2009
Yes you do. The ASU University Technology Office (UTO) will be changing the way you connect to ASU resources from off campus. This project is a joint venture between UTO, The Cronkite School of Journalism, and The Biodesign Institute. The ...

Early Spring Cleaning

Posted: February 25th, 2009
 I remember clearly the day I bought my first hard drive…A 20 MB hard drive the size of a brick. “I’ll never fill this up!” I thought to myself, and was very relieved at not having to swap floppies every ...