“Time Warner has called and they want us all back on the couch, just consuming — not producing, not sharing — and we should say, ‘No.’” ~ Clay Shirky, Why SOPA is a bad idea At today’s “How2: be a Hacker” we discussed the technical aspects of how SOPA/PIPA/ACTA legislation would be implemented, and how [...]
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How2: be a Hacker
February 1st, 2012 
Tim How2: Be A Hacker February 1st, 4:30p – 6:00pm Star’s Lounge (located in the Student Life Building) The Computer Science Club will be co-sponsoring “How2: Be A Hacker” with the Star’s Lounge as part of their ongoing How2 series. “How2: be a Hacker” will be the follow up to “How2: be a Techie” during which [...]
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State Farm awards UIS Computer Science Department $50,000 grant
November 9th, 2011 Tim State Farm Companies Foundation has awarded the University of Illinois Springfield Computer Science Department a $50,000 grant. The money will be used to enhance the State Farm Virtual Computing Teaching and Learning Laboratory at UIS. “The existing virtual sever system does not have sufficient storage, memory or remote access to support the increased demand placed [...]
Posted in Club News, Featured, Resources Tags: grant, server, State Farm, UIS, virtualization Comments Off2011 ACM Practice Sessions
October 27th, 2011 Justin ACM Practice Sessions will be held on: • Thursday, October 27th @ 5:30pm in UHB1001 • Saturday, October 29th @ 12noon in UHB2023 • Tuesday, November 1st @ 5:30pm in UHB2023 Sessions will be run by CS Instructor Josh Smith, and will include an explanation of the contest day events and walkthrough of example problems. [...]
2011 ACM Teams
October 27th, 2011 Justin The final teams for UIS are as follows: Infinite Loop 1. Kyle Noland 2. Andrew Oldfield 3. Jamaal Hollins WhiteHat Slackers 1. Justin Snyder-day 2. Dwight Langford 3. Justin Barnard Rouge String 1. Benjamin Taliana 2. Timothy Richter 3. Nick Rasche • Brian-Thomas Rogers – Reserve • Kasey Dale – Reserve
UIS to host Cyber Citizen Forum
September 6th, 2011 Tim Date: Wed. Sept. 7 Time:6 – 8 pm Location: [UHB 2034] Open to the Public Wednesday September 7th the UIS Computer Science Department invites you to an event to discuss the importance of increasing the American public’s awareness and understanding about cyber security, and the role that academia, public and private industry play in preparing [...]
Posted in Club News, Resources, Tech News Tags: cyber security, hacker, Illinois, safety, UIS, virus 1 Comment »TeamSpeak server is now up
May 4th, 2011 Justin I know that several of you have been asking for me to put up a TeamSpeak server. And after looking at the different versions I decided to go with version 2 since is not in beta like version 3 is. You can download the software via there site at http://www.teamspeak.com/?page=downloads&archive=1 . The server name is glados.uis.edu:27008, [...]
