After more than a year of development, UNT's "Bulk Student E-mail" system is now in place and operational. This system is intended for use by faculty, staff, and administrators at the University to send official messages to students.

What you don't know can hurt you, as well as those you are trying to assist. Take this true/false quiz to make sure you're up to speed on such topics as student E-mail and dorm wiring.

A project named "Linux Lab" was started earlier this year to offer a UNIX environment for people to work in. Read all about it.

If you thought the "virus trolls" or whoever it is that dreams up and periodically releases those things into cyberspace were going to take a summer vacation, think again.

Have you ever written E-mail that you wanted to send to a group of people in a certain order? Well, here's your opportunity to start doing it.

We have a new cartoon feature for your viewing pleasure. Just click on the title to laugh about the foibles of the information age.

• RSS Matters -- "So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehn, Good Bye . . ."

• The Network Connection -- "Bullies of the Internet"

• List of the Month -- "The Earth Edition of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"

• WWW@UNT.EDU -- "Worried about ADA compliance on your Website?"

• Short Courses -- Update on the various training opportunities on campus, including ACS Summer Short Courses.

• IRC News -- Minutes of the Information Resources Council are printed here when they are available.

• Staff Activities -- New employees, employees that have resigned, and staff awards and recognition are included in this article.