http://web.mit.edu/ist/news News from MIT Information Services and Technology en-us Wed, 16 July 2008 08:00:00 EST SAS now runs on Linux machines and all users are urged to switch to that platform as soon as possible. http://web.mit.edu/sas/www/to-linux Tue, 01 July 2008 08:00:00 EST Release notes and documention for this new version of the programming language are available online. https://web.mit.edu/acl_v8.1/distrib/i386_rhel4/acl81/doc/release-notes.htm Wed, 25 June 2008 08:00:00 EST PDF manuals for this productivity suite are available online. http://web.mit.edu/ooffice_v2.4.1/pdfdoc/ Thu, 22 May 2008 08:00:00 EST Mathematica 6.0.2 has been installed on Athena for Sun and Linux machines. http://blog.wolfram.com/2008/02/25/mathematica-602-arrives/ Fri, 16 May 2008 08:00:00 EST IS&T plans to make it the Athena default during Summer 2008. http://www.maplesoft.com/products/Maple/new_features/aca/index.aspx Wed, 02 April 2008 08:00:00 EST Many of the Toolboxes have been updated. http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/base/relnotes/ Tue, 04 March 2008 08:00:00 EST Geneious is an integrated bioinformatics tool suite for manipulating, finding, sharing and exploring biological data. http://web.mit.edu/geneious_v3.5.6/GeneiousManual.pdf Mon, 25 February 2008 08:00:00 EST This is a major update with significantly enhanced functionality. http://web.mit.edu/acro_v8.1.2/reader_user_guide.pdf Thu, 4 October 2007 08:00:00 EST IS&T will make it the default version after the end of the current semester. http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/base/relnotes/ Mon, 17 September 2007 08:00:00 EST IS&T expected to make it (or an update) the default at the end of the current semester. http://development.openoffice.org/releases/2.3.0.html Wed, 22 August 2007 08:00:00 EST Splus 8.0 is a major update with significant new functionality. https://web.mit.edu/splus_v8.0/www/RELNOTES.HTM Wed, 25 July 2007 08:00:00 EST Splus 8.0 is a major update with significant new functionality. https://web.mit.edu/splus_v8.0/www/RELNOTES.HTM Thu, 12 July 2007 08:00:00 EST R is an open-source, free software environment for statistical computing and graphics with its own internal programming language. http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/statistical-software/525/ Wed, 04 April 2007 08:00:00 EST IS&T plans to make it the Athena default during Summer 2007. http://www.maplesoft.com/products/Maple11/new/Pro/index.aspx Wed, 04 April 2007 08:00:00 EST On Athena systems that do not auto-update, IS&T strongly recommends updating or disabling telnetd. http://itinfo.mit.edu/article.php?id=8382 Tue, 03 April 2007 08:00:00 EST IS&T recommends disabling telnetd immediately for protection until the next patch release (scheduled for later today). http://itinfo.mit.edu/article.php?id=8379 Mon, 02 April 2007 08:00:00 EST This version is now available for Sun and Linux; IS&T expects to make it the default after the end of the current semester. http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/base/relnotes/ Thu, 22 March 2007 08:00:00 EST Many of the toolboxes have been updated, and Simscape has been added. http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/base/relnotes/ Fri, 09 March 2007 08:00:00 EST Linux-Athena version 9.4.17 or later and Solaris-Athena 9.4.27 or later will display the correct time. http://itinfo.mit.edu/article.php?id=8323 Wed, 07 February 2007 08:00:00 EST The Java 1.6.0 production release has been installed and made the default. https://web.mit.edu/java_v1.6.0/www/ Mon, 29 January 2007 08:00:00 EST The patch includes Firefox and JDK updates, bug fixes, and more. http://itinfo.mit.edu/article.php?id=8300 Fri, 15 December 2006 08:00:00 EST IS&T expects to make it the default during IAP. http://development.openoffice.org/releases/2.1.0rc2.html Thu, 26 October 2006 08:00:00 EST IS&T expects to make it the default during IAP. http://web.mit.edu/ooffice/www/home.html Tue, 10 October 2006 08:00:00 EST Release notes are available in the internal help system or at the Mathworks Web site. http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/base/relnotes/ Tue, 12 September 2006 08:00:00 EST It includes Firefox startup time decrease, bug fixes, and more. http://itinfo.mit.edu/article.php?id=8200 Tue, 23 August 2006 08:00:00 EST It includes Firefox updates, a Gaim encryption plugin, the clock-issue resolution, and more. http://itinfo.mit.edu/article.php?id=8179 Fri, 14 April 2006 08:00:00 EST This is an incremental update to the desktop publishing application and file formats should be compatible with 7.1. https://web.mit.edu/frame_v7.2/distrib/sun4x_510/fminit/usenglish/Help/help.html Wed, 29 March 2006 08:00:00 EST It will not be made the default version until after the end of the current semester. http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/base/relnotes/ Thu, 23 February 2006 08:00:00 EST This collection of scientific/numeric computational routines is made available as a C API and library. http://sources.redhat.com/gsl/ref/gsl-ref_toc.html Thu, 09 February 2006 08:00:00 EST The VTK is an API and a collection of libraries that allow multiple ways of representing and manipulating 3D data visually. http://www.vtk.org/doc/release/5.0/html/ Thu, 26 January 2006 08:00:00 EST Allegro Common Lisp 8.0 has been installed and is now the default. https://web.mit.edu/acl_v8.0/distrib/share/doc/introduction.htm Wed, 08 December 2005 08:00:00 EST This patch release fixes serious security vulnerabilites in JDK. http://itinfo.mit.edu/article?id=8002 Thu, 24 November 2005 08:00:00 EST The Sun compilers, dbx debugger, and Sun Studio GUI software development environment have been updated in this developer's tool. https://web.mit.edu/sunsoft_v11/www/ Tue, 15 November 2005 08:00:00 EST It includes an OpenAFS upgrade, bug fixes, and security updates. http://itinfo.mit.edu/article.php?id=7957 Tue, 25 October 2005 08:00:00 EST Open Office 2.0 is available for Sun and Linux and will be made the default during IAP 2006. http://web.mit.edu/ooffice/www/home.html Thu, 29 September 2005 08:00:00 EST Release notes are available in the internal help system, or at the MathWorks web site. http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/base/relnotes/ Wed, 14 September 2005 08:00:00 EST Changes include an OpenAFS upgrade, a fix for the login hang problem, and a Java upgrade for Linux. http://itinfo.mit.edu/article?id=7908 Mon, 22 August 2005 08:00:00 EST Athena 9.4 is being released for Solaris and Linux the nights of August 22 and 23. http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/linux/94release.html Mon, 06 June 2005 08:00:00 EST Maple Mastery I's video-based lessons show you how to solve math problems with Maple (MIT only). https://web.mit.edu/tm/maple_mastery_I/setup/Start.htm Mon, 09 May 2005 08:00:00 EST This major upgrade to the statistical analysis package incorporates many tests. http://web.mit.edu/acs/www/numerical.html#stata Fri, 08 Apr 2005 08:00:00 EST Many of the toolboxes in this data analysis program have been updated. http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/base/relnotes/ Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:00:00 EST The Java Development Kit release 1.5.0_02 has been installed for Sun and Linux. https://web.mit.edu/java_v1.5.0_02/distrib/share/docs/index.html Mon, 07 Feb 2005 08:00:00 EST Grace is a GUI 2D mathematical plotting tool with internal plot description language. http://web.mit.edu/grace_v5.1.18/grace/doc/UsersGuide.html