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Updated: 2 October 2003
Hurricane Juan devastates Halifax![]() The Chebucto Office will be open to the public Friday, October 3rd at our regular hours.
Chebucto at Word On The Street 2003!![]() A big thanks to everyone who braved the strong winds to come out and visit us and to the steadfast corps of Chebucto volunteers who made it all possible!
Chebucto userbase grows!As of September 9th this year, the Chebucto Office reports that there are now more users of the Chebucto Community Net service than this time last year, reversing a slow decline in user numbers that has been ongoing since 1996 when Chebucto was one of only two internet providers in Halifax.A steady stream of new members has been responsible for the growth in numbers, mostly from the closing of Dalhousie University's in-house Premium Dial-Up Service, but increasingly from the local community as well. The increase in numbers is not enough to put any extra strain on any Chebucto services and there are plans in place to expand services as the demand increases.
Alert: New worm hits unpatched Windows computers!![]() As always we also strongly advise all of our users with computers running Microsoft Windows (all versions but especially Windows XP and Windows 2000) to keep updated with the latest security updates from Microsoft's own Windows Update site. There are major security holes in the Microsoft Windows Operating System, Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser and Microsoft's Outlook Express email program which can be fixed with these software patches. Microsoft Office users should also check with Microsoft for patches for recent vulnerabilities. Unpatched versions of these Microsoft products are vulnerable to many viruses, worms, trojan programs and exploits where hostile users can get access to your computer and files. Users are strongly advised to keep current with Service Packs and Critical Updates for Microsoft products, which are released on a regular basis. Since the beginning of September there have been several new Critical level updates released. Cool new Chebucto hats available!
You can get your very own Chebucto Community Net hat from the Chebucto office for $20 or we can mail it out to you for an additional $10.
Chebucto Newspaper Column Give-aways!![]() Chebucto mousepads may be purchased from the Chebucto Office for $10 each or mailed out for $15 each. Contact office@chebucto.ns.ca to order.
Chebucto Users still tops in *.NS.CA SETI processingSETI, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence, has been processing their radio telescope data with home users' computers for years now. Using an innovative screensaver which runs whenever the user computer is not in use, SETI has had more than 1,637,000 years of high quality computer processor time donated to it.Of all the computer domains ending in the letters NS.CA, denoting Nova Scotia, chebucto.ns.ca now ranks number one, producing more than double the results of both the government of Nova Scotia and the vast resources of EdNet, the schools network combined. Current stats here. Chebucto users have sent in more than 23,000 results, representing more than 47 years of CPU time that would otherwise have been wasted.
SETI is about to complete a new observation phase, targetting the top 200
candidate signals for direct observation using the full resources of the
world's largest radio telescope at Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
Outlook user email advisoryAfter the continuing wave of viruses specifically targetting users of Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express email programs, and the constant stream of user complaints about randomly altered program settings and difficulty using the program, the Chebucto Community Net Office and the Chebucto Technical Committee recommend our users do not use either Outlook or Outlook Express as their email program.Windows Users can find a selection of email programs available for download here and Macintosh users can find a selection of email programs here.
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