京都大学東南アジア地域研究研究所　情報処理室 > Announcements

(Done) Tentative Network Suspension (East building and Library)

Dear all. The network in the east building and Library will be temporarily suspended at the following period.The aim is the protection of network machines from instantaneous power failure. We are sorry for your inconvenience, but please understand. [Date]: December 9, 2011 (Friday)  12:00～13:00 (10 or 20 minutes) [Reason]:  Installation of the protection system for network machines from instantaneous power failure in the east building. [Influence]: During the period, the network connection (including the Internet connection) will be temporarily unavailable. 9th December, 2011  Chief of Information Processing Office: Kitani.  

(Postponed) Tentative Network Service Suspension to external network.

Dear all. The following maintenance operation was postponed. About new schedule, please wait until the notice. [Date]:  December  7, 2011 (Wednesday)   18:30 — 19:30  (The operation for 15 minutes will be done once) [Reason]: Maintenance  of SINET (Science Information NETwork is the Japan academic network) . [Influence]: During this time, the each network between Kyoto University and the Internet won’t be able to connect. In other words, the PC in Kyoto University network cannot access to the Internet. And you cannot send and receive an e-mail message. However, I think that users don’t need to worry because this operation time is too short. * Information source in Japanese (Network section in Information division...Read More

(Local Announcement) Upgrade to new Gmail interface in CSEAS Google Apps

Dear all. Today, Gmail in CSEAS was upgraded to new user interface. In case of using the e-mail software, you are not influenced. I feel that new Gmail user interface was drastically changed. Now, the Office confirmed about the following information. New Gear icon   You can change the display spacing. In case of old design, I think that minimum had been being set up. Then, you can directly access the theme setting page. Contact   Contact menu was moved into “Mail” menu in the upper of left side menu. Search   By clicking the lower triangular portion, you can easily use the detail search option. Maybe,  you will be able to understand about...Read More

What kind of USB cable should be purchased for connecting Amazon Kindle Fire to my PC?

I’d like to report it because the inquiry may increase. The basic policy of Kindle Fire seems to use without PC because the cable for connecting to a PC is not included. If a user would like to connect it to the PC, he/she needs to buy the cable. According to the technical details in Amazon Kindle Fire page, the USB cable with micro-B connector  is used. * Please pay attention because  this type differs from  the cable for the Digital Camera (mini-B). Please read the following sites about the cable. Amazon: AmazonBasics USB Cable – 2.0 A Male to Micro B (6 Feet / 1.8 Meters) Amazon Japan: Amazonベーシック USB 2.0 (A) オス –...Read More

How to disable and close Boxbe service

If you receive the following message when you send an e-mail, there is a possibility that the e-mail address which you sent has joined Boxbe service. Your message was waitlisted. Please add yourself to my Guest List so your messages will be delivered to my Inbox. Use the link below. In this case, you need to do the following request. You ask the receiver for the addition of your e-mail address to the Guest List. You ask the receiver for suspending or stop of Boxbe service (Reference: How to disable and close Boxbe service(PDF)) About Boxbe service, please see  http://www.boxbe.com/help. 30th November, 2011  Chief of Information Processing Office: Kitani.    

Firefox 8.0.1 Released

Firefox 8.0.1 was released on November 21, 2011.This version was fixed about the following issues. Crash problem regarding Java applet on MacOSX. Crash problem regarding RoboForm plugin on Windows Please see the following release note if you’d like to know the detail information. Firefox 8.0.1 Release Note ※About Firefox 8.0 information, please see “”.  24th November, 2011  Chief of Information Processing Office: Kitani.  

(DONE) Tentative Network Service Suspension to external network.

Dear all. [Date]:  November  10, 2011   5:30 — 7:30  (The operation for 15 seconds will be done 3 times) [Reason]: Update of core network systems in Kyoto University. [Influence]: During this time, the each network between Kyoto University and the Internet won’t be able to connect. In other words, the PC in Kyoto University network cannot access to the Internet. And you cannot send and receive an e-mail message. However, I think that users don’t need to worry because this operation time is too short. * Information source in Japanese (Network section in Information division of Kyoto University). 8th November, 2011  Chief of Information Processing Office: Kitani.

Firefox 8 and Thunderbird 8 Released

Firefox 8 and Thunderbird 8 were released on November 8, 2011. By this upgrade, the approach of add-on administration was changed. About the detail information, please check the release note. Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default. (Firefox) Added “Twitter” to the search bar for select locales. (Thunderbird) Folder switching pane widget was removed. If you’d like to continue to use, please  install Folder Pane View Switcher add-on. Fixed several stability and security issues. If you are  Firefox 7 or Thunderbird 7 user, your Firefox and Thunderbird will be automatically upgraded within several days. However, you had better keep in mind that a lot of add-on software in...Read More

Google Chrome 15 Released

If you’d like to use new version, you need to manually download and install it. Maybe, Google Chrome will be automatically upgraded soon. In new futures: New Tab　”Commonly-used page list” and “Recent Closed Tabs” were separated. “Recent Closed Tabs” moved to the lower navigation bar. Then, “Installed Google Chrome Apps list” was added to new section in new Tab. In this section, you can remove your installed application. Renewal of Google Chrome Web Store　Linkage of Google plus Account. And were fixed 28 security vulnerabilities. Adobe Flash Player plugin was already upgraded by Google Chrome 14.0.835.202 on October 4, 2011. 26th October, 2011  Chief of Information Processing Office: Kitani.  

(Restored) Network Service Suspention

Users. By , the network at the following building was unavailable during the following period. I apologize for your inconvenience. [Date]: October 9 (Sunday), 2011 17:00 —  October 9, 2011 (Monday)  10:00 [Building]: East building and Library [Reason]: By the operation mistake of maintenance company, the power supply for the network base machine in the building had been stopped. Then, according to the information of CIAS, the network at the following area had been stopped during above time. [Area]: CIAS area in 2F Inamori Center and a part of KOKORO Research Center area in 2F Inamori Center [Reason]: The network base switch was broken. By the network center of Kyoto...Read More