Students, faculty and staff can now purchase Office 2008 for Mac from the WebStore for $55! This product is for personal machine installation and you have the option of picking up the DVD from the Computer Center at the Illini Union or we will mail the DVD directly to you for an additional dollar.

Please review the "Microsoft: Office 2008 for Mac" offer on the WebStore and email any questions to webstore@uiuc.edu.

On February 6, 2008, Adobe released an update to version 8.1.2 for Acrobat and Adobe Reader 8 (also affecting Adobe's free Reader).

In addition to addressing bug fixes and providing support for Mac OS X Leopard (up through version 10.5.1), the update includes several important security fixes, among them a few of critical severity that could be remotely exploitable.

Adobe recommends users of Acrobat and Adobe Reader 8 install the 8.1.2 update to protect themselves from potential vulnerabilities.

Acrobat and Adobe Reader 7.0.9 and earlier versions are also affected by these vulnerabilities. Adobe will provide further information as to the nature of the vulnerabilities via the company's Security Bulletins and Advisories page (http://www.adobe.com/support/security/), once updates are available for all affected versions of Acrobat and Adobe Reader.

More information on how to obtain the update and what the vulnerabilities are can be found at the URLS below:

• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/140129
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/666281

If you have any questions, please email webstore@uiuc.edu.
 
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OriginPro 8 is now available for download from the CITES Software WebStore (direct link: http://www.uiuc.edu/goto/WS_Origin).  New features in OriginPro 8 are highlighted at http://www.originlab.com/index.aspx?s=8&lm=170.

If you have any questions, please email webstore@uiuc.edu.
 
 
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Attention, Adobe Users:

CITES Software WebStore has updated its Adobe offers to include the new Adobe Upgrade Plan/Maintenance for the period extending from December 1, 2007 to November 30, 2009.

What is the Upgrade Plan/Maintenance?
The Upgrade Plan/Maintenance entitles you to all upgrades released on the licensed product during the 24-month subscription period. The current maintenance period is December 1, 2005, to November 30, 2007. The new maintenance period is December 1, 2007, to November 30, 2009. Maintenance does NOT cover the cost of media, though all upgrade releases are available for download on the WebStore. If you prefer to receive physical media, you can expect to incur a cost of $5 for the first CD/DVD and $1.50 per additional disk.

Who is eligible to enroll in Maintenance?

1. If you purchased your Adobe license with Maintenance from Central Stores or the WebStore after December 1, 2005, then you are eligible to enroll in the new Maintenance subscription period. You have until May 31, 2008, to enroll in Maintenance, but WebStore highly recommends that you enroll in Maintenance immediately. If you are not currently enrolled in Maintenance and Adobe releases a new version of your product, then you are required to actually purchase the product before being allowed to enroll in the new subscription period. You must be on the latest version of a product to enroll in Maintenance.
2.  If you purchased an Adobe license without Maintenance but are on the most current version of the product, then you are entitled to enroll in the new Maintenance subscription period. If you do not purchase the new Maintenance plan and Adobe releases a new version of your product, then you will not be allowed to enroll in Maintenance until you purchase the new version.
3. All new license purchases on the WebStore currently have the option to purchase Maintenance under the new subscription period that expires November 30, 2009.

Should I enroll in Maintenance if I am eligible?
WebStore strongly recommends enrolling in the Adobe Maintenance subscriptions, as it will usually save you money in the long run. For example, if you purchase Acrobat Professional ($40) and the new Maintenance ($20) through the WebStore, your total cost for the next two years will be $60. If you elect not to purchase Maintenance, you will initially save the $20 Maintenance fee, but you will pay $40 for each upgrade. Considering that Adobe releases one upgrade per year, you will probably end up paying twice the amount ($120) over the term of the subscription.  Additionally, there is no guarantee that the price of the product will remain $40 in the future, as upgrades often increase in price.

I am trying to purchase Maintenance but the WebStore says I am not eligible.
You are entitled to purchase Maintenance if you are on the latest version of the product or were enrolled in the December 1, 2005, to November 30, 2007, Upgrade Plan. Your license may have been purchased by someone in your business office and, consequently, our records do not show you as being eligible for the upgrade. Please email the CITES Software Webstore and provide the SR number of the original purchase. Once we verify you have a valid license and are eligible for the current maintenance plan, we will enable your access to the appropriate WebStore offer.

What if I want to purchase Adobe products for my personal home machine?  
Adobe recently announced a new pilot program running until March 15, 2008, that allows Faculty and Staff to purchase Adobe products for personal use at student prices. These offers are now available on the WebStore. For more information, please review the official program announcement (http://webstore.uiuc.edu/newsitem.aspx?PostID=3087) in the NEWS section of the WebStore.

What should I do if I am not sure how to proceed or have additional questions?
Please contact the WebStore at webstore@uiuc.edu, and we will help you with any questions you may have.

Leopard is now available for download or media purchase to current Apple Maintenance Program (AMP) subscribers from the CITES Software WebStore (direct link: http://www.uiuc.edu/goto/WS_Leopard). AMP subscribers can also reserve a loaner media kit from the offer. Tthese kits are available for pickup from the CITES Help Desk. Purchased media is expected to be available by early next week (at the latest), and anyone purchasing media now will automatically be notified as soon as it arrives.

Please note: Due to the size of the download, installation from media is strongly encouraged. The download is 7.11 GB in size and requires a Dual Layer DVD (DVD-DL) burner and blank media to install.
 
In addition, the current 8.5 version of McAfee VirusScan for Macintosh is not compatible with Leopard and the Security Office expects the new version of the McAfee Macintosh virus protection software to be available by 11/16/07.

If you have any questions, please email webstore@uiuc.edu.
 
 
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For a limited time (October 15, 2007, to March 15, 2008), Adobe is extending its Student Licensing to UI faculty/staff for personal machine use. Now, faculty and staff are eligible for the following Adobe products at student prices from CITES Software WebStore:

• Adobe Acrobat Pro 8 - $55
• Adobe AfterEffects Pro 7 - $123
• Adobe Design Premium CS3 - $299
• Adobe Design Standard CS3 - $199
• Adobe Master Collection CS3 - $499
• Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended - $169
• Adobe Production Premium CS3 - $299
• Adobe Web Standard CS3 - $199

To place an order visit WebStore today. You can review the product comparison chart at http://eacademy1.ds.uiuc.edu/Adobe/ldradobecompare.pdf for a detailed description of programs contained in each suite.

Please email any questions to webstore@uiuc.edu.

The WebStore will be unavailable on October 10, 2007,  from 1:30 a.m. until 4:30 a.m. for scheduled system maintenance.

Please email any questions to webstore@uiuc.edu.

Apple recently modified their distribution policy for educational institutions. Due to this change, WebStore will no longer be able to distribute Tiger, iLife, iWork, QuickTime Pro, or the Apple Maintenance Program (AMP) to students.

WebStore will still maintain any current AMP subscriptions and, when new versions of Apple products are released,  will notify current subscribers in the AMP program with download/media purchase information.

We apologize for this reduction in service and hope to be able to offer Apple products to students again in the future.

Please direct any questions to webstore@uiuc.edu.

CITES Software WebStore and CITES Training Services invite all faculty and staff interested in Mathematica 6.0 to attend a free preview of the new Demonstrations Project. Topics will include browsing, searching, downloading and manipulating the new feature "Demonstrations Project"; filling out and uploading authoring notebooks.

Please help us spread the word about this exciting opportunity to see the new version of Mathematica!

Date: Sep 21, 2007 (F)           Time: 1:30 - 3:30pm

Location: Suite 26 Illini Hall   Instructor: Jeff Bryant, Wolfram

Seats are limited! Call 217-333-6285 to hold your seat!

URL: http://demonstrations.wolfram.com

Contact: fast3@uiuc.edu

Thanks to a coalition of 14 department contributors, MATLAB and the following toolboxes are now available to all UIUC, UIC, and UIS campus users at no cost through CITES Software WebStore.
 
•    Communications Blockset
•    Communications Toolbox
•    Control System Toolbox
•    Curve Fitting Toolbox
•    Filter Design Toolbox
•    Image Processing Toolbox
•    MATLAB Compiler
•    Neural Network Toolbox
•    Optimization Toolbox
•    Partial Differential Equation Toolbox
•    Robust Control Toolbox
•    Signal Processing Toolbox
•    Simulink
•    Simulink Control Design
•    Statistics Toolbox
•    Symbolic Math Toolbox
•    System Identification Toolbox
•    Wavelet Toolbox  
 
Previously, network access to MATLAB was available on WebStore for $20 and the standalone version for $50. Department contributors, listed below, have agreed to increase their annual contributions, which lowers the distribution cost for network access to MATLAB to $0 and the standalone version to $25 per license.

MATLAB Department contributors:
Computer Science
Psychology
Physics
Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Industrial and Enterprise System Engineering
Coordinated Science Lab
Computational and Science Engineering
Housing
Engineering Workstations Group
Statistics
Materials Research Lab

We would like to extend a special thanks to the College of Engineering for making this possible.

Visit http://webstore.uiuc.edu to download MATLAB today, and browse over one hundred other software titles available on WebStore.

Please email any questions to webstore@uiuc.edu.