InstantConference to the Rescue

This past Friday I set up a teleconference for all of my presenters who will be speaking at the IQ Visual Mapping Conference to be held on October 3, 2008 in the Greater New York Metro Area. Before I set up the meeting I wanted to be assured that everyone could have access to a high quality audio teleconference. I scoured the internet for such a service and came across InstantConference. InstantConference is a free teleconference service with no startup or user fees. The only costs associated with it are long distance fees which your participants will incur. With today's phone calling plans this should not be too much of a deterrent. Once you...

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Biometrics Overview

Biometrics (ancient Greek: bios =”life”, metron =”measure”) refers characteristic that measure human in human body and behaviour. Something that human have, like face, fingerprint, palmprint, retina, iris etc and something that human use to be like how to walk (gait), signature can be a biometrics.Biometrics SystemAlmost of biometrics systems consist of these modul: 1. Sensor 2. Pre-processing 3. Feature extraction 4. Storage 5. Matching 6. DecisionBiometrics CharacteristicThere are about 16 biometrics characteristic: 1. DNA 2. Face 3. Retinal 4. Iris 5. Ear 6. Dental 7. Lips 8. Palmprint 9. Hand Geometry 10. Fingerprint 11. Facial and body Infrared 12. Gait 13. Signature 14. Keystroke 15. Voice 16. Odoranother links that useful to this artikle, please...

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double firefox speed

Firefox is in my opinion the best browser ever made until now. It includes: improved tabbed browsingpop up blockingintegrated Goggle searchenhanced privacy controlsbuilt-in phishing protectiononline spell checkinglots of themes, interfaces, and extensions/addons Mozilla Firefox officially supports:Microsoft WindowsLinuxMac OS X Unofficial Support:Free BSDOS/2SolarisSkyOSBeOSXP Professional x64 Edition Now here are some Tips Tricks that can help you double the speed of Firefox. Type about:config in the address bar and then press Enter.In the filter search bar type network.http.pipelining. Be sure the value field is set true,if not double-click to set true. HTTP is the application-layer protocol that most web pages are...

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How I can Find E-Mail Messages Quickly in Microsoft Outlook

Question:-How I can Find E-Mail Messages Quickly in Microsoft Outlook?Answer:-Finding E-Mail Messages Quickly in Microsoft Outlook You can search for a specific e-mail message in Microsoft Office Outlook without expanding the Search box. Here’s what to do:In the Outlook Search box, type your target. For example, to find a particular e-mail message from John Smith, type from:John Smith. This search request quickly lists e-mail messages from that person, but not messages that contain his name.This tip also works for other criteria, such as folders. For example, searching for folder:expenses quickly lists only those folders that contain "expenses" as the subje...

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Vista Tweaks

We all know that Vista's drivers suck. We also know that there is a bunch of bloatware on deck. However, with the right tools... You CAN make Vista run as smoothly... eh' hem.. better than XPTo start....Go to Start--->Control Panel-->Programs & Features-->Uninstall all the programs that they have "thrown" at you. Programs such as "online offers" or programs with your computer manufacturer's name plastered all over it are 99% of the time JUNK.Go to your computer's website and get all the updates (bios, hardware, drivers, etc)Go to Windows update and update all of the software there...Next, some of these are up to your personal preference. I will explain how to disable things such as UAC (User Account Control), which IMHO is a major pain in the ass.To disable UAC (User Account Control):Hold...

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Keyboard shortcuts

CTRL+C (Copy)CTRL+X (Cut)CTRL+V (Paste)CTRL+Z (Undo)DELETE (Delete)SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)F2 key (Rename the selected item)CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or...

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How to make 2003 to 2007 Page Layout Tab

Question:-How to make 2003 to 2007 Page Layout Tab? Answer:- 2003 to 2007 Page Layout TabIt’s not always easy to make page-level changes to your Microsoft Office Word 2003 document. Every time you want to adjust the margin or change the page layout, you have to browse to Page Setup on the File menu and make your changes in a dialog box that has multiple tabs.In Microsoft Office Word 2007, you can make many of these changes from the Page Layout tab on the Ribbon. For example, if you want a slimmer margin, click the Margins button, and then click Narrow. If you're printing on legal paper, click the Size button, and then click Legal. With many of the options, like Margins, you see a live preview of your change before you apply it. If you need greater customization, click the diagonal arrow in...

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[TIPS] fixed the URL

Thanks to those who wrote to tell me that my tinyurl wasn't working. I forgot the .com. ARGH!! "Are you an education blogger in Pennsylvania? If so, would you KINDLY complete this 4 question form? If you know a blogger in pa who doesn't follow MY blog, please pass this post along to them so they can complete the form, as well. http://tinyurl.com/4wa9tg  Want to watch the list grow? Here it is embedded in a wiki: http://gatesworkshop.wikispaces.com/pabloggers (Note: I posted this on twitter a few minutes ago, and before I even had time to finsh the process I had one entry. Ian McCoog is #1. In less than a minute after that, I had my second entry. Amazing, this Internet stuff.)"...

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[TIPS] The Bottom Billion - on TED

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/270   Around the world right now, one billion people are trapped in poor or failing countries. How can we help them? Economist Paul Collier lays out a bold, compassionate plan for closing the gap between rich and poor. Another one to show your students. It's not as totally compelling as Robert Ballard's talk, but this one talks directly to the young who will be dealing with this problem. "What did you do the LAST time we got serious about this problem?" (You, meaning the world)   Send this one to the Sociology teachers you kn...

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[TIPS] Attention PA Bloggers

Are you an education blogger in Pennsylvania? If so, would you KINDLY complete this 4 question form? If you know a blogger in pa who doesn't follow MY blog, please pass this post along to them so they can complete the form, as well. http://tinyurl.com/4wa9tg Want to watch the list grow? Here it is embedded in a wiki: http://gatesworkshop.wikispaces.com/pabloggers (Note: I posted this on twitter a few minutes ago, and before I even had time to finsh the process I had one entry. Ian McCoog is #1. In less than a minute after that, I had my second entry. Amazing, this Internet stuf...

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Comapping forms Alliance with, MeadWestvaco, results in MeadMap.com

FYI- I know that I had shared this with you earlier but hear is the official announcement of the partnership of Comapping and MeadWestvaco. It is very exciting to see the Web 2.0 developments and companies moving to a software as service model. I'm sure there is more to come in the educational space as NECC 2008 approaches. If you haven't yet tried out online mind mapping applications then here is your opportunity at no risk. So go to MeadMap and use the code: ASTECH01Press Release:Comapping has entered into a strategic product development and marketing alliance with Mead® Consumer and Office Products (www.mead.com), a division of the Fortune...

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Web Video Downloader for Firefox

Capture video, download video and save video fast from Internet.Capture Flash SWF content with one-click at the same time. Fetch video of different formats including flv, swf, wmv, asf, avi, mov, rm, rmvb. Easy to download Youtube video and many other video sites and blogs. Clean, user-friendly, easy-to-use and super light. Support all popular video sites, including YouTube, Google, MySpace, and more >>* Work as a simple Firefox extension (add-on). Safe execution from Mozilla Firefox browser, without redirections to other web sites. Automatically detect Web video or Flash files for video capturing and downloading. Pick the actual URLs of...

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Great Icons-Logos-PSD Files

Download rss button for your blog or siteDownload some icons for your computerGreat Icons, Logos ... PSD Files - total 1300Download this link : h...

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Template collection

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[TIPS] Tag Galaxy

Again, a tweet (twitter note) pointed me to this site. (Nod to @courosa) http://taggalaxy.de/ Won't raise a single test score, but it's tons of visual fun. Enter a tag word that you might find on flickr, say.. cabin. :-) Then watch as it displays that tag and related tags as satellites to that main tag. Click and drag your mouse to rotate this or later screens. Now the fun starts. Click one of the tag orbs. I won't spoil the fun, but do try it - if flickr isn't blocked where you are. ...

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Check the Processor -CPU

The central processor unit (CPU) is the component that's responsible for processing the information and commands between the different components that make up your PC, which basically makes it the brain of your PC.Here's how to check your processor information in Windows XP:Open the Start menu and click on Control PanelWhen in Category View, click the Performance and Maintenance category.If in Classic View, simply double-click on the System icon and proceed to step 4.Click on the System icon.Refer to the Computer section, as shown in picture..Processor and memory configurations are shown in System PropertiesA - CPU type and speed are shown...

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[TIPS] World Science Festival

http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/ This post on the TED blog points us to the above site. It says: Tomorrow, Thursday, May 29, begins the World Science Festival: a four-day celebration of scientific exploration and discovery in New York City created by TEDster Brian Greene. Members of the TED team will be liveblogging the event right here on the TED Blog, keeping you updated on the latest from many TEDTalks favorites who will be presenting there. A few events we plan to cover: Send this one to your favorite science teachers again. Oh, on the worldsciencefestival site, watch the faces and read the names. Watch the entire list. FYI - we're not related. ...

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Keyboard shortcut of the week: align, centre and justify

By default, all text in Microsoft Word is aligned to the left (except if the default language is set to Arabic or another script that reads right to left). You can change the alignment of the current paragraph by clicking on these buttons on the Formatting toolbar.But as you have probably guesed by now, you can also change the alignment of the current paragraph using keyboard commands. The following shortcuts also apply to PowerPoint (but, as with many of these keyboard shortcuts, not to Excel).Align RightTo align the text to the right, hold down Ctrl and press R.Align LeftTo align the text back to the left, hold down Ctrl and press L.Centre...

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Tips for IT Training and Your Computer Consulting Business

Many computer consulting entrepreneurs wonder how much training they should have when they start to get clients. Do you get IT training first and then look for clients or learn as you go? The answer it simple – do both at the same time!IT Training and Getting Clients: Some Essential Tips1. You want to be doing both client recruitment and skill acquisition at the same time. You just can’t take six months off to get your IT training done, because you will not be able to pay the bills when all is said and done. You NEED paying clients or you’re not going to survive.2. IT training is still very important! You might sometimes wonder, because clearly relationships are so essential to your computer consulting business, why you need to focus on extra skills development in the beginning...

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Google Docs Adds Fixed-Width Page View

Google just this past week added a fixed-width page view to GoogleDocs which is sure to make everyone a lot happier about using the word processor for preparing documents. With the fixed-width page view selected from the View menu you can now get to view the document at 100% and know where the page breaks and how your document will print. You can always go back to the normal plain view if you would like- but why bother. With the fixed-width page view you can now get a good perspective on your word processing document and how it will look when print...

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[TIPS] Robert Ballard will WOW you in this TED video

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/264 If I had seen this video when I was 17 I would have spent the rest of my life in this field. In this TED video Robert Ballard will excite you about the wonderful, AMAZING underwater world. This talk is impossible to describe. But, I want you to send this to your favorite Science teacher who teachers earth science. I'm telling you, I FIRMLY believe that this talk will change a student's life. Watch ...

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Vista - XP wallpaper - 3

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