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Beginning from the fall semester in 2010, some American universities is going to adopt iPad in teaching activities. Insiders said that it is not only a try to promote educational business with high technology, but may also change the traditional teaching and learning method fundamentally. iPad is a touch-screen tablet PC with 9.7 inch screen and 680 gram. It is easy to be taken. It is one of the e-book that made by iPad company with the function of searching internet, sending and receiving e-mail, reading e-book and playing video or audio, etc.

Since iPad have been appeared on the market, college is also thinking what this small-screen but large-function facility can do for students. It is reported that some universities will adopt iPad in teaching activities. The list includes: American Oklahoma State University, Seton Hall University in Pennsylvania, Reed College, George Fox University, North Carolina State University, etc.

Most of the school which is going to carry out experimental plan will provide a free iPad tablet PC for each student. University of Maryland is also plan to buy a batch of them, put the two-year course of “digital culture and creation” into practice with 60 students to arouse students potential of exploiting new technology adequately. Green, the principal of information college item in American Scientific Research Institution, showed great affirmative attitude to the item. He said it is the process of exploring new teaching method; it is a sharing experiment between college and student, textbook publishing industry and e-book manufacturer.

Handy, one of the professors in Oklahoma State University, is in charge of the experimental work. He said their college choosing iPad to assist teaching activities is not to catch the vogue of high technology, but to evaluate whether iPad is good for teaching and learning or not, whether iPad can improve students learning, how iPad blends into students daily life. At the same time, it is going to verify whether iPad can save the cost of textbook, whether students can blend into commercial society well after graduate. Of course, they are also testing the limitation of iPad in teaching. According their plan, Handy said, they will blend iPad into the whole teaching and learning. Such as, student can buy digital textbook and put the whole book into iPad. It can save about $100 cost, but also it is easy to search internet anytime.

In addition, student can convert video to iPad about their course or the presentation files before their class. Handy said it is easy to load e-book or ipad video without heavy schoolbag. What is more important, students can keep closed contact with their classmates and teachers through IM Platform whether in the class or not.

Of course, there are some persons in the American academic field calling in question about the experimental plan. In the 2010 spring semester, Princeton University and George Washington University network got some wrong because of students plentifully using iPad. Whats more, students may play any kinds of game or entertainment when using their iPad which will affect their school work. Experts predict that iPad and other kinds of e-book will play an important role in future education. Such as online teaching. In addition, the influence of teaching method will be more obvious, it will fundamentally change the traditional teaching method and structure of textbook.

DisplayPort is an audio-video interconnect standard that is designed to advance display simplicity and the adoption of protected digital outputs on computers. This allows users to easily view HD content and other protected files. Because DisplayPort signaling can transmit both DVI and HDMI signals (other digital display protocols), DisplayPort is compatible with many popular interconnects and subsequently, the consumer devices that use the standards. For consumers, this means they can easily incorporate DisplayPort sources or devices in their homes and offices.

The DisplayPort interface standard, defined by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA), an organization that promotes standardization in the display segment, is a digital audio/video interconnect for computers, monitors and home-theater systems. The organization also determines standard sizes for flat panel display mounts in addition to other standardization efforts. Formally approved in 2006, DisplayPort includes DisplayPort Content Protection (DPCP). This content protection capability uses 128-bit encryption and features full authentication and session key establishment. For consumers, this means that even commercially protected content will play back over the DisplayPort interface, ensuring a seamless user experience.

DisplayPort Version 1.1 added support for high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) to prevent copying of digital audio and video content as it travels across DisplayPort connections to a display device. HDCP is also used in other types of connections, such as HDMI.

PC manufacturers developed DisplayPort to address computing concerns and replace the external analog video graphics array (VGA) interfaces in PC and LCD monitors and in consumer electronics equipment. Additionally, DisplayPort offers additional capabilities over external digital visual interface (DVI) connectors found in devices. It also aims to replace internal, board-to-display low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) links in devices with a unified link interface.

DisplayPort technology appears to be gaining momentum. According to a 2008 report from industry analyst firm In-Stat; DisplayPort is predicted to reach the milestone of more than 600 million products shipped by 2012. The DisplayPort Web site lists more than 165 members of VESA, a veritable who’s who of the consumer electrics and PC industries. Many of these companies have announced their intention to implement or support DisplayPort technology into their products. Some notable industry heavyweights, like Dell, for example, already have numerous displays shipping with DisplayPort technology.

Mini DisplayPort – Apple drives smaller form factor
The Mini DisplayPort interface is a smaller version of the traditional DisplayPort plug and connector, and was first publicly announced by Apple in 2008. Apple products featuring the Mini DisplayPort connector include the MacBook family of laptops, the iMac, Mac Mini, Mac Pro and the entire Apple Cinema line of displays. DisplayPort replaced the DVI and mini-DVI interfaces found on previous generations of Macs. The user-friendly Mini DisplayPort connector links the Mac to an LED Display, and offers both video and audio support, reducing the number of cables associated with incorporating an external display and speakers.

Unlike Mini-DVI and Micro-DVI predecessors, the Mini DisplayPort is capable of displaying the high resolutions commonly associated with 30 inch and larger displays. Large displays are becoming more common. DisplayPort integrators Dell and Apple recently released 30 inch product offerings. Laptops with a Mini DisplayPort can connect a computer to an external display or projector with a VGA or DVI interface by using an adapter. While the Mini DisplayPort and regular DisplayPort signals are identical, their connectors are different, and to connect Mini DisplayPort to a regular DisplayPort or vice versa requires an adapter.

In early 2009, VESA announced that it would include Mini DisplayPort in the DisplayPort 1.2 specification. The DisplayPort 1.2 specification is anticipated to be finalized by VESA by the end of this year. The DisplayPort 1.2 specification offers features including:
— 2X the speed of the DisplayPort 1.1a specification
— Multiple stream support over one connector
— Optional higher speed auxiliary channel which enables bi-directional bulk data transfer over one DisplayPort cable
— Additional support for DisplayPort Mini-connector
— Backward compatibility with DisplayPort version 1.1a

DisplayPort Testing
Working with an independent test lab accredited by VESA to perform DisplayPort testing helps ensure that Display Port products will function properly, which is especially essential with consumer video applications. DisplayPort compliance & logo program testing guarantees that products will comply with DisplayPort standard guidelines.

DisplayPort test categories include:
— Physical Layer Test
— Link Layer Test
— Electrical Test
— HDCP Test

While VESA does not require certification of DisplayPort products, it is highly encouraged. Once a manufacturer’s device is certified, the manufacturer obtains the right to use the DisplayPort logo. The DisplayPort Certified Logo reassures end users that certified products will interoperate properly and provide a quality digital display experience.

Related Tests
Tests related to the DisplayPort test include:
— HDMI Compliance Test: The HDMI compliance test ensures High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) products will function properly.
— Consumer Electronics Control Test (CEC test): CEC is one of the functions defined within the HDMI specification 1.2a. This test verifies that the CEC function of a product will perform correctly.
— HDCP Compliance Test for HDMI or DisplayPort products: This test determines whether or not HDCP implementation meets certain specific requirement.
— sRGB Compliance Program: Products that pass all sRGB tests will be granted use of the sRGB logo. This logo shows end users that the display has been tested by an independent third-party test lab.

~Ben Anton, 2009

A type of application that often pulls much of its data from the organizations data warehouse is customer relationship management (CRM). A CRM system attempts to provide an integrated approach to all aspects of interaction a company has with its customers, including marketing, sales, and support. The goal of a CRM system is to use technology to forge a strong relationship between a business and its customers. To look at CRM in another way, the business is seeking to better manage its own enterprise around customer behaviors.

A variety of software packages have been created to manage customer relationships, most based on capturing, updating, and utilizing extensive profiles of individual customers. These profiles are often stored in a data warehouse, and data mining is used to extract relevant information about the firms customers. Furthermore, customer profiles are made available online to all those in the company who might interact with a customer. In addition, Web-based frontends have been created so that a customer can interact with the company online to obtain information about products and services offered by the company, to place an order, to check on the status of an existing order, to seek answers from a knowledge base, or to request service.

CRM software packages enable organizations to market to, sell to, and service customers across multiple channels, including the Web, call centers, field representatives, business partners, and retail and dealer networks.

The capabilities of CRM tools can further be increased by hosting it on our own hosted platform or by getting service with any application hosting provider. Hosted CRM helps us to have access from anywhere and anytime, that ultimately becomes very productive if we have frequently traveling employees. CRM hosting also works perfectly with a business that is spreaded in the form of many branches located at different physical locations. If we host our CRM using by any service provider, we get unlimited free technical support. Hosting provider also takes care of different IT aspects like: daily data backup, security, updates, installation and uninstallation, upgrades and technical supports.

Hosting providers use cloud computing to deliver hosted CRM software. Cloud computing increases the performance to have a fast infrastructure resources. Cloud based CRMs are even cheaper than the locally setup CRM tools. We can further derive our hosted CRM platform setup to host our other software or associated tools. This way, we can get a combined setup for our entire office needs and that is accessible from anywhere and using any device like: PC, MAC, notebook and smartphones.

You will find increasingly more individuals who rely to computers for their very own personal work, enjoyment and also for business reasons. The computer turned out to be more than just a device that can allow one to make certain computations, aside from word processing work, but has evolved to be one’s means of communication, the backbone of a business, as well as a form of marketing tool to be used world wide. From time to time, it is necessary to offer maintenance to your computers if it’s how important a computer is these days.

For example that you’re having problems with your PC monitor, you may be wondering what’s going to be the best choice that you may look into in relation to searching for monitor replacements. But evidently you wish to ensure that you’ll be able to maintain with the modern times.

Given that computers are developed and modified once in a while, you may come across many alternatives on the subject of looking for a PC monitor that has a more modern approach. Long ago, the most well-liked types of monitors are CRT monitors and LCD monitors. In reality you may still find a few who makes use of these tube monitors and the LCD ones, but nowadays, the fad is making use of an OLED screens.

Organic Light-Emitting Display or more known as OLED is what technology has paved way to a more advanced way of viewing various images and objects from various electronic gadgets these days like for example with the newer versions of iPhones. Then there will soon be a release where we are able to now enjoy watching TV through the use of OLED technology. As this moves on, sooner or later now you can purchase an OLED PC monitor to join the fad.

It can be done to have access to monitors that can definitely provide you with a better screen resolution, a more handy option and even allow earlier types of monitor just like LCD and plasma monitors to be more inexpensive. That’s one interesting technology which is definitely worth the wait.

The first thing which comes in mind while making international calls is the ‘money’ involved in it. Individuals always complete their calls in a very short period of time due to the expensive cost that made them unsatisfied. This unsatisfactory element has made people frustrated of not making calls for a longer time to their beloved ones because of high price and that is why Internet phone service has been introduced to eliminate all the barriers of long distance communication be it cost or obstacles. Technology has developed VoIP calls all over the world, the user can easily access its services siting at any corner of world including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc. This latest revolution in telecommunication world has changed the way the world communicates.

No matter where the user is, he can easily forward the call to any destination as per his wish. For instance, the user can make cheap VoIP calls to Pakistan without affecting their pockets. Now, the users enjoy PC to PC calls or PC to phone calls at low rates in a hassle free manner. This facility allows users to be in touch with relatives and friends who are staying in Pakistan or at any part of the world. The availability of internet has made it possible for people to make calls to Pakistan at any time in a cost effective manner. The user can also send SMS to multiple friends along with making cheap VoIP calls to Pakistan. The best part VoIP calls is that users will never have to bother about bad voice reception. It is one of the trust worthy service of making international calls.

The user can grab distinct cheap calling plans for making international calls, be it for Pakistan or India. There are many calling plans available in the market. The user can select the plan as per his budget. The consumer can enjoy calling plans to Pakistan by paying very less amount of money.

This highly advanced VoIP technology has given lots of benefit to users along with umpteen calling options like caller id, call divert, call conference etc. The users can easily stay connected to close ones without even thinking about the phone bills. The PC phone calls being doable in nature because of huge contribution of technology. In order to make cheap PC to phone calls, the user just need an Internet connection and a phone. The same with mobile calls, the user need a handset along with a broadband connection. The international calling becomes much easier after the introduction of internet phone service. Moreover, VoIP call rates are very reasonable that anyone can easily afford it. So lets join VoIP family to avail the wonderful calling services.