For more details please e-mail : eozkaya@ceotraining.com.au  or  alessandrocardoso@live.com

 Early Bird savings are available until midnight 14 July 2009 at http://www.msteched.com/australia/Public/registration-info.aspx

The Tech•Ed 2009 season kicks off next week in LA, and the show comes to Australia and New Zealand in mid-September. We’ve just opened the Call for Content tool so now’s the time to submit that great idea for a session. Details about how to submit are at the bottom of this post.

Here are the rules for submitting content and what we’ll cover/not cover if the track owners select your session(s).

All the way through the process you’ll be able to review your submission and track its status. This is the first time we’ve opened up the Call for Content publically like this and we’re likely to receive many more proposals than we’ve got slots to fill, so please don’t be disappointed if your submission isn’t selected.

Tips for Successful Submissions

• Write a descriptive, fun and enticing title
• Target 300-400 level technical content; 200 level content is in low demand
• Describe content that is new, unique or significantly refreshed from a previous presentation.
• Take a solution oriented approach
• Align your topic to the technologies listed for the track
• Ensure there is no marketing in your content
• Showcase your speaking experience
• Focus on currently released technologies, technologies in beta or technologies that will be released within 12 months of Tech·Ed
• Include one or more live demos. Historically, sessions with strong demos receive higher audience scores

Submitting a topic

So how do you go about submitting a session? Go to the Call for Content tool and register with your email address and the RSVP code TechEdANZ. Fill in all the details and hit submit. You can come back to the site at any time to update or review the progress of your submission.

Here are some points to talk about

• Do you agree that the Windows XP no longer meets our needs?
• Do you think that Windows 7 will meet?
• Which feature of Windows 7 do you most like ?
• Direct Access, reliability, security, performance, compatibility… Are they listening to what you have to say?
• what’s behind the Windows 7 engineering process ?

 If you are curious and want to learn all about the cool features of Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2, here are the dates , do not forget to register

 

DATES                   : 21 APRIL Tuesday 10.30 AM 15.30 PM ( two sessions)

Venue address :

                                32/181 Church St.  Parramatta NSW 2150
                        CEO IT TRAINING & SOLUTIONS

please book via clicking here

For those of you in the U.S. (and for your students in the U.S.), here’s a great opportunity to get to TechEd and have a fun, unique experience along the way:

My team is hitting the road, hoping to meet up with those of you along our route!

Are you proud of your MCP/MCT status? Do you want to win a free trip to Tech·Ed 2009?

Enter the Microsoft Learning Get on the Bus contest and you could display your pride and attend Tech·Ed for free!

We are seeking six MCT/MCPs passionate about Microsoft certification to join us on the Career Express bus. MCPs who attend the events in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Kansas City, Denver, Phoenix, and Las Vegas will have the chance to compete to win a seat on the bus and a free trip to Tech·Ed 2009 in Los Angeles with the Microsoft Learning Community team.

Get on the Bus winners join the Career Express in their city and accompany the Microsoft Learning crew as we stop to visit with the Microsoft Learning community along the way. We will blog, Twitter, video blog, and have a great time! If you can’t join the trip, then come out and meet us along the route!

Note from me:

I am a MCT and I would like to say that this is really a great idea and I could list at least 4 reasons for the MCT’s to join:
– share their experience about certifications and about teaching Microsoft courses with Microsoft staff, Microsoft CPLS, other’s MCT’s, Students;
– Learn about how to improve their certifications;
– Have fun along the trip;
– Teched

I expect that this promo could be extended to others countries.

Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso
MCT | MVP : Virtual Machine
blog pt-BR : http://cardosoalessandro.spaces.live.com
blog en-AU: http://itaustralia.spaces.live.com

Microsoft released the Internet Explorer  8.   Get it at  www.microsoft.com/ie8

Some new features in Internet Explorer 8 include:

·         Accelerators. Accelerators give people easy access to the online services they care about most from any page they visit and allow users to browse faster by eliminating most of the clicks required to access desired content and services.

·         Web Slices. With Web Slices, people can see the information they want to see most often without going away from the page they are on. Appearing in the Favorite bar, users can identify Web Slices with updates when in bold and they can see a rich Web Slice visualization of their content with access back to the source Web page.

·         Instant Search Box. The enhanced Instant Search Box in Internet Explorer 8 is more helpful, making it easier for people to find content of interest and increasing the relevancy of search results. As users type a search term, they can see real-time search suggestions, including images and rich text, from their chosen search provider.

·         Smart Address Bar. Provides matches as the user types across History and Favorites searching against all parts of the URL string (and the page title) instead of just the beginning. Allows mistyped entries to be removed from the Address Bar.

·         Enhanced Tabbed Browsing.  Tabs are grouped and color-coded so people can quickly discern which are related. It is easy to group or ungroup tabs or reopen closed tabs.

·         Performance improvements. We’ve reduced the time that people must wait when starting the browser, opening a “new tab” and loading a page.

·         SmartScreen Filter. Built upon the Microsoft Phishing Filter, the SmartScreen Filter helps protect against a broader set of phishing threats and helps protect from sites that attempt to download malicious software. The SmartScreen Filter is now easier to use with enhanced user interface and warning messages to reduce users’ click-through to confirmed sites.

·         Domain Highlighting. Internet Explorer 8 highlights the domain name of the URL string in the Address Bar in bold text, making it easier for people to tell which site they are on and aid them in identifying phishing sites and other deceptive sites. The domain name is in black, standing out from other characters in the URL, which are gray.

·         Cross-Site Scripting filter. Helps protect users and systems from attacks that can lead to information disclosure, cookie stealing, account/identity theft or otherwise masquerading as the user without permission.

• InPrivate. InPrivate helps to protect people’s data and privacy from being retained locally on the PC they are using. This protects against third parties who might be in a position to track their online activities.  The consumer has the ability to use either of the features (InPrivate Browsing or InPrivate Filtering) independently.
  • InPrivate Browsing. When activated, InPrivate Browsing helps ensure that History, temporary Internet files and cookies are not recorded on a PC after browsing. When in InPrivate Browsing, toolbars and extensions are automatically disabled and browsing History is automatically deleted when the browser is closed.
  • InPrivate Filtering. InPrivate Filtering helps protect privacy by enabling the consumer to block content coming from third parties that are in a position to track and aggregate their online behavior. Users are provided with notice, choice and control of which third parties to allow and which ones to block.

For a comprehensive look at the features in Internet Explorer 8, please see the fact sheet available here: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/windows/factsheets/IE8FS.mspx