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Our thanks to TechnoLawyer member Brad Jensen for notifying us of the following: "The InnovAction Award is a worldwide search for lawyers and/or law firms, of all sizes, currently engaged in extraordinarily innovative effort. The goal is to demonstrate to the legal community what can be created when passionate professionals, with big ideas and strong convictions, are determined to make a difference. Each year, we will present what will soon be known as the coveted NOVA to those unsung heroes and rising stars from within the legal profession who dare to think differently and succeed by doing so." The deadline for entries is July 16, 2004. Learn more.

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On the topic of system utilities, TechnoLawyer member Lester Proctor writes: "I cannot too much state my view that anything Norton is destructive to your computer. For a good System Suite, including constantly updated virus library, I greatly urge VCOM's SystemSuite, now in version 5 I believe."

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In a recent issue of the Answers to Questions newsletter, a subscriber bemoaned the fact that GhostFill did not work with WordPerfect.  In response, TechnoLawyer member Mark Deal writes: "The most recent version of GhostFill does work with WordPerfect for RTF assembly."

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TechnoLawyer member Paul Lepine writes: "As a follow-up to the recent commentary on the Logitech optical mouse -- let's not forget their wireless keyboards. The ergonomic freedom, the lack of clutter, the cool look together with your flat screen."

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TechnoLawyer member Al Goldberger also has nice things to say about TimeReporter: "It's one of the few software combos in the office that works perfectly. We have used it for about 2 years and the sync is flawless. This is a great program."

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Sticking with the handheld theme, TechnoLawyer member Frank Feibelman writes about his experience with Time Matters and his Palm: "I've been using Time Matters for about a year for billing, calendar, and for a rolodex on my network. It is very easy to port the calendar and rolodex to my Palm, using the Palm built in calendar and address PIM. So far I have been very satisfied."

About Quips
A Quip is a brief member contribution for which we don't have room in our Answers to Questions or Fat Friday newsletters. Instead, Quips appear first in TechnoGuide, and later here in TechnoLawyer Blog. TechnoGuide, which is free, also contains exclusive content. You can subscribe here.

We churn out TechnoLawyer newsletters 48 weeks per year.  Next week is one of four in which we don't.  Please accept our apologies in advance for any withdrawal symptoms you may experience.  To make it a bit easier, we're going to distribute two newsletters next week -- a TechnoRelease on Tuesday and a TechnoLawyer NewsWire on Wednesday.  Enjoy!

TechnoLawyer member Stephen Carpenter writes: "In response to a recent open query about donating law office computers and the assumption that commercial disk scrubbers are sufficient, I submit the following article M. E. Kabay, "Destroying Disk Data."

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TechnoLawyer member Kevin Thompson recently asked whether anyone used TimeReporter with Timeslips.  TechnoLawyer member Mike Millen responds: "It's great. l love it. I've had no sync or database problems. It will pay for itself in a matter of days when you capture that first bit of "lost time" on the road."

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With all the talk of large PDF file sizes lately, TechnoLawyer member Mohsin Ladha offers this tip: "Please check out CVista PdfCompressor Desktop Edition on CVISION Technologies Web site.  The software compresses PDF files quite well."

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