TechnoLawyer: Technology Industry/Legal Profession

Coming December 9, 2005 to Fat Friday: Lawrence Brownlee discusses the potential risks involved with implementing universal wireless networks, Tom Rowe explains why legal vendors don't sell Mac OS versions of their software (but notes one that does), Christian Connell explains why Treo-craving lawyers should steer clear of Cingular, Michael Schley discusses how he achieved a paperless law firm (now if he could just find a good desktop search tool), and Diane Hopkins discusses the advantages of document management software like WORLDOX over traditional file naming systems. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming December 2, 2005 to Fat Friday: Ross Kodner sets the record straight on his controversial comments about some (not most) legal bloggers, Gediminas Bukauskas discusses the main problem with implementing Linux in the law office, Marcus Haywood reviews X1 Desktop Search, William Shilling reviews a legal software product for the Mac (plus what he does to get legal vendors to recognize Mac-heads) as well as providing a review of Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, and John Gordon explains why Mac users have enjoyed a false sense of security all these years. Don't miss this issue.

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In a Post to the Solosez Listserver, legal technology consultant Ross Kodner criticized some legal bloggers for being elitist. Law Technology News Editor-in-Chief Monica Bay posted Ross' message on her Common Scold blog, sparking a fierce debate in the comments section.

I participated in the debate, but steered clear of the main issue. Instead, I discussed a side issue about the merit of PowerPoint presentations. Why did I censor myself? Because I'm working on a secret project that you'll learn about this Wednesday. It would have been disingenuous of me to opine without disclosing this project, which I cannot do until Wednesday.

Read the debate.

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Coming November 28, 2005 to Answers to Questions:Neal Rogers reviews the new FileCenter features for lawyers, Charles Gershbaum reviews the Fujitsu fi-4120C2 scanner, Thomas McDow reviews Dell's Motion LE1600 Tablet PC as well as the service he received when ordering it, Randy Gold reviews Dell's at-home warranty option, and Daryl Manhart explains how to make corrections in Outlook's auto-addressing feature. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming November 21, 2005 to IP Memes: You'll learn about a revision to the Copyright Act that recently went into effect, a current lawsuit involving a well-known glass sculptor and a couple of con-artists, how the government saved itself from having to give up its "CrackBerry" addiction, and why Subway almost took another sandwich shop to court for trademark infringement.

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Coming November 18, 2005 to Fat Friday: Gregory Deatz pens an extensive guide to e-mail etiquette (followed by a few wisecracks from our publisher), Ian Manning reviews the Motorola Razr V3 cell phone while Douglas Folk does the same while pining for the Slivr's "candy bar" phone, Nerino Petro reviews his old Motorola StarTac phone and explains why he finally switched to a Treo 650, and Harry Styron shares his experience having a fluorescein angiogram (or at least what he thought was a fluorescein angiogram) — a photographic study of the retina commonly performed on diabetics. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming November 21, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Daniel Schultz reviews the Dell Inspiron 600m laptop as well as his experience with Dell's tech support, Joanne Frasca explains how she dealt with e-mail instability issues in Time Matters, Clint Pullin discusses how to prevent unauthorized use of your firm's PCs and laptops, Sandy Hagman explains how to use Word for document comparison, and Stephen Hayes offers an essential tip to those about to Bates stamp PDF documents. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming November 17, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Stephen C. Carpenter shares the results of his recent research on computer accessories for disabled lawyers (and others), Michael Eubanks reminisces about his experiences with Dell's products and tech support, Veronica Hurless reviews Kyocera multi-function copiers, Stephen Miller suggests a program for automated filing of scanned documents, and Frederic Wolfram explains why you should OCR PDFs before Bates stamping. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming November 7, 2005 to IP Memes: You'll read about the latest developments in the Internet book scanning race, who cried patent infringement regarding XML, Iraq's intellectual property efforts, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's record on intellectual property law, and the RIAA and MPAA as cultural icons (or at least Halloween costumes).

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Coming November 4, 2005 to Fat Friday: John Hall pens a little pep rally for Amicus Attorney users, Charles Awalt vents about the three most prominent problems with technology today, Lester Proctor discusses how he used a three-monitor setup as a solo practitioner (Lester passed away shortly after contributing this Post), Rick Crowsey follows-up on a previous Post to explain the method behind his madness of freezing his laptop hard drive, and David Caracappa reviews the Time Matters AIC Listserver. Don't miss this issue.

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