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Amicus Accounting - Overview - Time, Billing & Accounting Software

Link: Amicus Accounting - Overview - Time, Billing & Accounting Software. Well, I have completed the conversion from PcLaw to Amicus Accounting. This software is, like Amicus Attorney, elegantly easy to use, attractive, works spendidly with Amicus Attorney, and creates a great alternative to PcLaw. I have never been able to get PcLaw to properly synchronize with Amicus Attorney; not surprising when the two companies are separate entities. And, when Gavel and Gown announced that it was going to create its own financial accounting package, I was cautiously optimistic. Ron Collins, Amicus President, doesn't release software until he believes it will work in the real world. Bug fixes are quick, and response to users is immediate. Since I have been using Amicus Attorney for many years now, the database experienced some hiccups in porting to Amicus Accounting. However, after a couple of tries, and some manual editing, the databases were integrated, and data exchange now occurs in real time. Amicus Accounting can be run as a stand alone product, or in sync with Amicus Attorney Case Management, which is my preferred usage. Thanks to Gavel and Gown for another stellar product.

Microsoft mulls free Web-based business software - Yahoo! News

Link: Microsoft mulls free Web-based business software - Yahoo! News. Microsoft Works, an entry-level group of software programs may be moving to the web in a free web-based version.  Please. Google, OpenOffice, ThinkFree, Ajax, and many other web-based services are far superior to Works. I don't even know anyone who uses it anymore. Microsoft is starting to get it, with its Windows Live initiative; however, porting Microsoft products to the web is akin to turning a battleship around in a bathtub. It is a tight squeeze. Can Microsoft do it? Probably. The company has proven time and again that its sheer size can get it into places others already are. However, the time is coming when Microsoft is just one of a number of players in the Internet dominated future. It's about time.

AA Batteries - 2 cell pack - usbcell.com

Link: AA Batteries - 2 cell pack - usbcell.com. These aren't available in the U.S. yet; however, U.K. buyers have a chance to buy these really cool AA batteries. They are NIMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) Cells, which mean they are rechargeable. The really cool thing, though, is that the top flips open to reveal a USB dongle, which plugs into any available USB port on your computer. In a little while, voila, recharged battery. Very cool. They will likely retail in the U.S for under $20 each. Next to my USB drive in the cap of a pen, this is the most amazing little bit of tech I have seen in a while.

Torpark

Link: Torpark. If you use, or have used FireFox, or, like me, if you have FireFox loaded on a USB key or Card Drive, and you want to surf the web anonymously, and for free, this browser is for you. Torpark is a Firefox browser, with the Tor extension, that uses Tor's servers all over the world to bounce Internet requests, creating secure anonymity. Don't pay good money for the so-called anonymizer software that doesn't always work, and bogs down the system. Christopher Null, The Working Guy , made me aware of this wonderful free software. Not only is Internet traffic routed through many servers, it is encrypted, and the server sequence is changed by Tor every few minutes. Now, go forth and browse anonymously.

Virtual keypads are vulnerable to snoops - Yahoo! News

Link: Virtual keypads are vulnerable to snoops - Yahoo! News. First, we had to worry about key logging (software that surreptitiously records keyboard strokes, and emails them to another location); now, we have to worry about video logging. Software installed on a computer as a Trojan Horse (software secretly installed without the user's knowledge, with the purpose of doing damage) can now record video of the screen while the user is moving the mouse. This makes it possible to watch a user tap his PIN number or password on a virtual keyboard on screen, similar to standing behind someone while they move the cursor around the screen. Yikes. Are we safe? I don't think so.

Legal Tech St. Pete

Legal Tech St. Pete - September 22, 2006

Tomorrow is the day. If you aren't in Florida, hop on a plane and come on down! If you want to learn about legal tech from the FutureLawyer and other tech experts, and, if you are a Florida lawyer, gain C.L.E. credits as well, come to Legal Tech St. Pete at the Epicenter in Pinellas County. A full day of tech is planned, including, case management, electronic discovery, computer security, paperless office, gadgets and gizmos, and other topics. You can register by  downloading and sending in the attached pdf file: Download RegForm_2006_Legal_Tech_Seminar.pdf
The temperature is cooling off just in time. It is 70 degrees and sunny. We will be lying around by the pool afterwards. (Just a little jab at you non-Floridians. After the oppressive heat this summer, we need something to brag about).

Tomorrow is the day. If you aren't in Florida, hop on a plane and come on down! If you want to learn about legal tech from the FutureLawyer and other tech experts, and, if you are a Florida lawyer, gain C.L.E. credits as well, come to Legal Tech St. Pete at the Epicenter in Pinellas County. A full day of tech is planned, including, case management, electronic discovery, computer security, paperless office, gadgets and gizmos, and other topics. You can register by  downloading and sending in the attached pdf file: Download RegForm_2006_Legal_Tech_Seminar.pdf
The temperature is cooling off just in time. It is 70 degrees and sunny. We will be lying around by the pool afterwards. (Just a little jab at you non-Floridians. After the oppressive heat this summer, we need something to brag about).

Las Vegas SUN: Legal dueling over Web site domain

Link: Las Vegas SUN: Legal dueling over Web site domain. What do you get when you combine large casinos, poker, las vegas, and computer information officers? Why, copyright litigation, of course. Harrah's bought Binion's. Harrah's bought the World Series of Poker trademark. The former I.T. Director of Binion's, however, registered a website, WSOP.Com, which sends traffic to his gambling site. Harrah's cries foul, and a trademark infringement suit follows. The web is changing everything; however, some things, like greed and gambling, never change. Only the game changes.

FileAdvisor | The Best Search Engine for Identifying Software Files - Bit9

Link: FileAdvisor | The Best Search Engine for Identifying Software Files - Bit9. This free utility comes in handy, when you are browsing your file folders, and find a file that you can't identify. If you register, and download the free software, an added option appears in your right click file menu, called FileAdvisor. Bit9 keeps an extensive database of file information, and this little utility could keep you from deleting an essential piece of essential software. Or, it could just be a way for you to satisfy your curiosity about your files.

Court Dismisses Complaint as Discovery Sanction for "Extensive and Egregious Misconduct" : Electronic Discovery Law

Link: Court Dismisses Complaint as Discovery Sanction for "Extensive and Egregious Misconduct" : Electronic Discovery Law.    Preston, Gates, Ellis, LLP highlights this Massachusetts EDiscovery case, in which a Plaintiff in a wrongful termination case had his case dismissed because he tampered with his laptop after receiving a Motion to give it up for forensic analysis, and then lied about it in a deposition. Tampering with electronic evidence is common, and the Courts are beginning to take a dim view of parties who attempt to hide such evidence after being requested to produce it. Are you looking for evidence in all the right places?

Online Image Resize Software for MySpace, Facebook, Ebay, or Xanga. Free!

Link: Online Image Resize Software for MySpace, Facebook, Ebay, or Xanga. Free!. I love free software. I also love free software in the Web 2.0 space. Check out Resizr.com if you ever have to resize a photo. I do it a lot, and this website let's you do it online, for free. It is as simple as uploading the photo, and dragging a marker left or right. The image resizes before your eyes. Make it big. Make it small. You are in control.