TechnoLawyer: Backup/Media/Storage

Coming October 5, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Rob Howard reviews a reliable online backup service, William Shilling reviews several accounting/time-billing applications for Mac users, Craig Bramley reviews programs for Bates stamping TIFF files, Stephen Seldin writes in with a promising input device for disabled lawyers who have trouble using a mouse, and Joseph Sferrazza discusses his experience using PCLaw for time-billing over the past three years. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming October 3, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Ann Routos reviews HotDocs in a large firm setting, Barron Henley offers help for those experiencing problems integrating Amicus Attorney and HotDocs, Duane Murphy suggests a better way to store critical e-mail, Jeffrey Franklin suggests solutions for those having problems with Outlook and Windows XP SP2, and Sally Mendoza recommends a useful resource for researching the salaries of legal administrators. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming September 13, 2005 to TechnoFeature: Hurricane Katrina serves as a sobering reminder that one catastrophe — earthquake, fire, flood, hurricane, terrorism, etc. — can destroy an entire law practice. In this article, Wells Anderson and Joe Hartley explain how all law firms can supplement their in-house backup procedures with off-site safe, secure, and affordable Internet backups. In doing so, they review the leading online backup services. In the wake of Katrina, Wells pulled his originally-scheduled article to pen this one with Joe Hartley in the hope that it will help law firms stay in business when disaster strikes next. We will publish the article originally scheduled for today on January 17, 2006.

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Coming September 7, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Joanne Frasca reviews GoToMyPC and IBackup, Joseph Sferrazza reviews a cross-platform remote access tool for Mac-PC connections, Clint Pullin shares tips on scanning stapled documents, Anne Steele reviews the HP Scanjet 8290 and the older 7450, and Michelle Holly-Ashley reviews the Brother MFC, and explains how to tweak the ADF to accommodate legal-size paper. Don't miss this issue.

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Published Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, Answers to Questions is a thrice weekly newsletter in which TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers (including you if you join TechnoLawyer). Like all of our newsletters, it's free. Please subscribe now.

Below you'll find one of the five articles from today's edition of TechnoLawyer NewsWire:

Share, Access, and Syndicate Your Files (Without E-Mail)
By Jill Bauerle
News Flash: Your colleague has added an important new audio clip or document to your case file. How do you know? You store your case files securely on Box.net, a new online file storage service that features RSS file sharing. Thanks to your Box.net RSS feed, you see your colleague's audio clip and document right in your preferred RSS-enabled browser or newsreader (e.g., MyYahoo, MyMSN, Firefox, BlogLines, FeedDemon, NewsGator, Safari). Click on the file link in your reader and it downloads to your desktop. An account with Box.net provides you with 1, 2, or 5 Gigabytes of secure online storage, enabling you to share and syndicate documents, photos, presentations, and video and audio clips from any computer or Internet-enabled handheld mobile device. When you share your files or folders, you can either provide public access via a unique RSS feed or shared download Web page. Box.net's mobile interface doesn't require any additional configuration on your phone, BlackBerry, or Treo, so you can easily share files from your Box.net account no matter where you are. To use Box.net for group or project collaboration, you can designate sub-accounts to provide clients and colleagues (group members) with access to the files and folders you designate. As the administrator, you can manage the access and upload privileges for all of your group members. If you have a Web site or blog, Box.net provides buttons and links that clients and colleagues can use to subscribe to your RSS feeds with a single click. Instant intranet and extranet! Box.net is Web-based, so there's no software to download or install. You can start sharing files within minutes thanks to Box.net's user-friendly interface. The price is even friendlier -- as little as $2.99 per month for 1 GB of storage or $8.99 per month for 5GB of storage. Learn more about Box.net.

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Coming August 25, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Charles Gershbaum reviews the Fujitsu 4120c2 scanner in a litigation practice, Larry Southerland shares three tips for those who wish to backup to DVD media (two of his tips apply to all backup media), Stan Burton and Michael Vorel debate the issue of network slowness attributed to cables, and Kim Mayberry shares her thoughts on setting up a wide area network (WAN). Don't miss this issue.

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Coming July 19, 2005 to Fat Friday: William Kellermann defends native file review, a hot-button topic in the e-discovery industry, David Hammer explains how a broken hard drive can help build your kid's self-esteem, Ronald Cappuccio reviews Document Production System 8, David Larson reviews Pathagoras, and Larry Crowell reviews Iomega's Automatic Backup (formerly QuikSync). Don't miss this issue.

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Published on Fridays, Fat Friday is a weekly newsletter that features a grab bag full of genuinely useful product reviews and tips on a wide variety of topics. Like all of our newsletters, it's free. Please subscribe now.

Coming July 22, 2005 to Fat Friday: Thinking about adding satellite radio to your car? Don't touch that dial (or your wallet) until you read this issue of Fat Friday, which features Channing Strother's review of XM, Douglas Folk's review of Sirius, and Daniel Fennick's review of XM. This issue also features a hidden gem in Acrobat 7 unearthed by Reb Thomas that will make Outlook-using lawyers ecstatic, and a review of ABSplus Backup by Joseph Hayden. There's never a dull moment in Fat Friday. Don't miss this issue.

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Recently, in Answers to Questions, Kirby Knight discussed how his firm uses a Travan tape drive for its backups. TechnoLawyer member Ross Kodner sent us this response: "Regarding the recommendation about using a Travan class backup unit, I would implore you to read the section on it in my CLE materials on data backup on the Practicing Safely page at the Legal Tech CLE section of MicroLaw. DO NOT EVER use a Travan drive for backup purposes. Ever. Never. Really."

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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.

Coming July 11, 2005 to TechnoGuide:

Your Search Engine Rank; Driving Ross Crazy; Have You Learned Anything?
By Neil Squillante

In this issue of TechnoGuide, Neil Squillante discusses search engine optimization and the importance of link building. This issue also contains Quips about Travan tape drives, Microsoft Office on a Mac, cell phones in the courtroom, and the benefits of a Certificate in Forensic Economics. This issue's Questions inquire about confidentiality when outsourcing, CiteIt, PCLaw's P&L reports, scanning to PDF, 64-bit laptops, and accessing peripherals remotely. All that plus the Question of the Week.

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