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Mac and PhotoBooth Help Win Case; Backup Tips; Thanks But No Thanks; LogMeIn Tip; Dragon Training; What's Your Recession Strategy?

By Sara Skiff | Friday, April 3, 2009

Coming today to Fat Friday: Eddie Davidson shares his experience using a MacBook Pro in his personal injury practice (and provides a real case example), Mary Hallman discusses the principles behind to an effective backup strategy, Conrad Leikauf explains why he often has to take matters into his own hands when it comes to hardware/software troubleshooting, Andrew DeMaio shares a helpful tip regarding multiple monitors and LogMeIn, and Roy Greenberg provides a great online resource for Dragon NaturallySpeaking tips. Don't miss this issue.

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Eudora v. Thunderbird; Smart UPS; Network Scanning; Tabs3 Benefits; AutoHotKey Review

By Sara Skiff | Thursday, April 2, 2009

Coming today to Answers to Questions: Tom Stubbs offers a comparative review of Eudora and Thunderbird for email, William Tait explains how to shop for an Uninterruptible Power Supply, Matt McArthur shares how he manages scanned documents over a network using PaperPort, Katrina Hubbard discusses the benefits of Tabs3 and PracticeMaster, and Ben Schorr reviews AutoHotkey for creating custom hotkeys in Windows. Don't miss this issue.

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Fat Friday: Solo Meltdown; Backup Software Picks; Mac-Based Law Firm in Misery; ScanSnap S510 Review; First Laptop; Mobile Apps

By Sara Skiff | Friday, March 20, 2009

Coming today to Fat Friday: Fred Pharis responds to Mazy Hedayat's recent SmallLaw column Alone Again (Naturally): The Perils of Solo Practice, Bobby Abrams shares his backup/recovery regimen and reviews EasyRecovery, Laplink, Tru Image, and Norton Ghost, Aaren Jackson discusses his firm's predicament with Macs, Edward Poll reviews Fujitsu's ScanSnap S510, and Miriam Jacobson goes back in time and shares her experience using what she deems the very first laptop. Don't miss this issue.

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Topics: Backup/Media/Storage | Coming Attractions | Copiers/Scanners/Printers | Fat Friday | Laptops/Smartphones/Tablets | Law Office Management | Networking/Operating Systems | Utilities

MPro110 Review; ProLaw Review; Mac Switcher; Fire Your Consultant; Dragon on Vista 64

By Sara Skiff | Friday, March 13, 2009

Coming today to Fat Friday: David Hudgens reviews 3M's Micro Professional Projector MPro110, Camden Hall reviews ProLaw for practice management, Tom Caruso discusses three cost considerations when switching to a Mac, Jerry Perrella provides some sound advice for law firms needing to reformat server disks, and Jeff Scott Olson shares his recent experience with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 and Windows Vista 64. Don't miss this issue.

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Can't Go Back; PDF Transformer Pro Review; RTG Bills Review; Best Desk; Credit Cards; Much More

By Sara Skiff | Thursday, March 5, 2009

Coming today to Answers to Questions: Steve Quinn explains why he'll never go back to analog dictation, Jon Manchester reviews ABBYY PDF Transformer Pro, Dennis Loy reviews RTG Bills, Gerard Stubbert shares his solution for the perfect office desk, and Harold Burstyn discusses WiFi options in Israel. Don't miss this issue.

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Windows on Mac; Screenshot Programs; WordPerfect Tip; OEM Drives; Build Without Building; Telephone Systems

By Sara Skiff | Friday, February 27, 2009

Coming today to Fat Friday: Sarkis Babachanian explains why his firm uses Macs, Tom Trottier reviews ZScreen and IrfanView for capturing screenshots to use in other programs, Steven Finell discusses spam versus spam control and which is the lesser evil, Roger Boyell provides a tip for those interested in building custom PCs, and Robert Fleming shares a workaround for using WordPerfect on multiple monitors. Don't miss this issue.

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PC-Free Scanning; Email Management; Spouses as Law Partners; 64-Bit the Dust

By Sara Skiff | Friday, February 20, 2009

Coming today to Fat Friday: George Ross explains how he manages incoming email, Yvonne Renfrew shares her idea for making the ScanSnap S300 even more mobile, Thomas F. McDow discusses sharing an office with another lawyer (who also happens to be his wife), Paul Mansfield warns about one of the pitfalls of 64-bit computing, and Robert Fleming provides a helpful tip for running WordPerfect with multiple monitors. Don't miss this issue.

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Topics: Coming Attractions | Copiers/Scanners/Printers | Desktop PCs/Servers | Document Management | Email/Messaging/Telephony | Fat Friday | Law Office Management | Networking/Operating Systems | Privacy/Security

Is PC Building For Chumps?; POPFile Review; LogMeIn Reviews; CompuLaw-Peachtree Conflict

By Sara Skiff | Friday, February 13, 2009

Coming today to Fat Friday: David Copeland joins the debate over whether law firms should build their own custom PCs, Tom Trottier reviews POPFile for controlling spam, Malcolm Gregson shares an important integration issue between Compulaw Vision Docket and Peachtree, Lincoln Miller responds to Ross Kodner's recent SmallLaw column on the search for the perfect laptop, and Louis Rosner reviews LogMeIn Free. Don't miss this issue.

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SharePoint Review; Windows Server Alternatives; Digital Dictation; PDF Converter Professional; Word 2007 Tutorials

By Sara Skiff | Thursday, February 12, 2009

Coming today to Answers to Questions: Carlton Barnes reviews SharePoint 3.0 and SharePoint Server, Oskar Teran reviews several Mac and Linux alternatives to Microsoft Exchange, Peter Conway discusses digital dictation from the viewpoints of the lawyer and transcriber respectively, Neil Kaufman reviews PDF Converter Professional 5, and Fraser Page shares some helpful resources for online Word training. Don't miss this issue.

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Law Firm Mac Attack; Backup System; Laptop and Smartphone; Buy Don't Build; Time Matters 9 Review

By Sara Skiff | Friday, January 30, 2009

Coming today to Fat Friday: David Hirsch discusses Macs in the law office, Thomas Daly shares the details of his comprehensive backup routine, Tom Trottier explains the differences between laptops and smartphones and what hybrids he'd like to see in the future, Alan Schaaf discusses the ROI of building versus buying your firm's PCs, and Robert Copeland reviews upgrading to Time Matters 9.0. Don't miss this issue.

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