TechnoLawyer: Online/Cloud

Coming May 5, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Randall Jacobs provides a comprehensive review of the Dell 1600n MFP printer/scanner after one month of use, Lance McKinney reviews the Olympus DS330, a digital recorder for dictation, Enrico Scahefer reviews GoToMyPC, a remote access service, George Allen reviews the Brother MFC 8840 DN printer/copier/scanner/fax, and Neil Johnson provides a tip for troubleshooting SQL/ODBC errors in Time Matters Enterprise. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming May 4, 2005 to TechnoLawyer NewsWire: In this issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire, you'll learn about a hot new legal-oriented PDF utility for creating, editing, compiling, securing, and adding comments to PDF files, a free image-viewing and editing application, a free contact and calendar program (PIM) that rivals its more costly competitors, a business-oriented blog service that could give TypePad a run for the money, and a service for conducting Web surveys.

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Coming April 25, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Byron Lane reviews the equipment and software he uses for the virtual private network (VPN) between his office and his home office, Charles Rathburn reviews a new sub-$1,000 scanner that he claims puts the popular Fujitsu ScanSnap to shame, William Brown reviews ProLaw in a firm with 11 lawyers and two offices, Frank Feilmeyer discusses a free PDF search tool for advanced Acrobat users, and Sean Fosmire reviews an online service (that we have not previously covered) for securely sending large files. Don't miss this issue.

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Published Mondays and Thursdays, Answers to Questions is a twice 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.

At LegalTech New York, my colleague Sara and I sat through a demonstration of a new service — LexisNexis Marketing Intelligence. With this tool, you can analyze litigation and other public data to figure out where to focus your marketing efforts. For example, you may notice that a competitor of yours has experienced decline in intellectual property business in recent years, which may provide you with an opportunity to swoop in and pick off its clients. You may not find this type of marketing hardball palatable, but it merits your consideration by virtue of the growing demand for such "business intelligence" and "data mining" tools. Leigh Jones recently explored this phenomenon in the National Law Journal. Eat or be eaten.

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This past week in TechnoRelease:

• Anthony Vlahos of LexisNexis used lyrics from Radiohead's critically-acclaimed album OK Computer to discuss the increasingly time-constrained and gadget-dependent legal profession. He then explained how lawyers can use Lexis Nexis Time Matters 6 as part of a "personal action plan" to regain control over their life and practice.

• Fios announced a free April 19th Webcast entitled Understanding the Proposed FRCP Amendments — with Adam Cohen of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. Listen in as Adam discusses everything from planning for and dealing with damaging e-mail to the ease of manipulating and altering electronic information.

• Insys Development introduced Escrow Organizer, which enables you to manage the receipts and disbursements of client funds. Insys is offering a $35 discount to TechnoLawyer members until April 30, 2005.

• CleanerInbox.com invited TechnoLawyer members to try its Postini e-mail filtering, which "provides comprehensive protection effectively eliminating threats before they impact your network." CleanerInbox.com is offering TechnoLawyer members a discount plus free setup.

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Coming April 20, 2005 to TechnoLawyer NewsWire: In this issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire, you'll learn about a new set of Outlook add-ins designed to increase your efficiency, a Web site that compiles all the best deals on tech gear, a Google-like search engine that facilitates searching public records, a new service for cyberspace meetings and collaboration, and an intuitive e-mail filtering system.

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TechnoLawyer member Sean Tierney has directed us to an article he orginally wrote for Law Office Computing, but ended up publishing on his Scrollin' On Dubs blog.

The article discusses how Outlook users can comply with the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) by using Sentinel, a free OFAC compliance service Sean created. Sean describes OFAC compliance as "an important issue confronting attorneys right now" and Sentinel as "a simple solution that allows lawyers to check their Outlook contacts against OFAC's list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) in under a minute." Read more about OFAC compliance and Sentinel, which is free and does not require registration.

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Given the recent launch of TechnoLawyer Blog, and the rising popularity of blogs in general, we felt compelled to dig into the TechnoLawyer Archive and republish the following article on RSS/XML newsreaders by J.D. Lasica, which we originally published last year in our TechnoFeature newsletter. We hope you find it as helpful and informative as we do. In particular, you'll learn how to add the "XML Feed" at the top of TechnoLawyer Blog to the newsreader of your choice! We publish 48 articles of this caliber every year in TechnoFeature — subscribe here.

Synopsis
RSS newsreader software and other online information management tools continue to improve, enabling lawyers to better assimilate online information. RSS in particular may become to the Web what TiVo has become to TV. In this article, journalist and blogger J.D. Lasica reviews the latest RSS tools.

In response to the recent reviews of digital dictation recorders in Answers to Questions, TechnoLawyer member Stan Burton writes: "Look at StartStop for great solution using the Olympus DS-330, real footpedals that connect USB, and simple to use software."

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Regarding our ongoing discussion of secure online file couriers in the Answers to Questions newsletter, TechnoLawyer member Mark Klarich has found yet another option: "Magicvortex is a subscription service that enables you to deliver large files and maintain some semblance of security."

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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.