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We've distributed several in-depth reviews of the Fujitsu ScanSnap in our Answers to Questions newsletter. TechnoLawyer member Grace Lidia Suarez offers this quick take: "I'm a huge fan of the Fujitsu ScanSnap. Comes with the full Adobe Acrobat, and does a great job of one-button scanning."

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Regarding our coverage of the FlipStart in our TechnoLawyer NewsWire newsletter, TechnoLawyer member E. Thomas Kemp retorts: "My Palm based Kyocera has nearly zero boot uptime. How long does FlipStart take to boot up Windows XP? Integrated camera? I'd never get the thing into the courtroom. In truth, I do not need "full-fledged" applications in a portable. What I need is light, quick, visible, and flexible, and I have not seen it yet."

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Martin Dean's complaint about legal technology in a recent Fat Friday newsletter continues to spark debate. TechnoLawyer member Michael Hanlon writes: "Martin Dean got it right. Most of us are practicing law, our chosen profession. Technology is supposed to be a tool to more efficiently and effectively practice law. It is not an end unto itself, as many who have taken technology as their full time profession or avocation seem to believe."

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Looking for a new job? TechnoLawyer member Paul Frank writes: "A leading global law firm, based in New York City, is recruiting a Knowledge Coordinator/Legal Taxonomy Analyst to work with librarians, attorneys, legal assistants and professional support lawyers. Position would be involved in maintaining the quality of search results and content and establishing workflow procedures for vetting documents. Position would oversee workflow, reinforce and monitor data inclusion and indexing and would establish and maintain effective working relationships with all legal and support departments firmwide. Position will develop a thorough understanding of the end user operation of the software and systems which support Knowledge Management in the firm and become the chief troubleshooter and go to person for expertise in the Enterprise Search end user experience. Position will work with attorneys to analyze and propose changes to the metadata in Document Management System and incorporate into workflow, and would be involved in any initiatives relating to software changes to the DMS. Person will be involved with the development and maintenance of our legal taxonomy, particular U.S. English, and to develop, monitor, and help maintain taxonomic consistency across all their data sets in all languages supported by the firm." If this job interests you or someone you know, .

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In a recent issue of Fat Friday, TechnoLawyer member Martin Dean argued that well-designed software can eliminate the need for formal training. TechnoLawyer member George Manos agrees with Martin, writing: "On the point of intuitive software, and whether there can be such a thing, I don't know anyone who needed training on how to use a browser. I agree with Mr. Dean: software publishers are getting away with murder." I'm all for intuitive software, but I believe that most people need training — some more than others. Plus, I do know people who needed training on how to use a browser.

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Looking for a new scanner? TechnoLawyer member Richard Haeussler writes: "I am in the process of buying a Visioneer 510 Scanner, which seemed to have better stats than the HP 5550C. Price is close: Visioneer 510 at about $330 after discount. HP is $279 after discount. Both have Automatic Document Feeds with about the same rate [10 ppm for Visioneer and 8 ppm for HP]. Will report later on how the Visioneer works. It comes with PaperPort." When Richard checks in with his promised review, we'll distribute it in our Fat Friday newsletter.

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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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In a recent issue of Answers to Questions, TechnoLawyer member Frank Denman provided an incredible Post on how to securely use a WiFi hotspot. In that same newsletter, James Broderick jokingly suggested using code language. In response, Roger Boyell writes: "My encoded message to James is: 'The midget schooner will unwind at midnight Friday.'" All very funny, but you can actually use a WiFi hotspot securely — check out Frank Denman's Post.

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In a recent Topical Compilation newsletter, we discussed current battery technology at length. TechnoLawyer member Paul Lepine would like to add his 2 cents: "A tiny response if I may — if you road Warriors would Google "solar laptop" you'll find lots of out-of-the-box ideas as well as real products."

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Regarding a recent Answers to Questions newsletter, TechnoLawyer member Robert Ray writes: "In his review of indexing tools, Jason Havens mentioned several commercial programs that can search your files and, with extra cost plugins, search Outlook. You can download "Lookout" from Microsoft, which does the same thing and is free. You can search files, e-mails, notes, PDF files, contacts, tasks, etc. at the same time." Good point, but how long can we expect software from Microsoft to remain free? In this case, probably for a while given all the free alternatives from Google and others. Ultimately, however, someone will have to pay so don't be surprised to find advertising in these tools someday.

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