TechnoLawyer: Privacy/Security

Coming October 14, 2005 to Fat Friday: Timothy Cleary reviews Trend Micro's PC-cillin, Brad Jensen sets forth his plan for a spam-free world, Bruce Avery defends the use of $500 PCs in law firms (plus our publisher weighs in with a related controversy), Mark Bassett explains why courts might want to ban all cell phones even if they don't have cameras, and David Ach reviews a new online travel service. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming October 6, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Jason Havens reviews STI's PracticeMaster/Tabs3 combo, Jack Turnquist explains his simple Windows backup solution using DOS, Jeanetta Stewart reviews the pros and cons of Stamps.com (she has used the service for five years), Perry Adanick provides some helpful tips regarding our ongoing spyware discussion, and Lee King offers more reasons why you may prefer a trackball over a mouse. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming October 7, 2005 to Fat Friday: Kath Gilliam reviews a broadcast e-mail program, Ron Fox reviews CaseSoft's DepPrep for witness preparation, Maggie Fisher reviews WordPerfect and its macro capabilities, Caren Schwartz offers a contrarian view of using QuickBooks' sub accounts for trust accounting, and Corey Rich suggests how to permanently destroy your old hard drive. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming September 23, 2005 to Fat Friday: Barron Henley explains why he believes the metadata security issue is over-hyped (and that's just for starters), Martin Dean explains why technology does not necessarily guarantee success, Gerard Stubbert shares his European perspective on confidential client data, Yvonne Renfrew reviews a little-known software utility for QuickBooks trust accounting, and John Ahern reviews cross-cut paper shredders. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming September 9, 2005 to Fat Friday: Tim Palmer adds to our ongoing e-mail security debate, Jay Solomon pokes fun at those who use multiple monitors, Joe Sewell reviews the less popular Dvorak keyboard layout, Channing Strother shares his keyboard insights, and Susan Cox updates her previous review of Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming August 10, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Mark Sargis reviews ProLaw READY, Jason Havens reviews Microsoft Small Business Server 2003's VPN functionality as well as AbacusLaw Gold and Lawgic, Kath Gilliam discusses the shortcomings of firewalls regarding spyware prevention, Neal Rogers discusses why lawyers have not yet embraced Groove Virtual Office for collaboration, and Virginia Burrows shares some invaluable advice for configuring old HP printers with Windows XP. Don't miss this issue.

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Patent attorney and TechnoLawyer member Harold L. Burstyn has recently been named Of Counsel at Milde & Hoffberg LLP, an intellectual property boutique in White Plains, NY.

At Milde & Hoffberg, Harold will represent clients in patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and unfair competition matters, especially if they're computer-related.

Harold works from home offices in Syracuse, NY and Woods Hole, MA, and also serves as an adjunct professor at the Syracuse University's L.C. Smith College of Engineering & Computer Science.

Harold, who admits that he remains "too suspicious of the confidentiality of wireless to have given up a wired connection for either telephone or computer," uses a desktop computer, laser printer, and scanner in his home offices, and a lightweight laptop on the go. He may make the leap to wireless soon with a new laptop, but only with encryption!

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

A Private Eye for Your Word Documents
By Jill Bauerle

Some software companies use clever spelling and punctuation to draw attention to their products. Workshare's free security alert program TRACE! 2.0 comes by its name honestly. All too often, Microsoft Office users enable the "Track Changes" option and later forget to click "Accept all Changes" from the appropriate document menu, inadvertently leaving traces of their work in finished documents, especially when two or more lawyers collaborate. TRACE! scans your outgoing documents for footnotes, redlined changes, comments, even profanity, and saves you the embarrassment of broadcasting what was meant to be for your collaborator's eyes only. Once installed, TRACE! works in the background, scanning and rating your Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents for high, medium, and low risk security breaches. Besides sniffing out rogue commentary, this new version of TRACE! checks documents for leftover intellectual property, financial information, regulatory information, server paths, and e-mail addresses.  When TRACE! detects a breach, an interface window pops up.  Clicking on the alert button will print a report of every last line of hidden data and metadata in a file. A user-friendly interface window also enables you to assess batches of documents in folders, e-mails, and on Web sites.  TRACE! is compatible with Windows 2000/XP and Office 2000, Office XP or Office 2003. Learn more about TRACE!.

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Coming July 28, 2005 to Answers to Questions: James Chaffee explains how to fix a common problem with the e-mail component of Time Matters 6, Cliff Scovell discusses several possible fixes for similar problems with Time Matters 5, Bernard Mac Arthur discusses two products designed to prevent spyware rather than delete it after the fact, Ron Fox explains how to set up QuickBooks for trust accounting, and Sam Brenner provides a tip for protecting your firm's laptops. Don't miss this issue.

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Last week, CNET News.com published an article by TechnoLawyer member Joe Fantuzzi entitled "Document Security? Tell Me Another Joke."

In the article, Joe frankly addresses the electronic document file format myth (that some formats are more secure than others), and explains what needs to happen to stop security leaks.

According to Joe, "the only way to stop the document security leaks is to protect documents independent of file format."  He emphasizes the importance of ensuring security from the inside, by using new technology and educating users about the various risks involved in electronically transmitting sensitive documents.

Joe warns, "business leaders must realize that while they won't necessarily make the headlines each time a document leaks sensitive data, they could lose a key partner, customer, or lawsuit — or worse, their public image."

Joe is currently CEO of Workshare, which provides document integrity software, and has more than 20 years of managerial experience in the technology market.

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TechnoLawyer members are among the most gifted and prominent in the legal profession. In the Member News section of TechnoLawyer Blog, we report on their latest accomplishments and success stories — everything from court victories to articles and books to new partner announcements — and much more. If you're a newsmaker, but not yet a member, join TechnoLawyer now. .