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Google Cloud Connect Bridges the Gap Between the Desktop and the Cloud
02/24/2011 - 11:34Back in March 2010, Google acquired DocVerse and that company's technology to allow online collaboration on documents using the familiar tools of Microsoft Office. In November 2010, Google announced that it had (re) launched a beta test of the technology to a limited group of testers under the new name Google Cloud Connect. Today, Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office is available to all...
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Google Adds Visible BCC indicator in Gmail
02/18/2011 - 13:29Gmail users will now see an indicator alerting them that they have received a message as a Bcc addressee - rather than as a "regular" "To" or "Cc" addressee. This can be very useful in keeping that Bcc recipient from "Replying All" to the message when "All" of the recipients don't know that particular individual received the message in the first place. One drawback, however, is that the ...
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Google Offers Proximity Search
02/08/2011 - 11:00Many paid legal research products such as LexisNexis and Westlaw offer the ability to search for keywords within a certain number of words from one another (a number that you define). For example, some pay databases allow you to search w/ (within any number of words that you indicate, such as w/2), /s (in the same sentence), and /p (in the same paragraph). Google does offer an analogous, but...
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Google For Lawyers MCLE Webinar Set for February 2, 2011
01/31/2011 - 11:10Internationally recognized speakers and authors Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch will present the "Google For Lawyers: Essential Search Tips and Productivity Tools" MCLE webinar live, via the Internet, on Wednesday, February 2, 2011; from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Eastern Time. All attendees will receive a free copy of Levitt and Rosch's best-selling book of the same name on which the program is...
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New York City Bar Association Ethics Opinion Addresses Use of Social Network Sites for Investigative or Background Research
01/25/2011 - 00:54More and more attorneys and judges are using social media. Some use it for its intended purpose of social networking (and, for the lesser intended purpose of marketing). Others take advantage of the information contained in these sites for an unintended purpose - investigative research. Legal pundits have argued (online and in print) about the ethical issues for attorneys utilizing this...
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New York State and Philadelphia Bar Association Legal Ethics Opinions Address Lawyers' Use of Social Media Sites for Investigative or Background Research
01/25/2011 - 00:51More and more attorneys and judges are using social media, either for its intended purpose of social networking (and, for the lesser intended purpose of marketing) or for its unintended purpose of investigative research. There has been much discussion online amongst legal experts about what sorts of investigative activity is ethical for lawyers to engage in. Most Bar Associations however, have...
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Internet Archive Launches New Beta Version of the Wayback Machine
01/20/2011 - 18:16The Internet Archive has launched a beta version of a new search interface and results display scheme for the Wayback Machine. The Wayback Machine beta version's Latest button shows only the most recent version of the searched-for URL from the Internet Archive's collection. The Show All button is the same as the classic Wayback Machine's Take Me Back button. The two most noticeable differences...
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California MCLE Deadline Approaching for Attorneys in Group 3; Continuing Legal Education Compliance Must be Completed by January 31, 2011, Reported by February 1
01/18/2011 - 13:54The MCLE (Minimum Continuing Legal Education) compliance deadline for California attorneys in Compliance Group 3 is January 31, 2011. Compliance Group 3 includes all licensed California attorneys whose names end with letters N through Z. California attorneys are required to report their MCLE compliance by February 1 by submitting the California State Bar's affidavit form or online via their "My...
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Is Google Shared Spaces the Next Google Wave?
01/12/2011 - 18:55In late December 2010, Google quietly launched (as they so often do) a new Google Labs "experiment" called "Shared Spaces." The official description of Google Shared Spaces describes it this way: Google Shared Spaces allows you to easily create a space with a collaborative gadget and a chat box in it. The gadgets are based on the Wave gadgets technology, so there are already more than 50...
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Are Tablets What the Doctor Ordered for the Consumer Electronics Industry?; Dozens of New Tablet Computers Announced at CES 2011
01/09/2011 - 02:34The outline for one of the biggest stories at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is being written by a company that's not even at the show. Nearly three dozen companies are showing tablet computers at this year's CES. All are hoping to grab a piece of this emerging market that has been defined by Apple, Inc. Even though Apple, the consumer electronics powerhouse whose products have...