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Webinar: Free and Open Source Software for your Law Practice

August 10, 2010

Thursday, August 12th, 2010, at 3 p.m. CDT. The best things in life are free. Sam will talk about what free and open-source software is (and the difference between the two), and demonstrate some of the free and/or open-source software he uses to keep his law firm running. Sam will show you how to encrypt [...]

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Why I Prefer Free, Open-Source Software

November 25, 2009

The terms free software and open-source software are hovering at the fringe of most computer users’ consciousness. But whether you know it or not, you already use a lot of free, open-source software every day. You could be saving considerable money by using it in your law practice, too. Free, open-source software is secure, reliable, [...]

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Liberate Your Data from Google (With Google’s Help)

September 24, 2009

Many web sites let you store everything from e-mail to files to pictures for free, but only Google tells you how to move your data once you stop using their services. Admittedly, Google’s new service, the “Data Liberation Front,” can also help you move your files into Google services like Gmail, YouTube, and Google Reader, [...]

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Microsoft bowing to the inevitable, will offer ODF support with Office SP2

April 15, 2009

There are currently two international open document formats: Microsoft’s OOXML, and the truly open Open Document Format (ODF). Microsoft bought and paid for its ISO certification last year. (OOXML is not open; Microsoft merely promises not to sue anyone for using its format.) As an extra layer of protection, perhaps, Microsoft’s published OOXML specification is [...]

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WordPress overhauls its user interface

October 31, 2008

Think open source is unsophisticated? Think again. Take a look at the lengths the WordPress team went to in order to redesign the user interface. To make sure users get a better interface, WordPress engaged the Ball State University’s Center for Media Design, Insight and Research (CMD, blessedly, for short). CMD conducted eye-tracking studies, usability [...]

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Will T-Mobile release the first Android phone on October 1?

July 10, 2008

The rumor mill thinks so. I am getting ready to throw over my Blackberry Pearl when the new handsets show up. Screw the iPhone, I’m going to go make sure my tent is patched up for camping in front of the T-Mobile kiosk at the mall. (Disclaimer: I am probably not going to camp out [...]

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