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Every Lawyer Should Use a Mac

May 11, 2010

Every lawyer can thank technology for being a great friend and for making the portable law office a realistic possibility. If you use technology correctly, you can make your law practice more efficient, and make your life easier. In pursuit of that, I believe every lawyer should use a Mac.

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Pre-order Windows 7 upgrade for half off!

June 26, 2009

Windows 7 pre-orders start today. While the software itself will not ship until October, you can get a great deal if you order it now. I wrote down my first impressions of Windows 7 earlier this year. Unlike Vista, I think Windows 7 is a necessary upgrade for every Windows user, especially those still using [...]

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First impressions of Windows 7

January 11, 2009

Microsoft Windows Vista has been, most everyone agrees, a huge disappointment. Even though, in the years leading up to the release of Vista, everyone complained loudly about Windows XP, by comparison, the old, familiar, and reliable XP stayed on everyone’s computer. So can Microsoft do better? If the buzz about Windows 7 is any indication, [...]

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A Windows I am looking forward to

November 8, 2008

I confess, I am actually looking forward to Windows 7. When Vista came out, I jumped ship to Ubuntu. I was tired of boring, clumsy old XP, and Vista’s system requirements were ridiculous. But Microsoft has apparently dialed back the system requirements, so that most circa-2007 computers should have no problem running it. That alone [...]

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Windows Azure: cloud computing for business?

October 27, 2008

Today, Microsoft announced Windows Azure, a “cloud” platform. You won’t run it on your computer, but rather use the internet to access software running on Azure. Microsoft intends to compete directly with Google, Amazon, and other cloud services. In addition to Exchange, Microsoft plans to offer all its enterprise software as a service. It sounds, [...]

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Windows will not actually speed up if you do the following . . .

August 6, 2008

From Lifehacker, nine things that will not actually speed up Windows. Among them, disabling Microsoft processes, clearing out your registry, and memory “optimizer” programs. What will work: running SpyBot every now and then to clear out resource-hogging spyware, and using Firefox instead of Internet Explorer so you get less spyware in the first place. Debunking [...]

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