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Review: BlackBerry Presenter

Lionel — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:41:46 +0000

The BlackBerry Presenter fits in the palm of your hand and is designed to receive a PowerPoint presentation from a Bluetooth-enabled BlackBerry device and display it on a projector, television, or monitor without the aid of a computer. Technology editor Sean Doherty gives it a test drive.
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HP StorageWorks X310 1 TB Data Vault

Lionel — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:37:03 +0000

Many lawyers look to hosting providers to store, share and back up data. They aim to reduce costs and insure file access. These goals, however, can be accomplished with an onsite storage product such as Hewlett-Packard’s new HP StorageWorks X300 and X500 Data Vault.
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Computer Forensics Experts, Who’s Your Daddy?

Lionel — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:31:21 +0000

Certifications for computer forensics have become important in civil and criminal courts. Nonprofit and for-profit organizations offer computer forensic certification programs, but no one program or authority has appeared to define what a computer forensic certification should entail.
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In Focus: Post-ILTA 2010

Lionel — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:27:56 +0000

Legal tech shows can be pedestrian when compared to CES or Interop. But the exhibits at the 2010 International Legal Technology Association conference in Las Vegas were striking and included EDD tools with improved visualization, a website archiving service, and a virtual desktop with a DMS.
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The Italian Google-Case: Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Responsibility of Providers for User-Generated Contents

Lionel — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:20:51 +0000

In a recent decision of the Tribunal of Milan three Google executives were convicted for violating data protection law, in connection with the online posting of a video showing a disabled person being bullied and insulted. This paper, after illustrating the facts of the case and the reasoning of the judge, discusses the main issue at stake, namely, the role and responsibilities of providers of platforms for user-created contents with regard to violations of data privacy.

Commentary: New Patent Regime Won’t Help

Lionel — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:11:38 +0000

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently raised a trial balloon on a three-tier patent processing system that permits fast reviews for customers who pay more for the privilege. David L. Feigenbaum writes that this is not the solution for what he sees as an outdated, inefficient system.
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Video Copyright Owners Must Police the Internet

Lionel — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:02:26 +0000

With video cameras and players everywhere, it’s no surprise that video sharing has become an industry with legal controversy. The much-anticipated decision in Viacom v. YouTube continues a trend: owners of video copyrights have the burden of policing their rights on the internet.
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How Fulbright Transformed Its Document Review

Lionel — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:41:20 +0000

Attorney Laurie Weiss and Tom Barce of Fulbright & Jaworski describe how the firm’s deployment of Recommind’s Axcelerate eDiscovery with predictive coding functionality, concept clustering and data analytics automated e-discovery workflows and reduced the time and cost of document review.
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Enacting China’s Data Protection Act

Lionel — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 07:08:56 +0000

Climbing Back

Lionel — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:09:09 +0000

Consultants George Socha and Tom Gelbmann
highlight key trends they identified
in their annual e-discovery survey.
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