This post was written by John Heckman: "Worldox has just announced a "Complete Cloud" offering. Unlike simple SaaS programs, Worldox offers a Virtual Server 2008 in the Cloud, complete with Worldox GX2, Office 2010 Pro (including Exchange Server with spam filters), secure backup, and antivirus protection, all on a subscription basis.  It will also be possible to upload other programs to the Virtual Server as well, and run everything off the cloud. Some additional offerings, such as the Blackberry Enterprise Server, are also available, also on a subscription basis..."

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Source: Does It Compute? 24 August 2010, reproduced with permission of the author.

This post was written by Greg Lambert: "Somewhere between reading Jason Wilson's post on "Exploded Data, the Legal Web and What We're Missing" and Toby's post on "KM 3.0 = Analysis", my brain started to smolder from all the 'future of data' discussion. Jason takes an example of a 33 word sentence and how 66 individual pieces of "exploded data" (which looks a lot like XML structured data) were extrapolated, and the 'explosion of data' could probably have easily continued on for at least another 66 categories. Toby had talked about the predictions that the amount of information stored in the world today surpassed the zettabyte threshold and is continuing to grow as we get "better-faster-cheaper search and retrieval systems."

Wilson ends his post with these two sentences:

The question is whether we will step up to organize this sea of data, or wait until a program can do it for us. If the latter, what does it say about the future of legal research and the practice of law?..."

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Source: 3 Geeks & a Blog, 26 July 2010. Reproduced with permission of the authors.

This post was written by Steven Matthews: "Two interesting topics have come up in recent days; both of which seem connected.  The first is Amazon's prediction that ebook sales will overtake paperback sales by the end of 2011. Not entirely surprising, considering they're already outselling hardcovers ("180 e-books for every 100 hardcovers"). And on it goes: paperback sales are eclipsed, ebooks will then be compared to the combined sales, paper becomes the minority, and so on. I think we all know the trend..."

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Source: Slaw.ca, 30 July 2010. Reproduced with permission of Simon Fodden, founder of Slaw.

From an email newsletter by Sabrina Pacifici:

"Employment Online Resources

http://www.llrx.com/features/employmentonlineresources2010.htm

This guide for researchers by Marcus P. Zillman is a comprehensive bibliography of resources and sites comprising the latest and most comprehensive, reliable content and value added information currently available on this subject via the Internet.

Basic Legal Research on the Internet

http://www.llrx.com/features/basiclegalresearchinternet.htm

This article explores the corner of the Internet landscape that concentrates on legal research. For the most part, these databases and search tools are free, although some might require a library card. Essentially, this is a short list of "go to" sites that most researchers will find useful. Before delving in, author Ken Strutin also examines a few time tested research concepts for the Internet age.

Problems with Creating a Course to Help Colleagues

http://www.llrx.com/features/courseforcolleagues.htm

How many times have you wondered how to do a task or work with software? You feel wonderful once you have found a colleague who could share their "know-how" about how to complete that task more efficiently or how to implement an applications that does not have a manual that makes sense to you. Lorette S.J. Weldon focuses on four factors to consider when you want to share your knowledge on your own: cost; timing; equipment and global presentation.

FOIA Facts - Ideas for Faster FOIA Processing

http://www.llrx.com/columns/foia60.htm

Scott A. Hodes notes that in the current Congress there are bills pending that would create a commission to come up with ideas for faster FOIA processing. He contends that by taking those ideas, along with a few days of congressional oversight hearings to solicit other opinions, Congress would have ample information to create an actual bill that would implement faster FOIA processing now rather than wait for a "commission" to come up with these same ideas.

What is Open Source?

http://www.llrx.com/features/opensource2.htm

In the past few years, the term open source has been bandied about not just in library-land, but in every industry. When a term is talked about this much, some would say to the point of overuse, people start to think it's a fad. In this and upcoming articles, Nicole C. Engard is here on LLRX to tell you that open source is no fad, and why."

Source: Pacifici, Sabrina. "New on LLRX.com for June 2010." Copyright © LLRX TM, Law Library Resource Xchange, LLC. All rights reserved. Subscribe <http://www.llrx.com/subscribe.htm>.

In the news: "There are plenty of reasons to upgrade to Microsoft Windows 7 when you purchase new PCs, but migrating users to new systems can be frustrating unless you use a tool like Laplink PCmover that lets you migrate user applications, settings, and files in an automated or semi-automated fashion."

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Source: Law.Com's Daily Legal Newswire. 20 April 2010. Copyright 2009.  ALM Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. Subscribe  <http://store.law.com/registration/register.asp?subscribeto=nw>.

Podcast description from the site: "Tim O'Reilly was one of the original definers of "Web 2.0." He's now turned his focus to the "Internet Operating System," the next step down the path from "cloud computing." In this episode, co-hosts Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell take their own look at the Internet Operating System, its implications and the mindshift it will require for lawyers and others. After you listen, be sure to check out Tom & Dennis' co-blog and book by the same name, The Lawyers Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies.

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• December 22, 2009 -- Looking Back: Legal Technology in 2009

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Source: Legal Talk Network, 12 April 2010. © 2010 · Legal Talk Network. Reproduced with permission of Scott R. Hess.

Podcast description from the site: "In this special edition of the Kennedy-Mighell Report, co-hosts Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell, take their show on the road to  ABA TECHSHOW 2010 in Chicago and chat with the experts about the latest in legal technology.  Dennis and Tom welcome some very special guests including: Natalie Kelly, the Honorable Herbert B. Dixon, Jr.,  Rodney Dowell,  Paul Unger,  Ernie Svenson and Jim Calloway, to share their insight from this popular legal technology expo.  After you listen, be sure to check out Tom & Dennis' co-blog and book by the same name, The Lawyers Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies.

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Source: Legal Talk Network, 1 April 2010. © 2010 · Legal Talk Network. Reproduced with permission of Scott R. Hess.

In the news: "Faced with reviewing an opposing party's 80,000 e-mails, Severson & Werson needed to identify key documents without ratcheting up client costs or investing too much time. Relativity, a tool with text analytics to search the data set based on concepts, helped the firm meet its needs."

Topics discussed include:

SEARCH FOR A SOLUTION

TEXT ANALYTICS ASSISTANCE

EASY REVIEW AND SCALABILITY

FAVORABLE OUTCOMES AND COST CONTAINMENT

KEY LESSONS LEARNED

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Source: Law.Com's Daily Legal Newswire. 2 April 2010. Copyright 2009.  ALM Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. Subscribe <http://store.law.com/registration/register.asp?subscribeto=nw>.

This post was written by Dan Pinnington:  "It has been interesting to watch the excitement and hysteria about the iPad over the last few months. I especially liked reading some of the off-the-wall comments from people who had never seen, much less touched or even used, an iPad or any other tablet device for that matter...

To further encourage and whip-up the excitement of the masses (gotta love the Apple PR and marketing team), several notable tech insiders (not me unfortunately) were given iPads to play with. Their NDA's apparently expired on March 31 and they are speaking out about their experiences. The two most informative reports I have come across are:

TWiT.tv's MacBreak Weekly 188: iPad Revealed ...

And while not near as visual as the MacBreak Weekly podcast, the inimitable David Pogue has a good review in his New York Times tech review column..."

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Source: Slaw.ca, 1 April 2010. Reproduced with permission of Simon Fodden, founder of Slaw.

This post was written by J. Benjamin Stevens: "One of the questions that lawyers contemplating the switch from PC to Mac often ask is some variation of "Can I use the Mac on my existing PC network at my office" or "Can I access files on my PC server with my Mac?"  Of course, the answer is "yes"...

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