ABA TECHSHOW.blogThe Latest Information About ABA TECHSHOW - The World's Premier Legal Technology ConferenceNext Generation Information Management- December 22, 2005 Last month I facilitated a panel dialogue which included ethics counsel and a federal judge. The topic was how to better manage client information in the electronic age. With the growth of e-discovery, a bright light is shining on the fact that lawyers and clients are not managing their information very well. In fact, they have a difficult time even knowing what they have until the discovery requests come in. The take-aways from the discussions were: 1) Plan ahead, and 2) Communicate with...http://www.techshow.com/blog/122205.html Confessions of a Cell Phone Convert- December 21, 2005 Despite my (not entirely deserved) reputation as a wired lawyer, I've been among the last of the ABA TECHSHOW team to bid adieu to cell phones that served only to give good phone. I shunned the Treo of knowledge and tasted not of the sweet, sweet Blackberries. Sure, I envied those lawyers who e-mailed great missives from public toilets and slipped the bonds of pedestrian face-to-face conversation in perfect devotion to their thumb keyboard rosaries. Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. It's.http://www.techshow.com/blog/122105.html Sony BMGs Digital Rights Management Technology Creates An Uproar- December 16, 2005 During the past month, Sony BMG Entertainments digital rights management technology for CDs has caused an uproar among information security specialists and technology consumers. It is installed on PCs which play the CDs. A security researcher found that it has the characteristics of a rootkit a particularly dangerous form of malware which manipulates the operating system to avoid detection and is very difficult to remove. Hackers developed code which exploited the Sony BMG technology. Consumer.http://www.techshow.com/blog/121605.html Microsoft Office Files Will be Open- December 16, 2005 Microsoft has announced that it will finally make its Office file formats open to everyone. They will submit the Microsoft Office Open XML Format technology for consideration as a formal standard. Ecma International, which is a Geneva-based company, will develop the documentation and provide approval of the standard. Following approval by Ecma, it will be submitted to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), also in Geneva.http://www.techshow.com/blog/121405.html Windows Turns 20- December 9, 2005 This year marks the 20th anniversary of ABA TECHSHOW. Coincidentally, November marked the 20th birthday of another technology milestone -- the debut of Windows. On Nov. 20, 1985, Microsoft released version 1.0 of the Windows operating system. It was the year that Ronald Reagan began his second term as president, Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union, Madonna launched her first concert tour and Kansas City won the World Series. For reminders of how far we have come (or not), take a.http://www.techshow.com/blog/120905.html |