Category: Interesting Technology

You can now chose from at least two specialized legal market search engines.  Quest from law.com has been around a while. I’ve been disappointed in my occasional use of it so, inspired by Bob Ambrogi’s article Tour the Legal Web’s New Sites, decided to look...

Last week I read about a product called vlingo in the New York Times. It strikes me as an important technology development.  vlingo is voice recognition for smart phones, the Blackberry to start. With it, I can speak a command (e.g., “open calendar”), dial by...

I took the plunge and created a Facebook profile a few weeks ago. I am still trying to decide if it’s worth the time. I suspect many legal professionals, from large firm lawyers to CIOs are asking the same question.  My Web 2.0 / Social...

A pending change in Internet domain names creates new law firm branding opportunities.  The New York Times reports in New Flavors for Addresses on the Web Are on the Way (27 June 2008) that the authority regulating Internet domain names, the Internet Corporation for Assigned...

No typo in title. The skies for cloud computing may well be green – energy efficient green. This could accelerate the move to cloud computing.  Demand for Data Puts Engineers in Spotlight (New York Times, 17 June 2008) reports on the rapidly rising demand for...

I don’t normally write about spam but I just received a new and irritating type I’ve not previously seen.  In my junk mail folder in Outlook 2003, missed by the spam filter on my server, is a spam message about an award. But this is...

What if enterprises could do away with Microsoft exchange servers?  Maybe they can now, and without switching to Lotus Notes. Bringing Outlook and Gmail Closer Together (NY Times blog and in print on 31 March 2008) describes a product by Cemaphore Systems called MailShadow for...

Working virtually may have a down side according to a study just released.  Google’s Lunchtime Betting Game (NY Times, 7 Jan 08) reports on an economic study of a prediction market run internally at Google. Prediction markets use the wisdom of crowds, via individual bets,...