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Monthly Archives: October 2009

Still Time to Register for MILOfest 2009

Posted in Offline Resources

As you probably have heard, MILO Fest 2009, will be held next Thursday, November 5, 2009, through Saturday, November 7, 2009, at the Disney World Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, FL.  If you are a Mac-using attorney (or if you want to become one), then you should attend this the Mac-focused conference for attorneys. Some of… Continue Reading

Is Apple’s Magic Mouse More “Hocus Pocus” Than “Voila”?

Posted in Hardware, Product Reviews

Everybody loves a good magic show, as long as the magic works.  Last week, Apple introduced its Magic Mouse, which it bills as "the world’s first Multi-Touch mouse."  With its Bluetooth connectivity, it now enables many of the multi-touch gestures that users of the iPhone, iPod Touch, and newer MacBooks have come to love.  However,… Continue Reading

IMAP vs. POP :: What You Need to Know

Posted in Software

Do you know whether your e-mail client uses POP (Post Office Protocol) or IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)?  You should, because IMAP is vastly superior to POP, and you should consider the following reasons that you should switch today: Avoid webmail outages :: Users who connected to their web-based email accounts (such as Gmail) using IMAP can continue… Continue Reading

AT&T Announces Delay in iPhone Tethering

Posted in iPhone

iPhone owners have been looking forward to the day when they will be able to use their phone as a modem, known as "tethering."  In fact, this feature is an integral feature of the iPhone 3.0 firmware, and it is already available for some overseas carriers.  However, AT&T has not yet allowed its American users to… Continue Reading

20 Tips for More Efficient Google Searches

Posted in Online Resources

Lawyers are constantly searching, but are we doing it as effectively as possible?  The following tips from the Dumb Little Man | Tips for Life blog will help make your Google searches more efficient and will help you quickly find exactly what you’re looking for: Either/or Google normally searches for pages that contain all the… Continue Reading

How Many Monitors Should You Use?

Posted in Hardware

Using multiple monitors might sound like a crazy idea, but it’s one of those things that once you try it, you’ll wonder how you ever got along with just one monitor.  When I’m working at my desk, I have a 20" Sony flat panel monitor that I used with my MacBook.   Two monitors enable… Continue Reading