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Judgment reserved in Twitter airport threat appeal

Wednesday, 15 February 2012 11:21

robin hood airportTwo senior judges have retired to consider whether a Twitter message threatening to blow up a snowbound Doncaster airport was a joke or a menace to society.
Read more at The Guardian...

 

WordPerfect's Upgrade: Does It Matter?

Wednesday, 15 February 2012 10:27

wpx5There's a new version of Corel's WordPerfect shipping this spring. Does it matter for any reasons other than sentiment? The word processing package emerged in 1980 and became dominant in the middle part of that decade by surpassing rivals such as MultiMate and WordStar. By 1990 it had more than 45 percent market share, technology research firm International Data Corp. stated at the time.
Read more at the LTN website....

 

Should a law firm close over the festive season? - Survey results

Monday, 13 February 2012 19:32

 closed christmasNot a great number of votes but it seems the majority agree that a law firm should close over the festive period, but …

 

How to Automatically Capture All Your Outlook or Gmail Time and Invoice for It

Friday, 10 February 2012 18:05

chrometa logoAs you know, it's nearly impossible to accurately track your email time with merely a start/stop timer. You're probably bouncing from email to email in rapid fire mode. The last thing you want to worry about is timekeeping, especially if you switch from one client to another as you reply to email messages.

 

SA banks must exercise extreme caution in current phishing environment

Thursday, 09 February 2012 13:45

SYNAQJohannesburg-based Software as a Service (SaaS) specialist SYNAQ’s says its latest South African phishing statistics clearly indicate that local banks have no option but to exercise extreme caution when it comes to permitting their Internet banking clients to pass on their banking details to third parties.

 

Reed Elsevier denies reports that LexisNexis is for sale

Saturday, 04 February 2012 13:34

reed elsevierSalamander Davoudi (@sdavoudi) of the Financial Times reports that publishing giant, Reed Elsevier, denies reports that LexisNexis is for sale. Management intends to pursue only small-scale merger and acquisition activity within its five divisions over the next 12 months, according to two people familiar with the company’s plans, and has no plans to sell its Lexis-Nexis Legal & Professional business despite calls for its divestiture.
Read more at The LexBlog Network...

 

SearchWorks releases 8 new search types

Saturday, 04 February 2012 10:49

SW-8 new searchesSearchWorks is delighted to announce the release of 8 new search types which were released on the 1st of February 2012.

 

New LAW Relationship Manager for Gauteng and Limpopo

Saturday, 04 February 2012 08:34

Merise ThomasMerise Thomas has been appointed LAW’s new Relationship Manager for parts of the Johannesburg and Limpopo regions.

 

Cost of PBX goes beyond price

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 06:24

dupontThe purchase price of a PBX is seldom an indication of its cost.

 

Open the font menu (Shortcut Series)

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:00

shortcutsThis quick key sequence will open the font menu so that you can change the appearance of the selected area.

 

Google under fire from all sides

Tuesday, 24 January 2012 10:50

google logo

Google faces accusations of underhand tactics from start-up Mocality, an online business directory based in Kenya, which has accused the search engine giant of malpractice and misrepresentation. 

Read more at LegalBrief.....

 

LexisNexis Launches Innovative Mobi-Site for Integrated Tertiary Education Experience

Wednesday, 15 February 2012 10:36

myacademic-logoDevelopment of academic mobi-site powered by LexisNexis online portal, MyAcademic, for students and educators in the tertiary education sector, is a breakthrough in e-learning technology.

 

Ten Tips to Enhance iPad Security

Monday, 13 February 2012 19:49

ipad securityThe very attributes that make the iPad such a powerful tool for lawyers — easy portability, fast access to information, ubiquitous connectivity and a simple user interface — also help make it a security risk. Like it or not, the iPad is the best thing to happen to data snoops and thieves since the arrival of Wi-Fi.
Read more at iPad Guides...

 

To view or hide non-printing characters (Shortcut Series)

Monday, 13 February 2012 18:41

non-printableThis is very useful to sort out the layout issues in a Word document, by turning on the non-printed characters you get to see the tabs, spaces and carriage returns in the document that may be causing the trouble. Very, very useful if you are working on somebody else’s document.

 

Twitter is about relationships : Law firms missing the boat

Thursday, 09 February 2012 18:21

twitterTwitter is not all about broadcasting your messages and distribution of your content, it's about relationships. Sure, you need to share content on Twitter to get the opportunity to build relationships with your Twitter followers, but the end goal ought be engagement with real people, not a lot of followers.
Read more at LexBlog.com....

 

Wise|Tablet on the brink of a tablet explosion

Sunday, 05 February 2012 20:10

android tabletTech4Law spoke to Wise Tablets about the pending explosion into the local tablet market, through their new tablet devices and the 3 interaction centres that will ship on the devices.

 

RIM Launches BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365

Saturday, 04 February 2012 11:12

bb-cloud off-365Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced general availability of BlackBerry® Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365 – a new service for business and government organizations that extends Microsoft Exchange Online to BlackBerry® smartphones and allows customers to manage their BlackBerry deployments in the cloud.

 

Increase or decrease the font by one size (Shortcut Series)

Saturday, 04 February 2012 08:43

 increase font sizeOften we want to make the text in our documents slightly bigger or smaller, instead of using the font drop down menu, you can use this quick key to increase or decrease the font by one size with each key sequence.

 

All SMS direct marketing contravenes the Consumer Protection Act

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 06:32

bulksmsThe Consumer Protection Act (CPA) allows sending unsolicited direct marketing communications (which is commonly seen as spam by many consumers) under certain conditions. However, if one looks more closely, it turns out that it is simply not possible to comply with these conditions with SMS communications.

 

Staying in contact while in Europe

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 06:05

cell-eiffelYesterday I returned from a trip to Europe where I was in telephone contact via Skype and obviously stayed connected with Internet access throughout the trip – all done rather economically.

 

Paddocks Club launches private online consultation

Tuesday, 24 January 2012 10:20

paddocksnPaddocks Club is an exclusive online learning community for people involved in sectional title and community schemes. Building on its growth in 2011, the Club is launching a private one-on-one legal consulting service in early 2012. Prof Graham Paddock, a leading authority on community scheme law in South Africa, heads Paddocks Club and is now offering interested parties the opportunity to get affordable, confidential and tailored legal advice online.

 

LinkedIn is the most popular social media platform in law firms

Tuesday, 24 January 2012 10:50

 lexisnexisLexisNexis, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, announced results from its latest study on law firm engagement in social media methods. The report, 'Global Social Media Check-up: A global audit of law firm engagement in social media methods', reveals that whilst social media has changed the way that millions of people communicate in their personal lives and that many international B2B law firms have registered their presence on the networks, the legal profession overall has a reticent approach to social media engagement.
Read more at Market Watch....

 
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