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Earlier this year at the TED conference, Pattie Maes from the MIT Media Lab's Fluid Interfaces Group showcased a wearable computing system that allows users to display and interact with the Web on any surface - including the human body. The video embedded below shows the system's main developer, Pranav Mistry, taking photog (Read More)
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A surge in demand for lawyers specializing in bankruptcy and divorce is rippling over to Chicago-based Total Attorneys, which provides back-office support so small law firms can concentrate on delivering legal advice. (Read More)
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The software-as-a-service business is fundamentally different from conventional “on-premise” software. With SaaS, software disappears from view and the customer sees only an information service. SaaS providers charge for their services based on use, not for a flat license fee and provide hosting, Web and/or mobile network a (Read More)
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Mashable!
While Tumblr tends to keep things minimal, sometimes you’re just dying to post a widget on your site that relates to what you discuss, or maybe you just want to share something with your readers. The 20 widgets we’ve gathered below are not meant to be used en masse on Tumblr blogs, but one here or there might e (Read More)
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I am always on the prowl for new software. During one of my frequent surfs around the internet I came across the website for Clio. Clio is practice management software. Think Amicus Attorney, Abacus, Needles, etc. What's different about it is the fact that it is web based. (Read More)
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Threeminds
This inauguration and indeed this new administration has used new technology in fascinating ways. But as much as it has been forward-thinking, using all the newest in social media goodness, it struck me that this is also a return to the times of tribal councils and of campfire conversations. Technology is enabling conversat (Read More)
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Chicago Breaking News
Joined by tens of thousands of well-wishers who gathered at the foot of the powerfully evocative Lincoln Memorial, President-elect Barack Obama celebrated his imminent inauguration at a star-studded gala this afternoon filled with the electric sense of history as the nation prepared for its first African-American president (Read More)
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Staying on top of new information–and doing it in a limited amount of time–is something most lawyers struggle with. An RSS reader allows you to accomplish this better than any other tool I know of; that is, until we digest information like they do in The Matrix. (Read More)
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In what appears to us to be a new addition to many Google search results pages, queries about birth dates, family connections and other information are now being responded to with explicitly semantic structured information. Who is Bill Clinton's wife? What's the capital city of Oregon? What is Britney Spears' mother's na (Read More)
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Tribune Co., owner of the Chicago Cubs, is close to selecting a winning bid for the team from three finalists, according to people familiar with the sales talks. (Read More)
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"The issue with these 33 accounts is different from the Phishing scam aimed at Twitter users this weekend," a post on the Twitter blog explained. "These accounts were compromised by an individual who hacked into some of the tools our support team uses to help people do things like edit the email address associated with thei (Read More)
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A quick overview of how the Twitter hack happened - the phishers managed to use some back doors in Twitter's own customer service apps. (Read More)
Mashable!
So how did the Twitter accounts of Barack Obama, Britney Spears, Facebook, and others get broken into and littered with inappropriate messages earlier today? It wasn’t residue from this weekend’s phishing problems, but rather, a breach of Twitter’s customer support tools. (Read More)
: "From the Twitter blog, “These accounts were compromised by an individual who hacked into some of the tools our support team uses to help people do things like edit the email address associated with their Twitter account when they can’t remember or get stuck. We considered this a very serious breach of security and immediately took the support tools offline. We’ll put them back only when they’re safe and secure.”" >> Different issue than the phishing
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Total Attorneys, the premier provider of managed services for small law firms, today announced that the launch of its legal process outsourcing (LPO) solution has been accelerated to January 2009 due to the success of this year's pilot program and rising demand for quality legal services. (Read More)
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