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January 2005 - Posts

Wikipedia
Saturday, January 29, 2005 7:34 AM
Sometimes you see an old site in a new light and that happened to me today.  Wikipedia is the site -- it's a giant public encyclopedia with hundreds of thousands are articles.  What makes it especially interesting is that anybody can contribute
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Cellular Headsets
Monday, January 24, 2005 11:08 PM
This is a decidedly low-tech item but... I recently got a Body Glove headset for my Sprint/Sanyo cell phone.  It's a standard 2.5mm phone connection but it's easily the best headset I've ever had. The earpiece is comfortable, the sound quality
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Copernic Meta
Thursday, January 13, 2005 7:09 AM
If you're in the information business, or you just like a good search, you have to check out Copernic's Meta.  It adds a search toolbar to your browser and (if you want) to your taskbar.  The search toolbar has a bunch of search engines built
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Control What Google Desktop Search Indexes
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 2:01 AM
Even though I have gone to Copernic Desktop Search this seems like a cool tool for letting you control what kinds of files Google Desktop Search is going to index for you.  It's called GDS Plus.-B-
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ABA Techshow 2005 is Coming
Saturday, January 01, 2005 8:00 AM
ABA Techshow 2005 is coming and I'll be there as a guest speeaker.  Should be a great event.  If you're involved with legal technology you should consider coming to Chicago to check it out.-B-
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Does Hotmail's Junk Button Do Anything?
Saturday, January 01, 2005 3:22 AM
I've had a Hotmail account for years - I rarely use it for anything other than to give to e-commerce websites that insist upon an e-mail address and also for my passport account - and like most Hotmail users I get tons of spam.  I check the account
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Tablets for Travel
Saturday, January 01, 2005 3:11 AM
We just got back from a trip to Los Angeles to visit family and my company's L.A. office and I took my Tablet PC on the airplane with me.  Much to my surprise I discovered that the Tablet PC format is much nicer than the laptop format when working
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California Sets Fines for Spyware
Saturday, January 01, 2005 1:41 AM
Not that I think it will help a lot but starting January 1st spyware authors may be subject to fines from the State of California.  I doubt they'll successfully convict anybody but more power to them.  Whatever discourages these idiots from
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Neat New Google Search Aid
Saturday, January 01, 2005 1:37 AM
Sunbelt Software's newsletter pointed out a site that has created something of a front-end for Google's search tools.  Soople gives you some easy ways to do a number of sophisticated Google searches.Clever.-B-
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