By Andrew Thomas at TG Daily:
Microsoft has moved quickly and issued a patch for Office 2007 to make Word comply with a court ruling.
The Office OPK Master Kit Download removes custom XML editing facilities from the product following legal action by tiny Canadian outfit i4i. While, predictably, many observers are applauding the victory of the [...]

From The Posse List:
”Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Time: 1:00 PM (EST)/10:00 AM (PST)
Hon. John Facciola (U.S. Magistrate Judge in the District of Columbia) and Jonathan Redgrave (partner at Nixon Peabody LLP) will discuss their recently published law review article addressing the process for claiming and adjudicating privileges in the era of electronic discovery.
They recently appeared at the Georgetown [...]

From Reuters Blogs:
” ‘With networked computers now cast by all organizations, including the financial sector, into the role of wizard-behind-the-curtain, we all live in Oz. It’s long past time we pull back the veil and call a halt to the mindless application of this supreme and supremely dangerous creation before the damage gets any greater.’

In [...]

From Legal Ease Blog:
”…On the JD Hacker blog, Will Geer posted “Do You Really Need Practice Management Software?” His answer was no, but I’m not so sure – I think his post missed some of the big reasons to have practice management software.
Geer opines that most lawyers purchase practice management software for document management, but that [...]

From Engadget:
”You may bang on the legacy airlines, but American Airlines has a good thing going here with Gogo. The outfit has just completed installation of in-flight WiFi on 150 of its MD-80 aircraft, and in order to give you a better idea of how to prepare, it’s now launching an online widget that’ll let [...]

From Lifehacker:
”Tired of fiddling with scanned pages to remove borders, correct alignment, and otherwise prettify them before storing or emailing them? Then Scan Tailor could be right up your alley.

This free app splits two-page scans into single documents, converts text to black and white without disturbing images, and cleans stray specks off pages.  Scan Tailor [...]

From ARS Technica:
”When times get tough and belts get tight, one of the first things many companies do is begin casting about for ways increase efficiency and raise per-worker productivity. Many businesses turn to free and open-source tools to meet these needs, and at some point in such discussions someone invariably suggests a wiki for [...]