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Computers Articles

• Keeping Law Firm IT Support on a Straight Path

  When it comes to IT support for law firms, change is inevitable, but you can proactively deal with problems.

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• Is Your Computer Still Necessary? Practicing Law with a Tablet

  Will a tablet be able to replace a lawyer's desktop or laptop altogether?

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• Computer Security Breaches Impact The Bottom Line

  The impact of computer security breaches is not hypothetical. When such a breach occurs, the financial consequences are real and can be immediate. Thus, it is better to be penny-wise rather than pound-foolish, and companies would be smart on the front-end to take steps to prevent breaches from occurring.

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• Strengthen Your Firm’s Tech Skills

  If your attorneys need to improve their use of technology, these incremental steps can show immediate results in efficiency and productivity.

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• What You Can Get for Under $500: New Laptops

  Lawyers shopping for a new laptop in 2012 might be pleased to learn that there are some decent options available for under $500.

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• Good Things Come in Micro Packages

  Anyone who has ever labored at a computer knows the one element you can never own enough of is memory.

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• Help Desk Challenges During Law Firm Upgrades

  When the economy was struggling, many law firms hunkered down and postponed major software purchases and upgrades. Now, firms are making up for lost time and investing in their technology environments.

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• Electronic Waste Responsibilities Loom on the Horizon

  In 2003, consistent with its forward looking policies regarding managing waste, the European Union (EU) issued Directive 2002/96/EC regarding Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). The Directive contained a number of far-reaching requirements intended to avoid the environmental impacts of disposal of WEEE as general municipal waste, and identified a number of requirements that EU Member Countries were to implement through promulgation of their own laws or regulations.

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• Ninth Circuit OKs Border Searches of Laptops

  The Ninth Circuit, in a decision announced this summer, has approved forensic searches of laptop computers at the border, even when the laptop's owner spent no time outside the airport in the foreign country and was under no suspicion of possessing foreign contraband.

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• Responsible e-Waste Disposal

  The statistics on electronic waste (e-waste) are alarming. E-waste is now the fastest-growing part of the municipal waste stream, according to the EPA. Computers seem so efficient and environmentally-friendly, but there are hidden dangers associated with them once they become e-waste.

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