Social Networking And Legal OnRamp – LJN Legal Tech Newsletter – Brett Burney

It’s tough to gain clients. It’s even tougher to stay connected with those clients and maintain consistent lines of communication.

True to all the hype, social networking tools are posed to be the next stage in the evolution of effective client communication. …Read the full article on LJN Legal Tech Newsletter…

Trends in Technology: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Netbooks – ABA GP|Solo TechNotes Column – Brett Burney

I would confidently guess that many of you responded with 1) email and 2) surfing the Web. And while we all certainly create documents and run other applications on our computers, the vast majority of our computing activities today revolve around email and the Internet.

That conclusion is one of the main factors behind the runaway success of the so-called “netbooks.” …Read the full article on Technology eReport…

Not surprisingly, online data storage can generate a bit of queasiness. Lawyers have an ethical responsibility to protect client information from inadvertently falling into the hands of inappropriate others; failing to carry through with that duty can generate unfortunate repercussions. …Read the full article on Law.com…

When Google created Chrome, it wanted to see what would happen if a Web browser was built from scratch to exploit the interactivity of Web 2.0 — to “completely rethink the browser.” Consultant Brett Burney compares the souped-up Chrome with IE7 and Firefox to measure its success.

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Meaning in Metadata – InsideCounsel InsideTech Newsletter – Brett Burney
Ensuring your documents don’t reveal more than you intend

Metadata gets a lot of bad press. Whenever it’s mentioned, someone is getting blistered by hidden data they negligently left in an electronic file.

Metadata is actually a functional and necessary element of files managed by a computer operating system. A computer tags each file with indexable snippets of information such as the file’s creation date and author so that the operating system can properly identify and catalog the file among thousands.  …Read the full article on Inside Counsel…

Empower Your Browser: New Possibilities – LJN Legal Tech Newsletter – Brett Burney

Web browsers aren’t just for browsing anymore. In the early days of the World Wide Web, all you needed was a way to read text.

The Web browser has evolved into a platform for our digital lives, offering more interactivity while moving further beyond its passive browsing roots (i.e., checking e-mail, paying bills and balancing checkbooks, watching videos, social networking, playing games, networking and even managing a law practice). These applications and services work just fine within conventional Web browsers like Internet Explorer or Firefox, but only because developers have modified code, updated hypertext language standards, created browser add-ons and enhanced technologies like Flash and JavaScript. Google, however, wanted to see what would happen if a Web browser was built from scratch to support the exploitation of Web browsers today.   …Read the full article on LJN Legal Tech Newsletter…