TechnoEsq is often asked to convert files for attorneys and their staff due to the numerous document formats floating around offices. Unfortunately, Microsoft hasn’t been very consistent with their document formats, especially with Microsoft Works still being used in some offices. Thus TechnoEsq offers file conversions for clients, converting videos, photographs and text documents into…
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Information Security
TechnoEsq is proud to introduce Ron Schmittling as a contributing author to our blog. Ron is the Security & Privacy practice leader for Brown Smith Wallace in St. Louis, MO. He and his team specialize in all aspects of information security, payment card compliance, data privacy, and computer forensics. He can be contacted at 314.983.1398…
Macs In Law Office Podcast II
Grant Griffiths, Ben Stevens, Victor Medina and I have completed the second MILO (Macs In Law Office) podcast discussing Macs in the law office. TechnoEsq previously posted about the first MILO Podcast. This is the second in a series of podcasts which will be put together by Macs In Law Offices (MILO), a new blog…
Changes to TechnoEsq
TechnoEsq is preparing some major renovations and expansions. Among these changes will be new sections providing a place for lawyers and virtual assistants (paralegals, secretaries and law clerks) for work on a task, project, temporary or permanent basis, mediation and trial presentations as well as computer forensics. Given this expansion, TechnoEsq.com will be the main…
Laptop Battery Shortage
For all of us mobile attorneys and other professionals who rely upon laptops and extra batteries, there are signs it is time to stock up on spare batteries. Due to a recent fire at a major supplier of laptop batteries, LG Chem, Dell has announced an increase in prices of spare and replacement batteries. Dell…
Automation Scripts for Lawyers
Disclaimer We apologize in advance for posting yet another entry which is only for those readers who are Mac using lawyers. Have you ever used your computer to move information from one program to another? Maybe you’ve had to cut and paste a great deal of text to a word processor, or worse, had to…
Public Viewing of the Contents of Your Pockets
Mark Hansen, in an article in the American Bar Association Journal entitled No Place to Hide (A.B.A. J., Aug. 1997.), asks the question: Would we tolerate the prospect that police might someday be armed with a device that would enable them to conduct the functional equivalent of a strip search on some unsuspecting citizen from…
Macspeech Dictate Review
UPDATE- We now have a review of the new 1.5 update to MacSpeech Dictate available here. This update is a major advancement upon Dictate and we would dare say a requirement if you intend using Dictate at all in a law firm or any other setting for lawyers. Here is a candid review by attorney…
Macs In Law Office Podcast
Grant Griffiths, Ben Stevens, Victor Medina and I have created a podcast (right-click and choose “Save As”) discussing Macs in the law office. We go over topics such as Leopard in a legal environment, types of Macs used and tips on productivity. This is the first in a series of podcasts which will be put…
iPhone SDK, Wireless Calendar, Exchange Support and Remote Wipe
Apple held their much anticipated iPhone event today in the Town Hall Theater on the Apple Campus in Cupertino. This event was expected to address what many people have considered to be the major shortcomings of the iPhone. Apple has not let us down. According to Phil Schiller, SVP/Product Marketing with Apple, the following will…