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Super-blog Read/Write/Web recently reported the rumor that Microsoft might acquire semantic search engine Powerset. Today Microsoft and Powerset made it official. Those in the know say Powerset went for around $100 Million. Microsoft has indicated that it will use Powerset’s technology to “take Search to the next level.” In realty though, none of the larger [...]

Surveillance Solutions in today’s business brings about many debatable issues. The fact of the matter it has become a necessary tool. How we go about utilizing the technology is at the heart of the debate.Cost has always been the first consideration. Where do start? What should [...]

 The latest trend in web development is rich user interface while semantic search rules the roost where knowledge management is concerned. Enter Powerset, a recent entrant in the search field that has been over a year in the beta stage. Powerset finds answers to your questions on Wikipedia and Freebase, arguably the top free databases on [...]

   my profile page on docstocMaybe I’m supposed to be neutral or unbiased or something when I share websites, applications, blogs, and gewgaws; but some start-ups appeal to me more than others. Take docstoc for example. This little company from the West Coast has implemented the kind of document-exchange ideas I was talking about in posts like [...]

Ed. Note: I thought some of you might like to know what applications I use in the office these days and for what.  If you’re not interested then ignore this post. If you are interested or would like to suggest a better alternative, please have a look. - MMHInternet-based collaboration platforms streamline communications, help keep everyone on the same [...]

Social computing technologies a/k/a Web 2.0 staples like wikis, blogs, social networking, RSS, and more are making their way into the business world. This movement, dubbed Enterprise 2.0, is no small shift. But the change encompasses more than just the introduction of social software to the business world - it also relates to the movement [...]

As state and the federal courts continue to weigh in on the infinite possibilities surrounding electronic discovery, the universe of electronically stored information (ESI) demands to be defined. A producing party’s duty to preserve relevant evidence is not the issue. The confusion comes from what types of ESI do these preservation obligations refer to? From [...]

I couldn’t help noticing the paragraph in the r/w/w piece I blogged about earlier today that spoke directly to me (actually, about me )… early adopters are the first to sign up and create profiles on every service that launches … sometimes they’re not so great after all, and they end up fading away into [...]

  Ed. Note: You watched, waited, and resisted the urge to join friends and loved ones rushing headlong into online tristes, chats, free-for-alls, and one-night-stands until, finally, your lack of intellectual curiosity and suspicion of the flickering box on your desk was rewarded. Yes, the very same hype machine that birthed social networking hysteria now recoils in horror as people realize [...]

Twine - Organize, Share, Discover Information Around Your Interests - TwineTwine represents a first step towards creating meaning on the web - i.e. leading to semantic webTags: web, 3.0, semantic, search, learning, machine-readableView all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

How Many Friends is Too Many?Written by Josh CatoneOffline, I have a network of under 50 people that I interact on a regular basis as friends. But online, the concept of “friend” is completely different. On Facebook I have nearer to 250 friends, on Twitter I have just over 300 followers. That’s just a blip [...]

As of June 2008 transcripts of court proceedings in the Northern District of Illinois will be available on the PACER system on the following scheduleIF 90-days or less has passed since the transcript was ordered THEN only the party that ordered that transcript may view itIF 90-days or more has passed since the transcript was orderedTHEN [...]

ta-damessagesTags: 37signals, messages, phone, ta-da, to-doPowersetsemantic wikipedia searchTags: search, search-engine, semantic, webView all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Close WindowCan We Fix The Web? — The Web needs fixing. The standards and recommendations that define the Web were last revised in 1999. Since then, the Web has grown from a document retrieval system into an application delivery system. We have made significant progress since then, due to the cleverness of the Web development [...]

AI - Advanced IT/SecurityCR - Client RelationshipsED - E-DiscoveryGG Going GreenIN - InternetLF - Large Firm / Corporate CounselLT - LitigationMA - Mac TrackMO - Microsoft OfficeMT - Mobile TechnologyPO - Paperless OfficeRM - Records ManagementRT - RoundtablesSSI - Solo / Small Firm ISSII - Solo / Small Firm IISM - Show Me HowShare this [...]

April 28, 2008Docstoc, the professional document repository and community, has raised $3.25 Million in Series B funding. The round was led by Rustic Canyon Partners, and brings their total funding to over $4 Million. Docstoc serves as a repository for professional documents, featuring forms, templates, and a variety of other material. Its flash-based [...]

Real People Don’t Have Time for Social MediaWritten by Sarah Perez / April 16, 2008 2:00 PM / 52 Comments Let’s be honest here: we’re all a bunch of social media addicts. We’re junkies. Whether it’s a new Twitter app, a new Facebook feature, or a new social anything service, we’re all over it. But [...]

Former Yahoo! Mobile evangelist turned startup entrepreneur Russell Beattie announced this week that he’s calling it quits for his company Mowser, because the market for mobile browsing is taking a fast turn for the worse. “The mobile traffic just isn’t there,” Beattie says, “It’s not there now, and it won’t be.”Beattie’s announcement comes just two [...]

Cybercontrols, LLCFRCP Rule 34 provides that the requesting party can "inspect, copy, test, or sample the following items in the responding party’s possession, custody, or control … any designated documents or electronically stored information - including writings, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, sound recordings, images, and other data or data compilations - stored in any medium [...]

Technorati tags: e-discovery esi storage virtualization web2.0 server space hard-drive discovery Web 2.0 Journal says it nicely in an article entitled Web 2.0 Meets VirtualizationFueled by the explosive growth in digital media and user generated content, the demand for storage has increased exponentially, placing significant stress on current ‘in house’ storage architectures and costly overcapacity build-outs. [...]

Email Archives has/is the main fishing ground for “juicy” eDiscovery requests.   There are two sides, those searching and those protecting.    Today we take the high road of protecting your client against the assault.   The biggest hurtle is the storage.  Not so much the physical, as accessibility.   Where would you start?        Barracuda Systems – Message Archiver [...]

 Author’s Note: This year I got another chance to blog the ABA Technology Show as I did last year in these two posts. In addition, this year I was given the opportunity to publish my work in the prestigious publication TechnoLawyer. Below find a sampling of my posts from the show. Enjoy!I Attended ABA TECHSHOW [...]

    Court Approved Forensic Computer ExaminationInevitably, most commercial litigators have or will be facing an electronic discovery dispute that develops in such a way that a computer examination order is necessary to satisfy the reasonable demands of a requesting party. Of course, if your client is on the producing side, a computer examination request may [...]

Law.com has 2 recent posting this LPM member strongly encourages you review:    What to do without local E-Discovery Rules……   Amy Karan and Kansas Gooden point out: Lawyers should advise clients to develop a   written document retention policy and sensitize clients to the potential risks   including sanctions and adverse inferences for violations.    Ignore Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX 404)at your Peril…….   [...]

As with previous post(s), we have explored the reality of IT people acting as “Guardians” with compliance issues that role into eDiscovery availability.   The topic is something the LPM Committee will not let die.Strolling through numerous sources of information we come across this listing that begs for commentary reaction:FRCP looking like a PITW (Pain in [...]

A common theme among most Legal blogs - sharing technology advise or heads up on new products that will enhance productivity of said firm(s) or lawyers service.Like most, we here (@ LPM Committee)do our fair share of staying in-touch with potential game breakers. What is of note - the market segmentation. [...]

 This cover-story in the March 2008 edition of the ABA Journal features our colleague and friend of the pm blog, Rick Futurelawyer Georges. Go get ‘em, Rick.The decades-long Mac versus PC battle recalls those video games in which the Big Boss Bad Guy just can’t seem to squash our nim­ble little hero. Clever marketing and [...]

  You want compelling video - watch this site.RedSpeed Illinois is the only company that has merged advancedwireless computer technology with the security industry to deliveran ideal solution to improve your police and fire departments’capacity to monitor your community and more quickly respond toemergency calls for assistance.  An communities have responded.My interest IP Surveillance. Many [...]

After reviewing traffic reports,  I’m sure our author (Mazyar) is throwing his hands in air in dis-belief.  What’s all the activity around Nokia 6500?   the blog went crazy on something Mazyar posted way back in June 2007……One connection, since that posting Nokia has made tremendous efforts in moving forward to enhance an enterprise able unit [...]

The Case for Meta Data February, 2008-In a flurry of recent cases in state and federal court, the CyberControls litigation consulting team have been burning the midnight oil over a wide array of electronic discovery issues particularly in the area of metadata production or lack there of. The FRCP Rule 34 has created the proverbial [...]