A recent report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that they were successful in getting a preliminary victory by shutting down a huge international spammer is great news since we receive so much spam. As the consumer watch dog for US citizens the FTC has been pursuing claims against spammers…

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When Google purchased YouTube for $1.65B a few years ago there was in expectation that the site would be a money maker, not just a magnetic for video traffickers. Of course Google did not expect the troubled economy that we live in today nor that Viacom to file a $1B…

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It’s hardly a passing fancy, virtual worlds abound. Second Life boasts virtual property owned by IBM, Dell, and Manpower. Gaming giants Sony and Microsoft have announced virtual gaming communities where avatars will compete but using their specialized equipment rather than just personal computers. Since law is…

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Since its creation by the Texas Legislature in 1997 I have had the honor and privilege to serve as Chair of the Texas Supreme Court Judicial Committee on Information Technology (JCIT) whose primary focus is to help automate the Texas Court System and put the Internet on the desktop of…

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In December 2006 the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure changed the manner in which lawyers had to deal with ESI (Electronically Stored Information – a new acronym from the Federal Rules). Having worked with computers since 1967 this was hardly a news flash since ESI has been part of my…

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The announcement that Oracle and HP have teamed up to offer a specialized hardware systems for Oracle’s database sounds a lot like days gone by when Minicomputer companies long since gone had proprietary hardware and operating systems, and nothing was compatible with other systems. Oracle has spent years promoting itself…

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While most IT professionals are well aware of the evolution of Internet 2.0 computing services which offer on-line applications and large storage, in many ways this seems like an evolution of time-sharing from the 1960s when the likes of General Electric offered remote computing services to dumb terminals. Now Cloud…

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