originally published on ReadWriteWeb.com Coming soon to a mall near you: the Microsoft Retail Store. Yes, that’s right: Redmond, Washington’s favorite son wants a closer, snugglier relationship with you, the consumer. Given Microsoft’s relative lack of retail experience, and the fact that it plans to locate near
Read more →Originally published in Lawyers Weekly Lawyers strive to protect the confidential information they gather when litigating a case. And courts across Canada continuously work to ensure that any information lawyers submit to them stays confidential. This year, the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) is updating its Blueprint for
Read more →originally published in Lawyers Weekly Sam Glover started down his “nonconformist” path by installing Ubuntu, one of many distributions of the Linux operating system, on an aging IBM ThinkPad he wanted to rejuvenate. Jennifer Gabriel works for a 22-person Ottawa law firm that went from typewriters to
Read more →originally published on CBA PracticeLink Certain high-profile trials have proven the value of technology usage in courtrooms. Yet most trials in Canada still do without even common technologies, like video conferencing, document management systems and document displays. And this absence spawns dissatisfaction. “Clients complain that the process
Read more →originally published in Award Magazine Few design firms stay as closely associated with their inaugural project as Toronto’s MackaylWong Strategic Design. In the 90s, the firm designed the interior of Wayne Gretzky’s eponymous Toronto restaurant. The City of Toronto would soon accommodate the Great One’s request to
Read more →originally published in The Lawyers Weekly OSCAR may soon arrive at a court near you. When he does, he will make many people a lot less grouchy. That’s because the Online System for Court Attendance Reservations (OSCAR) offers registered users the ability to reserve court attendances online.
Read more →originally published on ReadWriteWeb.com, written for aplus.net.com Senior Wired Magazine editor Robert Capps penned an article titled “The Good Enough Revolution” for Wired’s September 2009 edition. The print edition included the daring (and perhaps intentionally provocative) subtitle “Why lo-fi tech will rule the world.” This rings of
Read more →originally published in The Lawyers Weekly How do you explain the techno-savvy – the understanding of both technology and its business value – that some lawyers instinctively bring to their practices? Maybe it’s found in their upbringing. David Feld’s entire family enjoyed computers, while Sonia Kalia introduced
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