Barry on May 24th, 2005

I’ve liked dtSearch since I’ve first used it a decade or more ago. It is fast, accurate, and inexpensive (although the original under $100 price is now just less than $200.) The previous data limit was apparently 4 to 8 Gigabytes of data; the system’s capability is now claimed to be in the [...]

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Barry on May 12th, 2005

Just think about one new PDF product and others turn up. Consider:
Nitro PDF Desktop: PDF creation and editing for everyone
for less than $100. According to the vendor:
Nitro PDF Desktop is an affordable, fully-featured PDF creation and editing product. For just $99, Nitro PDF Desktop gives you full control over PDF documents, including [...]

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Barry on May 11th, 2005

Google’s Gmail is easy to use, now provides two Gigabytes of storage and makes it easy to retrieve old e-mail with a fast, Google search. And it turns out those advertising links can be very useful. For example, in an e-mail thread with ScanSoft’s PR folks, discussing PDF Converter 3 I came across [...]

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Barry on May 10th, 2005

Every law office requires some way to create PDF files, these days, particularly if you are filing things electronically in federal court. ScanSoft, publisher of scanning software, OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software, Voice Recognition Software (specifically, Naturally Speaking, formerly of Dragon Systems and the L&H mess) has been integrating with PDF creation software, [...]

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I’m not sure whether I like this or not, but…via Endgaget:

In a rare case of having something positive to report in the political realm, the North Dakota legislature is the first to set a precedent by making the black box data sole property of the vehicle owner.
On the one hand, the black boxes (particularly [...]

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Barry on May 9th, 2005

I don’t know whether it is a result of NAFTA, but Mexican Trademarks are getting the Thomson & Thomson treatment:

Coming Soon: TRADEMARKSCAN®—Mexico!

Get ready for the best online Mexican trademark information, with TRADEMARKSCAN®—Mexico, coming soon on SAEGIS

Only TRADEMARKSCAN—Mexico delivers:
Up-to-date data: We update with the publication of every [...]

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Barry on May 9th, 2005

Needles, the Windows-based successor to the MS-DOS-based PINS, if memory serves, has been around forever, and now presents a new version, adding CRM
NEEDLES VERSION 4.6 RELEASED BY CHESAPEAKE INTERLINK
Customizable Case Management System is Enhanced with Robust Customer Relationship Tool

The program used to be primarily for Personal Injury Plaintiff Trial Lawyers but apparently has changed to [...]

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