Jim Puzzanghera in the LA Times reports that the IRS is going after major employers, including the University of California system, for back taxes for being unable to document the personal calls made or received by employees over employer-provided cell phones.
The Internal Revenue Service still considers cellphones to be a pricey fringe benefit and has [...]
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ILLINOIS DEED PROVIDER, INC., has sent me a letter ofering to obtain a copy of the recorded deed to my home and send it to me for only $79.50.
I decided to pass, but I wonder how many innocents send in a check or charge it on plastic.
If you want to pay $79.50 for [...]
Google has been king of the search engines, and more important King of the Click Ads, for a long time now. Two ex Goole Employees and a another search engine expert from IBM and Stanford, have announced a competitor, Cuil (pronounced "cool").
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July 28, 2008 (IDG News Service) A [...]
Mark your calendars: LegalTech - Feb. 2 - 5, 2009, New York City!
I’ve written favorably about Skype before, never thinking about whether my conversations can be intercepted.
Silly me!
But Doug Mohney at FierceVoIP isn’t as silly:
High-ranking officials at the Austrian interior ministry have said it isn’t a problem to listen into Skype conversations, implying that there is a back door built into the program.
Heise online has talked [...]
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If you’re involved in “legal staffing” — which, I guess, includes any lawyer who might be looking to better the current situation as well as large firm recruiting partners — the Cowen Group has added a blog to its already informative Web site, at www.cowengroup.com.
The Cowen Group (www.cowengroup.com), a leading search firm specializing [...]
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This sounds like a new product idea for our brave new global marketplace
(AMSTERDAM, July 15, 2008) ? Kluwer Law International has launched Kluwer Merger Check (www.kluwermergercheck.com), a unique new online tool edited by Sarah Beeston of Van Doorne N.V. Kluwer Law International is part of the Wolters Kluwer Law & Business group, a leading provider [...]
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Over the years, I’ve purchased and broken many different headphones for tiny portable radios — walkman - style contraptions — and MP3 players. (I tend to use these things while exercising, and there’s a lot of stress in the gym. But it takes away my stress, so it is a definite plus.) Last night, when [...]
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Readers of my column will know that I’ve yet to be bit by the Vista bug, at least for upgrading. I understand that when I buy a new computer, I’ll likely be required to get Vista, although, for the moments, downgrades to XP are still possible. But when asked “Should my firm upgrade [...]