According to the New York Lawyer (free subscription required)
The number of legal jobs is steadily declining, according to new employment figures from the U.S. Department of Labor.
The law sector saw jobs shrink by 2,000 in September — the fifth consecutive month of losses.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the legal workforce of 1,165,100 [...]
I didn’t use teleflip very often, but on the occasions that I want to send an SMS to someone’s cell phone and didn’t have mine handy, it was extremely convenient. Just send an email to <domest cell phone number>@teleflip.com, and teleflip would deliver it to the cell phone almost instantly. (Apparently there was also a [...]
My wife, having retiredfrom her longtime employment in the local community college wanted a new computer. (We have several in the house, of course, but she reasonably wanted one devoted strictly to her use.)
After carefully reviewing options for a modern laptop — and after Fry’s unconscionably refused to deliver a Sony they had agreed to [...]
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").
For the full story, read here.
July 28, 2008 (IDG News Service) A [...]
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 [...]
I didn’t do any pledging or even organize any download parties, but having a couple of minutes after uploading my latest column, I decided it was time to begin working on this blog, again, and Download Day was a good time to do it. For those unfamiliar with the project the Firefox folks are [...]
I have been following the the anonymous troll tracker, rtolltracker.blogspot.com, for a bit. And although I still haven’t figured out what’s wrong with someone attempting to enforce a patent although he is not personally using it — I wasn’t aware there was a requirement in the Patent laws that requires you actually be making something [...]
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