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Must Parent and Attachment Files Be Kept Together?

admin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:31:41 +0000

The extraordinary cost of e-discovery is well documented. The amount of ESI that we generate is exploding and the use and prevalence of technology, its ease of access, and the relatively low cost mean that trend will continue. Clients are becoming increasingly sensitive to and concerned about these increasing costs, and the ongoing economic malaise [...]

Apple Releases Two New iPhone 4S Ads: "Road Trip" and "Rock God"

admin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:20:56 +0000

Apple posted two new iPhone 4S television ads to its YouTube account this evening, “Road Trip” and “Rock God”. Both ads showcase the various ways to use the iPhone 4S’s Siri functionality to find directions, locate a restaurant, or send text messages. There have been several other iPhone 4S ads previously. In December, Apple released [...]

Microsoft Lays Out Plans for Windows on ARM Processors

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:20:49 +0000

Back in September, we covered Microsoft’s announcement of Windows 8, the next step in the operating system’s evolution that seeks to encompass not only traditional PCs but also mobile devices running on ARM processor architecture. Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky showing off prototype Windows 8 hardware at September’s BUILD conference Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft’s Windows division, [...]

LifeProof iPhone Case Offers Protection Against Water and Shock Damage [iOS Blog]

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:20:46 +0000

One of the most frequent reasons for an iPhone to go on a trip to the Apple Store’s Genius Bar is because of water damage. Typically, a water damaged iPhone can be replaced for a flat $199 fee, though with the recently launched AppleCare+, that price can be reduced to $49. Most ultra-durable iPhone cases, [...]

Google Working On Wireless Home Entertainment System

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:44:04 +0000

Google is developing a wireless home entertainment system designed to stream music throughout the home, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The system would be marketed under Google’s brand and would be based on Google’s Android platform. Google has sold a few items under it’s own name, but has never designed consumer [...]

Apple’s Mac App Store Sandboxing Requirement Gaining Renewed Scrutiny as Deadline Approaches

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000

Last November, we reported on Apple’s plan to require all Mac App Store apps to be sandboxed, a move that would increase security by preventing apps from overstepping their bounds should they be affected by malware but which could hamper the functionality of certain apps. The requirement had been scheduled to go into effect in [...]

What Do Your Apps Know — and Say — About You?

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:41:33 +0000

What do you smartphone apps say about you? Not in the “who am I and what is my place in the world?” sense, but literally–what are your apps telling other people about you? Your location? Your identity? Your username and password? The Wall Street Journal has put online a pretty amazing, sometimes outraging, definitely interesting [...]

iPad 3 to Have ‘Truly Amazing’ Screen

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:35:14 +0000

Following a report from AllThingsD earlier today claiming that Apple will introduce the iPad 3 in the first week of March, Sharp display claimed to be for the iPad 3 also surfaced, although the screen’s resolution can not be verified from the photos. Side-by-side comparison of iPad 2 and claimed iPad 3 displays (Source: iLab [...]

AT&T Says Throttling of Unlimited Data Users Done on Case-by-Case Basis

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:18:30 +0000

Last week, a firestorm erupted over the publicization of AT&T policies that can result in users on grandfathered unlimited data plans seeing their data speeds throttled after burning through as little as 2 GB in a month. Early reports on the policy, which went into effect last October as intended to affect the top 5% [...]

Testing the Best: Sony’s 3-D TV Eliminates the Splitscreen

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:52:00 +0000

The Sony PlayStation TV beams a different image to each player’s eyes, so no more splitscreen–which means no more “screen-cheating,” and no more half-size screens Gamers who prefer their multiplayer limited and local, as opposed to massive and online, will be familiar with the practice of screen cheating. The technique involves sneaking glances at your [...]