Archive for June, 2005

RSS in Microsoft Longhorn: Is there a Gotcha?

By Nerino Petro at 30 June, 2005, 11:34 am

Many have written about potential benefits to the end user and syndication as a whole including Jeff Beard’s posts on his LAWTECH GURU BLOG about this news from Microsoft and what he thinks it means for RSS. He has some valid points about centralization of services into the OS and possibilities for making RSS even more useful. But are there any downsides to this move by MS?

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Another Security Breach Threatens 40 Million Credit Card Holders

By Nerino Petro at 18 June, 2005, 8:12 am

It seems like a day doesn’t pass that more news of security breaches involving private information hits the press. The latest breach may potentially affect up to 40 million credit cardholders.

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129th IL State Bar Association Annual Meeting

By Nerino Petro at 17 June, 2005, 11:34 am

I’m writing this from the 129th Illinois State bar’s Annual Meeting being held at the Abbey Resort in Lake Geneva, WI. Beautiful weather, terrific views of the lake and some great CLE and presentations taking place are making this another successful meeting.

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Backup, why do I need to Backup?

By Nerino Petro at 7 June, 2005, 4:10 pm

In this day and age it still amazes me that there is still a group of lawyers out there that still don’t take seriously the need for regular backups of their computers!

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