The ABA TECHSHOW is fast approaching and if you haven't done so already, you need to register today. If you want to learn about cutting edge legal technology for any firm size, then you won't want to miss this event. Scheduled for March 13-15 in Chicago, Illinois, TECHSHOW is moving to its new home at the Chicago Hilton that promises easier access to session rooms and the vendor area (no more going up and down between three floors!). I have the pleasure of speaking for the Solo & Small Firm Track on Look Who's Talking? What Lawyers Need to Know about Digital Dictation and Voice Recognition and 7 Technology Must-Haves for Superlative Client Service.

Early bird pricing for ABA members of $695.00 is available through February 1, 2008. State Bar of Wisconsin members  can use the Wisconsin Program Promoter Code of PP815, and save another $100.00 and register here. For other bar associations, go here and check with your bar. Join the ABA LPM Section and save even more. there are also Solo day, Exhibit Hall and Group rates available here.

The full 12 page program brochure and other information and links can be found on the TECHSHOW homepage 

Courtesy of the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center comes word that Nuance, the maker of Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition software for the PC, has licensed its product to MacSpeech  who is bringing it to the Mac. According to the ABA's Site-tation newsletter in its article found on this page:

MacSpeech, developer of the popular Mac voice recognition software iListen, licensed Dragon NaturallySpeaking from its Windows developer Nuance Communications and ported it over to the Mac. NaturallySpeaking is the top selling Windows speech recognition software and by far the most popular voice recognition software in use by respondents to the 2007 ABA Legal Technology Resource Center Technology Survey.

MacSpeech will be selling the Mac version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking for $199, but registered users of iListen can get it for $99 (or just $29 if they purchased iListen in 2008).

If you are looking for a USB flash drive, Office Max has the A-Data Classic 4 & 8GB flash drives on sale. A 4 GB drive is $24.99 and an 8GB drive is $47.99. WOW! They are available in store and on the OfficeMax website here and are enhanced for MS Windows Vista ReadyBoost use.

This is a great price, so don't miss it. 

My friend Bonnie Shucha, author of WisBlawg and Head of Reference for the UW Law Library, has an article on fellow law librarian and blogger Bev Butula and a story that Bev penned regarding the usefulness of blogs to legal professionals with the title of Bella is Bewildered About Blogs.

While the story reads like a children’s tale, it is a quick and fun read on why lawyers should be paying attention to blogs for current and relevant information.

LexisNexis has announced the release of Service Release 1 to its TimeMatters and BillingMatters version 9 software. For licensed users, SR1 can be downloaded from https://pm.lexisnexis.com/support/update, but you must have already created a Service Center account to do so.

According to Page 4 of the Supplimental Guide, users will find the following new or enhanced features: