IT & the Lawyer

Virus/worm update

27 August 2003

During the last week two insidious viruses have blighted the business world, causing much irritation, damage and embarrassment all round. These are the W32/Sobig.f@MM and W32.Blaster high-risk worms (a worm is a variant of a virus).

Monitors

03 September 2003

Buying a good monitor can be confusing, what with terms like "dot pitch" and "bezels". This article, by Rhoda Alexander of Stanford University, should go a long way to putting you in the picture.

E-mail usage guidelines

06 November 2003

A Spam Summit was held in Sandton on 22 October. A web site with useful links and documents is the result.

TechnoLawyer.com: Why document management?

20 November 2003

In this article from TechnoLawyer.com, legal technology consultant John Heckman discusses the basic functionality of document management systems, including a checklist of features to help you decide which ones are essential to your firm.

Utility computing

11 December 2003

Will the provision of IT services eventually be as easy as obtaining water or electricity, where the flick of a switch or the turn of a tap provides as much of the resource as is required?