Tuesday, July 27, 2004

InformationWeek > Online Music > RealNetworks Bypasses Apple With Songs For The iPod > July 26, 2004 - "RealNetworks claims it did not break Apple's protection through reverse engineering, which is the process of taking software apart, analyzing its workings in detail, and then reconstructing a new application that does the same thing, without actually copying anything from the original. This is important because the federal Digital Millennium Copyright Act made it illegal to reverse engineer software to bypass protections embedded by the original author. "

This is important because it provides competition for Apple in a space that needs to be open. If Apple lets it go forward without interference, it will sell more iPods and more iTunes and share the wealth the Real.

2:13:17 PM

ABA Legal technology resource: New survey on law office use of technology available

ABA Section of Litigation - Online Resources for Litigators

(cached at July 26, 2004, 2:39 pm)

The ABA LTRC has published a new edition of its annual survey of technology use in the practice of law

10:27:02 AM

Microsoft delivers Office Service Pack

InfoWorld: Top News

(cached at July 27, 2004, 9:39 am)

Microsoft on Tuesday made available for download its first Service Pack for Office System 2003, which features fresh capabilities to its OneNote and InfoPath applications, along with improvements to overall speed and performance and a collection of previously announced security fixes.

10:03:02 AM