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Developing story: Southwest planes grounded

Posted on March 12, 2008
Southwest grounds planes, places three on leave - CNN story.Highlights:44 planes groundedFAA allegedly knew of violationsFAA may levy $10.2 million fine.

iPhone and enterprise apps

Posted on March 11, 2008
The iPhone is going through a series of beta tests for enterprise applications. What does this mean? The possibility of using an iPhone with push email from Microsoft Exchange servers. More from this story on Computerworld.com:FAQ: What iPhone 2.0 means to youThe gadget meets Exchange, and developers get a green lightBy Gregg KeizerMarch 9, 2008 (Computerworld) The iPhone has always been an unusual product in the Apple Inc...

DALL's March Meeting

Posted on March 06, 2008
DALL MeetingDate:Wednesday, March 19thPlace:Patton Boggs 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3200, Dallas, TX 75201TIME: Noon - 1:15 p.m.RSVP by Sunday March 16thCost: $12.00 per person for a catered lunch.Please RSVP for attendance. You may choose to attend without ordering lunch...

SWALL Blog

Posted on March 01, 2008
Time to start up another blog for the SWALL Annual Meeting! You can find it at: http://swall2008.blogspot.com/If you wish to be a contributing author, send Terri Wilson an email so she can add you to the list of contributors. If you don't wish to author, but have something you'd like her to post, send it to Terri and she'll blog it...

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End of software patents?

Posted on February 29, 2008
Roger Parloff from Fortune blogs about a group called End Software Patents that is wanting an end to software and business methods patents. Very interesting.End Software Patents: http://endsoftpatents.org/

JD Supra - Give content. Get noticed.

Posted on February 27, 2008
In light of our program on social networking:Found on WSJ's Law Blog, posted by Dan Slater, 2/27/2008JD Supra: Founded by Aviva Cuyler, a former litigator, JD Supra is a new site that allows lawyers of all stripes to post court docs, filings, articles, client alerts ? anything relevant to a case, really ? for others who are doing legal research...

Authorspeak At the Dallas Public Library

Posted on February 25, 2008
Legendary politician to be featured at Feb. 28 AuthorspeakWillie L. Brown, Jr., widely regarded as the most influential African-American politician of the late 20th century, will discuss his experiences and views of the world Feb. 28 at the Dallas Central Library...

News About Analog TVs

Posted on February 21, 2008
Analog is disappearing from the airwaves.As of Feb. 18, 2009, TVs that use analog and/or antennas will need to be upgraded to watch the new HD channels. Owners of these "antique" sets will be able to apply for goverment help to pay for converter boxes...

Texas Library Association

Posted on February 21, 2008
The Texas Library Association annual conference is in Dallas this year. One of the new features of our association is a conference-related blog. For more information check out: http://www.txlablog.org/

Reed buys Choicepoint

Posted on February 21, 2008
This should be interesting.Reed Elsevier Buys ChoicePoint for $4.1B - AP news story.LONDON (AP) ? Reed Elsevier PLC, the owner of the LexisNexis information service, said Thursday it will buy U.S. data services firm ChoicePoint Inc. for $4.1 billion in cash...

Thomson-Reuters deal

Posted on February 21, 2008
Seen on law.com this morning:Thomson-Reuters Deal Wins ApprovalThe DOJ required the companies to sell three business units to address antitrust concernsCecile Kohrs Lindell and Phineas LambertThe DealFebruary 20, 2008Competition authorities in the U.S...

Fidel Castro's resignation letter

Posted on February 20, 2008
CNN has the text of Fidel Castro's resignation letter in the Cuban state-run newspaper Granma. More about the resignation from an earlier CNN story.

The Format Wars...Blu-Ray Wins!

Posted on February 18, 2008
Goodbye to HD/DVD....http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1071.htmlMore on the story...http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/18/0432256The format war is coming to an end. Toshiba is planning to stop production on devices relating to HD/DVD formats...

Postal rates going up

Posted on February 15, 2008
Press release from the Post Office says rates are going up may 2, 2008. Here's a short list from the press release of new rates.First-Class Mail letter (1 oz.) $0.42First-Class Mail letter (2 oz.) $0.59Postcard $0.27First-Class Mail large envelope (2 oz...

Starbucks Finally Gives Free Wireless to Customers

Posted on February 14, 2008
Here's the news I have been waiting for...My other favorite coffee shop, Caribou Coffee, gives free wireless access to its customers, so why couldn't Starbucks? Usually it costs me about $10 to use the wireless connection in a Starbucks...but not now!According to the Dallas Business Journal, Starbucks has partnered with AT&T to start giving customers 2 hours of free wifi at participating stores...

Law Reviews Get a Bad Review

Posted on February 12, 2008
See what Dan Slater on the WSJ's Law Blog has to say about Law reviews.http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/02/11/law-reviews-get-a-bad-review/

Yahoo! spurns Microsoft offer

Posted on February 11, 2008
Will they or won't they?Yahoo Board to Spurn $44B Microsoft BidBy MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Business WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo Inc.'s board will reject Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion takeover bid after concluding the unsolicited offer undervalues the slumping Internet pioneer, a person familiar with the situation said Saturday...

Yahoo in Merger Talks with AOL

Posted on February 11, 2008
For the past few months there has been much discussion on the "Microsoft Possibly Buying Yahoo" topic. This morning Yahoo has opened talks about merging with AOL (again). Keep a watch on all three companies!http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/yahoo-said-to-be-restarting-talks-with-aol/?hp

More on Microsoft-Yahoo!

Posted on February 08, 2008
DealBook edited by Andrew Ross Sorkin, from the New York Times. Collection of articles and blog engries on the propose Microsoft-Yahoo! deal.

DALL's Technology Session

Posted on February 08, 2008
DALL's Spring TECHNOLOGY SessionDate:Wednesday, February 20thPlace:Dallas Public Library J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young St. Dallas, TX 752016th Floor Conference RoomLaptops welcome...WiFi available.DirectionsTime: 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.Parking: $3 in the Library Parking GarageRSVP by Sunday February 17thCost: $12...

Manual of Patent Examining Procedure

Posted on February 08, 2008
Did you know that all editions of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure is now available on the USPTO web site?http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/old/index.htmPDF Copies of MPEP Editions and Revisions 1948 - 2006

Humor

Posted on February 07, 2008
From the ResearchBuzz blog: nine good things about the Microsoft/Yahoo deal. I think #1 is the funniest.

Big day in computer history

Posted on February 06, 2008
Here is a 50 years look back from Wired's online blog:Feb 6, 1958: Jack Kilby, an engineer with Texas Instruments, files the first patent for a solid integrated circuit, ancestor of the modern silicon chip.http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/02/dayintech_0206And you are most likely aware that Netscape is no longer being updated as of yesterday...

Proposed Microsoft bid for Yahoo!

Posted on February 01, 2008
New York Times article:Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion for YahooBy MIGUEL HELFTPublished: February 1, 2008SAN FRANCISCO ? In a bold move to counter Google?s online pre-eminence, Microsoft said Friday that it had made an unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo for about $44...

More on AALL Programs

Posted on January 30, 2008
QUESTION: Any other DALL members speaking at AALL this year? Let us know so we can promote your session!

Insanely Useful Websites

Posted on January 30, 2008
Here's a new site that I like to use for government info and don't forget to check out the About Us link and their blogshttp://www.sunlightfoundation.com/resources

AALL Washington Affairs

Posted on January 28, 2008
FYI: AALL's Washington Affairs office publishes their newsletter and other papers at http://www.aallnet.org/aallwash/.

The SEC and Choicepoint

Posted on January 24, 2008
Do you remember a few years ago (2004 to be exact) the electronic theft of hundreds of thousands of records from the Choicepoint database and during this time two executives were selling large amounts of stocks?After these incidents, the company and the executives have been under investigation with the SEC...

AALL program

Posted on January 23, 2008
Link to the 2008 annual meeting and conference program: http://aall.org/events/08_Program_announcement.pdf.

Phone message scam

Posted on January 20, 2008
I just saw this on the KNTU web site; Denton police are warning that there is a automated message scam warning people that their access to accounts at Point Bank will be shut off unless they call an 800 number.Details: http://www.kntu.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1870&Itemid=1

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