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Today's issue of Fat Friday contains these articles:

Eamon Wall, Let's Not Forget Android's Advantage In The GPS Navigation World

Stephen Seldin, The Truth About The Scansnap S1500 Series Plus PDF Software

William Henderson, A Conundrum: Flat Fees For Litigation

Question Of The Week: Please Share Your Top Technology Tip

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The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center gets all the attention, but I prefer the above Christmas tree at the New York Stock Exchange — not far from our office in TriBeCa.

You probably have your own favorite sign of the season. In the spirit of favorites and the season, we would like to take this moment to thank our favorite people, all of whom collectively helped make 2010 our most successful year ever:

• Our subscribers — thank you for reading our newsletters, sending us feedback, and keeping us on our toes.


• Our columnists, feature writers, and other contributors — thank you for sharing your first-hand experiences, insights, and knowledge.


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We wish all of you good health, personal happiness, and financial success in 2011!

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Photo taken on December 27, 2010 at 12:38:38 pm EST with a 32 GB iPhone 3GS.

Today's issue of Fat Friday contains these articles:

Roy Greenberg, Review: Acrobat.com V. Oneeko for Web Presentations

Molly DiBianca, TechnoLawyer's Blawg 100 Endorsements and BlawgWorld Newsletter

Simon Laurent, Gift Recommendation: Civilization V

David Hirsch, Gift Recommendation: Abraham Lincoln and the Structure of Reason

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Although TechnoLawyer won the ABA Journal's Blawg 100 contest in the Legal Technology category in 2008 and 2009 (we received the second highest number of votes overall among the 100 nominated blogs in 2008 and the third highest in 2009) and continues to publish influential content that regularly goes viral, the ABA Journal mysteriously omitted us this year.

With no need to get out the vote on our own behalf, we endorse the following blogs based on publishing frequency, content quality, influence, and style:

• SCOTUSblog in Court Watch (and thank you for inspiring our above Photoshopping)


• The Careerist in LawBiz (Law21 would receive our endorsement if Jordan Furlong published more often)


• Above the Law in News


• Professor Bainbridge in LawProfsPlus


• FDA Law Blog in Torts


• Delaware Employment Law Blog in In Labor


• Patently-O in IP Law (with TTABlog a close second)


• Crime & Consequences in Criminal Justice


• The Volokh Conspiracy in IMHO (The Nutmeg Lawyer would receive our endorsement if Adrian Baron published more often)


• The Not-So Private Parts in Niche


• Corporette in For Fun


• iPhone J.D. in Legal Tech

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Today's issue of Fat Friday contains these articles:

Tom Tuft, Review: iPad in a Law Practice; FileMaker Go

Channing Strother, Tips for PDF Converter Enterprise 7

Kelly Chang Rickert, Movie Review: Conviction

Bruce Brightwell, LexisNexis Annual Maintenance Plan for PCLaw and Time Matters

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Today's issue of Answers to Questions contains these articles:

Jonathan Warshay, Review: Callcentric VoIP Fax Service

Craig Yaris, Tip: How to Sync Your BlackBerry With Outlook

Salvatore Zurzolo, Tip: Where to Find Legal iPhone Apps (Hint, You Don't Have to Go Far)

Marc Lauritsen, Review: Switching From Netscape to Thunderbird

John Crossan, Review: MaxEmail; Fax to Email Patent Issue

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Today's issue of Fat Friday contains these articles:

Gerry Oginski, In Defense of YouLaw Video Reviews

Philip Franckel, Lawyer Videos: Spelling, TelePrompTers, and More

Thomas F. McDow, My Take on YouLaw Reviews; Answers to Questions Criticism

Stephen Wade, Lawyer Videos: Content v. Quality

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For the second consecutive year, ABA Journal readers have voted TechnoLawyer Blog Best Technology Blog.

We would like to thank the 388 people who voted for us (okay, 387 as I myself cast a vote)! The ABA required voters to register this year, which explains the lower vote total than last year. Like last year, only one other blog (in a different category of course) received more votes than we did.

Congratulations to all the other winners, particularly fellow Manhattan-based Above the Law, also a repeat winner. Above the Law continues to shatter previous notions about how large an audience a legal publication can attract. Must-reads include Elie Mystal's Non-Sequiturs and Elie and Marin's Pls Hndle Thx.

How to Receive TechnoEditorials
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