computerizedlegal research

1983

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TECHNOLOGIESpractice of law

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5 wordprocessing

1980

1typewriters

1867

The first standard

typewriter weighed

15-25 lbs.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Xerox_914.jpg

copiers 19602

THE XEROX 914 MODEL WEIGHED

650-POUNDS.

3 facsimiliemachines

1964

Took 6 minutes to

fax one sheet of paper.

desktopcomputers

1977

4The first computer

from Tandy Corp. cost

$600.

source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPerfect#mediaviewer/File:Wordperfect-5.1-dos.png

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Corporation#mediaviewer/File:Tandy_1400_LT.jpg

internetmid-1990s

8 It took the radio 38 years, the television 13

years, and the World Wide Web 4 years to reach 50

million users.

source: flickr.com @lino1959

source: http://www.investorsinpeople.co.uk/resources/ideas/engaging-communication

7laptops

1986

The first IBM laptop weighed

12 lbs., cost $1,995, and had 256K Random

Access Memory. source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Ibm-convertible.jpg/280px-Ibm-convertible.jpg

9 mobile revolution

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fax#mediaviewer/File:Dacom_DFC-10.jpg

WordPerect was first released

in 1980.

both lexis and westlaw became

accessible via PCs in 1983.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry#mediaviewer/File:Collection_of_old_phones_and_PDA-BlackBerry.jpg

1999

Blackberry got its name from

the keypad which looked like the seeds

of a fruit.

All advertisements

for the iPhone show a time of 9:42.

2007

SOURCES:

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/typewriter.aspx

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Xerox_Corp.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fax | http://www.statisticbrain.com/internet-statistics/

http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/computer.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPerfect | http://www.esoftload.info/blackberry-unknown-facts-and-fun-information

http://hightechhistory.com/2009/04/02/this-day-april-3-1986-ibm-introduces-the-first-laptop-computer/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet | http://www.omgfacts.com/lists/27/6-Little-Known-Facts-About-IPhones/6

http://www.lawsitesblog.com/2010/02/chronology-of-legal-technology-1842.html

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2006/08/24/announcing-amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-amazon-ec2---beta/

Amazon EC2, a service that provides resizable

computing capacity in the cloud, was released

in beta in 2006.

The first blackberry email pager.

The first smartphone, the iPhone.

Mechanized the writing process and greatly increasedtranscription speed.

Eliminated carbon copies, saving time and reducing printing costs.

Increased communication speed and reduced mailing costssubstantially.

Revolutionized information and knowledge managementand data storage.

Made typewriters obsolete and greatly decreased the time needed to create and revise documents, saving time and money.

Increased research speed and efficiency while eliminating the need to maintain costly law libraries.

Lawyers were no longer chained to their desks and could workfrom anywhere.

Revolutionized communication, interaction, and the way that business was conducted.

Smartphones and tablets made a truly mobile office possible, allowing lawyers to access case-related information from anywhere at anytime.

Cloud computing greatly increased computingpower and efficiency while reducing computing costs, making the mobile revolution possible and leveling the playing field, allowing solo and small law firms to compete with larger firms in ways never before seen.

cloud computingrevolution 2006

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