Evernote Users, Take Note – OneNote, That Is.

15 Tuesday Mar 2016

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Evernote, Legal Technology, OneNote

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Microsoft Goes After Evernote With OneNote Transfer Tool, by Angela Moscaritolo, PC World

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2500700,00.asp

Redmond [Microsoft] just fired the first battle shot, releasing a tool that lets you easily transfer all your to-dos from Evernote to its own OneNote service. . . .

While both services are available across platforms, OneNote offers additional benefits like free offline access to notes on mobile, unlimited monthly uploads, and the ability to “write anywhere on the page with free-form canvas,” Microsoft said. . . .

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E-Filing Your Tax Return? Read This Before You Hit “Send.”

13 Saturday Feb 2016

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Cybersecurity, E-Filing, Encryption, Identity Theft, Internal Revenue Service, Legal Technology, Tax Law

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Hackers Trying to Steal Your Tax Refund With Stolen SSNs, by Angela Moscaritolo, PC World

http://bit.ly/1O8kgVv

[T]he IRS on Tuesday announced that hackers recently attempted to use some 464,000 stolen Social Security numbers and an automated bot to generate E-file PINs, which can be used to electronically file a tax return. The incident occurred last month, and the hackers were able to successfully access an E-file PIN with 101,000 of the SSNs.

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Last year, Turbo Tax temporarily halted e-filing for state returns across the U.S. after it found ‘an increase in suspicious filings and attempts by criminals to use stolen identity information to file fraudulent state tax returns and claim tax refunds.’

Will Kill Switches Stop Cell Phone Theft?

10 Monday Feb 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Android Phones, Apple, Blackberry Phones, Cell Phones, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology, Tablets

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Calif. Bill Would Require Cell Phone Kill Switches, by Angela Moscaritolo, PC Magazine

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430471,00.asp

Cell phone theft is a growing problem, but a group of California lawmakers think they have a solution.

State Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) on Friday is expected to introduce legislation requiring all smartphones and tablets sold in the state to contain a so-called “kill switch,” which would render the device inoperable if it was lost or stolen. The bill, which is sponsored by San Francisco Attorney General George Gascón, would apply to any device sold after Jan. 1, 2015. . . .