Oct 23
The government shutdown has led to the IRS’ recent announcement that it will delay the start of the 2014 tax filing season at least a week and likely more. The tax season was scheduled to begin on January 21, 2014. This delay provides the IRS with needed time to program and test tax-processing systems, efforts …
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Aug 29
With a self reported estimate of $19.2 billion worth of tax return fraud each year, the IRS is working to improve its detection efforts. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (“TIGTA”) issued a July report highlighting weaknesses in the IRS’ Return Review Program (“RRP”). The TIGTA recommended that the IRS Chief Technology Officer implement the …
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Jul 11
E-Mails seem to be taking over as a primary source of communication. They are a quick and efficient means of communication and many people are accessible via email no matter where they are (i.e. through their mobile/smart phones). However, many probably do not think of e-mails as formal documents or binding contracts. Shepard Davidson and …
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May 21
Banking is changing these days. You don’t even need to go into the bank to deposit checks anymore, you can do it right from your smartphone. Even if you go into the bank, certain banks have ATM or other sophisticated computer modules in order for you to handle transactions so you do not have to …
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May 06
In this day and age, technology is surrounding us everywhere and being used by everyone from kids to seniors. Technology is now being used on airplanes as well to communicate with flight attendants. ABC News, along with other sources, reports that a passenger recently refused to use new airline technology on a Virgin America flight …
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Feb 08
Eating too quickly has been proven to be bad for health, causing heartburn, digestive problems, and even weight gain. The old method to curb this bad habit was having a mother or a spouse remind us to slow down and “chew your food.” Now with the help of technology, no such verbal reminders are necessary. …
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Dec 18
The Northern District of California recently issued guidelines for e-discovery of electronically stored information (ESI). The guidelines and links to related resources are summarized here. The resources include: An ESI checklist to assist in the ESI meet and confer process A Model Stipulated Order re: ESI discovery A standing …
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Aug 13
That’s a headline I did not expect to get a chance to write. And to be honest, the mistake is on a post on the Forbes blog and not their namesake publication, which I presume gets more scrutiny. But the flaw is in fact quite obvious. The post relates to the Internet Sales Tax bill …
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Jun 23
The application period is over and now ICANN has published the nearly 2000 applications for new Global Top Level Domans (gTLD). For those unfamiliar with the terminology, a Top Level Domain is what goes after the dot in a domain name, By far the most common TLD is .com, but you no doubt have come …
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Sep 23
In a reversal of predictions, typing has replaced speaking
September 23, 2013
When I was in junior high school in the early 90’s, my typing teacher mournfully predicted that typing would soon become an obsolete skill. Before long, computers would type as we dictated. Her prediction was not uncommon at the time. Many were enthralled by the ability of computers to understand and type out spoken words. …
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