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 Emerging Technologies

January 1, 2009 

Emerging Technologies

One year ago, I wrote about Emerging Technologies with the following introduction: “There are four types of technology: Technology we use now Technology we have discarded Technology that is about to emerge Technology far away”

 Thomson Reuters — Small Firm Research Tools

December 22, 2008 

Thomson Reuters — Small Firm Research Tools

From the Jan. 2009 Review of Tax Research Systems [Ed. Note: This product brief appeared along with the review section.] In addition to the Checkpoint tax research platform from Thomson Reuters (reviewed above), the company’s Tax and Accounting arm also offers a variety of tools and utilities geared toward providing research assistance to small and...…

 Free Tax Research Sites Fill Gap For Some Professionals

December 22, 2008 

Free Tax Research Sites Fill Gap For Some Professionals

From the Jan. 2009 Review of Tax Research Systems [Ed. Note: This article appeared along with the review section.] Technology, the Internet in particular, has proven to be a wonderfully torturous phenomenon. On the one side, technology has enabled virtually all of our society to be much more productive, performing much more work in the...…