How many emails do you get per day — 25, 50, over 100? Now, how many of them have that long paragraph at the end after the signature?

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About five years ago I created a “technology chart” of all of the Maryland circuit and district courts. The chart, intended as a handy reference, outlined what technology (digital presenters, DVD players, etc.) the courts had, the process for lawfully ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland legislators are looking to close gaping loopholes and make easier the enforcement of laws prohibiting cell phone use behind the wheel. Bills heard on Tuesday in House and Senate committees would amend laws that took effect last ...

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As a special surprise for the New Year, I learned that one of my e-mail accounts had an issue that kept me from seeing 5,582 new messages over the course of the past year. I told my husband about it, ...

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Clearly, there comes a time when the realities of a changing society force us to re-examine the way we behave and respond. For example, it was only a matter of time before condiment manufacturers like Heinz and Hunt’s caught up ...

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PHILADELPHIA — He sees you when you’re sleeping, he knows when you’re awake, and he knows how many followers you have on Twitter. Not long ago, there were two ways to tell Santa Claus what you wanted for Christmas: sitting ...

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Over the summer, the U.S. Supreme Court revealed that it had no idea what a text message was. The case is City of Ontario v. Quon, and the issue was “simply” whether the police department has the right to read personal ...

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The squiggly little “at” symbol that makes our e-mail go is more colorful in translation. It’s an elephant’s trunk in Sweden. A monkey in Serbia — and a more, ahem, delicate part of the monkey in Holland. It’s a snail ...

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PALO ALTO, Calif. — Facebook is trying to make it easier for people to share their updates selectively and draw distinctions between friends, family members and co-workers on the Web’s biggest social hub. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and CEO, unveiled ...

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BOSTON — Almost everyone has been in a situation where an e-mail that they sent was misinterpreted by the receiver, but a new product may help avoid such awkward situations altogether. ToneCheck — launched in July by New Brunswick-based Lymbix ...

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