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Month: June 2004
Cell Phone Viruses on the Horizon
PCWorld has an interesting article about a virus that can infect cellular phones. “[The virus] spreads between mobile phones using a specially formatted Symbian operating system distribution (or SIS) file disguised as a security management …
Monitor Changes to Any Web Page
WatchThatPage is a free service that will notify you of changes to any freely available Web page. You can request to be notified of any change or just changes matching keywords that you supply. Create …
Search Engine Overlap – Compare Your Search
A new tool from Thumbshots Ranking allows you to perform your own comparisons of selected popular search engines. Results are displayed visually, making it easy to see both the rankings and comparative positions of pages …
Google's Gmail Creating a Buzz
LawLibTech has a nice summary of the buzz surrounding Gmail, a free web based email service from Google. Gmail accounts (if you can get one) offer an extremely large amount of space (1 gigabyte) and …
Listen to Live Wisconsin Supreme Court Oral Arguements
Not new, but worth repeating: Listen to live streaming audio of the Supreme Court Oral Arguments. Please note that this feature is only available for arguments heard in the Supreme Court Hearing Room in Madison. …
Wisconsin RSB to Digitize Historical Statutes & Admin Code
It appears that the Wisconsin Revisor of Statutes Bureau has plans to digitize all laws and statutes back to 1848 as well as prior versions of the Wisconsin Administrative Code. A definite schedule is not …
Professionals Spend More Time E-Searching & Are Dissatisfied with Experience
According to an upcoming report by Delphi Research, over 40% of professionals are spending a large amount of time (7-8 hours per work week) doing computer-based searching. Not surprisingly, satisfaction levels are quite low with …
"The Partner" – A New Reality Series
According to an article on Law.com, Fox is planning a new reality series called “The Partner” in which “charismatic young lawyers compete in mock trials/courtroom showdowns on prime-time TV. The last lawyer standing wins a …
Pirated Books on the Web Becoming Popular
There is an interesting article in the New York Times about students and others downloading pirated books from the Internet. Titles range from best sellers, textbooks, technical manuals and more. Source: TVC Alert