Year: 2004

According to Findlaw’s article, Google’s New PC Search Tool Poses Risks, using a shared computer on which Google Desktop has been installed could be a privacy risk. People who use public or workplace computers for e-mail, instant messaging and Web searching have a new privacy risk to worry about: Google’s free new tool that indexes …

According to Deputy Revisor of Statutes, Bruce Hoesly, the next web update to the Wisconsin Statutes & Constitution due shortly after Nov. 1, will include links from annotations to cited 1995 and newer Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals opinions on the Wisconsin Court System website.

Electiononline.org has created a report entitled, Election Preview 2004: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t and Why? Abstract: Just two weeks before Election Day, this report details the “state of play” of election reform around the country. It describes how election reform, enacted by the federal government after the 2000 debacle in Florida, could help to avert …

Feedme Legal is a new blog about webfeeds, weblogs and the legal profession. According to the author, it’s main purpose is two-fold: · to add another voice to those lauding the potential benefits of such technology, but purely in the context of the practice of law and the sharing of legal knowledge with clients, potential …

Earlier this week, Google introduced a new service called Google Desktop Search capable of full text searching your email (Outlook), some computer files (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, text files), AOL instant messages, and web pages you’ve viewed. Apparently, additional file types will also be added soon. After a quick download and install, the Google Desktop …

A few weeks ago, Wisblawg reported on a new personalized search engine called A9 which is powered by Google. Just in time for the holidays, I’ve just confirmed that A9 is offering select users an automatic 1.5% discount on purchases made at Amazon.com. When I clicked on the A9 Instant Reward Active link in the …

From Findlaw’s Tools of the Trade newsletter: FTC Attempts to Stop Spyware Operation In what regulators are calling a first, the government has asked for a court order to shut down a spyware operation. The Federal Trade Commission says computer users who went to certain Web sites unknowingly had the snooping software downloaded onto their …

According to the New York Times, the Food and Drug Administration has cleared the way for a Florida company to market implantable chips that would provide easy access to individual medical records. See the full article entitled, Identity Badge Worn Under Skin Approved for Use in Health Care at the NYT Web site.

Genie Tyburski of The Virtual Chase has put together a nice page of articles about Hoaxes and Other Bad Information in the News. Tyburski offers “this listing as anecdotal evidence of what can happen when journalists, experts or other professionals fail to follow proper research procedures. Good research habits include identifying sources, assessing their expertise …

From Stark County Law Library Blawg: Reaching Out to Juries Rocked by Evidence In the news: “A growing number of judges are recognizing the need to provide mental health ‘debriefing’ to jurors who may be unwitting victims of the justice system. Psychological counseling for jurors haunted by images of gruesome evidence began in earnest after …