Year: 2004

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 in search engine results. Search engine guru, Greg Notess, has run tests with the tool and discovered that the major …

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 include a robust search engine for sifting through your messages. The catch, one that has privacy groups worried, is that …

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. See the Monthly Oral Argument Schedule for date and time of upcoming oral arguments. From the Wisconsin Court System Website

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 in place, however. According to Bruce Hoesly at the RSB: Basically we are scanning pages as time allows. We already …

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 over 60% indicating that they are dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with their search experience. Source: beSpacific

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 lucrative job at a law firm.” It appears that NBC will also be jumping on the bandwagon with a similar …

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

Yahoo offers Search Shortcuts for a number of searches including lowest gas prices, flight trackers, dictionary definitions, sports scores, and much more. Search shortcuts are explained on the shortcut cheatsheet. Source: beSpacific

The Wisconsin State Law Library (WSLL) & Dane County Legal Resource Center (DCLRC) will be offering a number of free workshops. WSLL Workshops: Wisconsin Court System Website: What’s On It For Me? Wednesday July 7, 2004 8:30-9:30 a.m. Navigate the Court System’s website and find the information you need. Learn how to access Circuit Court …

New York Times articles from 1851-1995 are now available via the NYT Archive. A free search will display the citation and lead paragraph. Full text articles are available for a fee. Source: TVC Alert