Year: 2004

Online bank users beware. From the Strategiy article, New technique for stealing financial information from computer users: Researchers from SurfControl’s Global Threat Command Centers this week identified a technique used to exploit flaws in the …

The following is a list of libraries in Wisconsin that offer fax, mail, or email delivery of legal infomation. It is excerpted from my longer work, Sources of Legal Information for the Wisconsin Attorney, compiled …

The GAO recently conducted a study on the use of social security numbers in public records. According to the study highlights: Social Security numbers appear in any number of records exposed to public view almost …

As a blogger, I’ve come to rely quite heavily on other blogs and RSS feeds for current awareness. Well, I finally got around to reading the stack of print journals on my desk and came …

Charlene Li, a blogger from Forrester Research, has compiled some sample corporate blogging policies, “one for a company to provide guidelines to its employee bloggers, and the other for the blogger – a “code of …

From TVC Alert: The Department of Transportation recently launched a Web site for consumers, which provides detailed safety information about passenger vehicles. The site, Safercar.gov, offers crash test data and rollover ratings, links to information …

How To Be An (Info) Peeping Tom from CNN Money offers a list of selected sources of public information. Graphic from the article: Source: The University of Baltimore Law Library Weblog

Watch Your Weblog, Legal Liabilities Lurk Amid Corporate Blogs from the online publication, Computerworld, has compiled a list of some of the dangers of corporate blogging and precautions companies should consider. Source: The Blawg Channel

I just learned about Ziggs, a search engine of professional’s Web profiles. Search by first and last name, country, state/province, city, company, and keywords. Results list the individual’s name, location and company. The name appears …

Yesterday, I mentioned a great resource called WISCAT for searching the holdings of Wisconsin’s libraries. But you can also use Google and Yahoo to find out if a library in your area has a particular …