Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
From Library Stuff – Throw-away e-mail address generators: Spamhole – “SpamhOle.com allows you to create a temporary email address; nameyoupick@spamhole.com. For the number of hours that you choose, all email to nameyoupick@spamhole.com address is automatically forwarded to your regular email address. After time is up, any new mail that comes to your spamhole address is …
Many parents have worried about their children spending too much time online, viewing Internet content that might be inappropriate, or being contacted by unsavory characters in Cyberspace. However, very few parents likely have considered the prospect that they may be sued for the online misbehavior of their kids. –From the FindLaw article, Parents Legally Liable …
CNET News has a very thought-provoking article on the challenges of accessing online accounts of deceased family members. “As more and more people move their lives, address books, calendars, financial information, online, they are taking a risk that some information formerly filed away in folders and desks might never be recovered. That is, unless they …
Do you IM? If so, add us to your buddy list. The UW Law Library is pleased to announce our new instant messaging service. Our reference librarians can offer you quick research assistance in real time. We support IM via AIM, Yahoo, MSN, and ICQ. Here is our list of buddy names: AIM: AskUWLaw Yahoo: …
Bob Ambrogi has a nice summary of the difference between Gizmo and Skype, two VoIP services. (What’s VoIP?) I’ve used Skype but haven’t tried Gizmo. The call recording feature is intriguing, however.
This past semester, CALI (Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction) has conducted the Legal Education Podcasting Project where over 30 law faculty used podcasting in their courses. They’ve followed up with a series of interviews with faculty about their experiences and their thoughts on how podcasting affected their students and their own teaching. To listen, …
I’ve been a Skype user for a while. Skype (rhymes with “type”) is a proprietary peer-to-peer Internet telephony (VoIP) network. Basically, it allows you to call people for free using your computer to connect to theirs. See my earlier post. Now Skype has announced that you can also use your computer to call any landline …
From Law Dawg Blawg: Colette Vogele and Mia Garlick are the authors of Podcasting Legal Guide: Rules for the Revolution (2006) (38 p., PDF), published under a Creative Commons license. According to the Introduction, “[t]he purpose of this Guide is to provide [readers] with a general roadmap of some of the legal issues specific to …
In WSLL’s monthly Tech Tip in Brief, Librarian Heidi Yelk offers recommendations on the Storage and Transfer of Large Files. There are dozens of free services on the web that allow users to upload files and make them available for later pick up. Maximum size limits vary. While some services allow free transfers up to …
Wouldn’t you like to know what people are saying about you online? If you have or represent a business, you should. A great brand can take months, if not years, and millions of dollars to build. It should be the thing you hold most precious. It can be destroyed in hours by a blogger upset …