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Collaboration Tools to Be Added to Adobe Acrobat Reader
Look for a new version of the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to arrive before the new year. The new release will feature enhanced collaboration tools including a commenting feature. Read more in the CNet article, …
Yahoo Adds Library Searching to Toolbar
A few weeks ago, we mentioned that you can use Google and Yahoo to find out if a library in your area has a particular item. To do a search, remember that you go to …
Article: Jurors Checked for Criminal Past
It seems that the practice of running criminal background checks on potential jurors by Hamilton County, Ohio prosecutors has prompted a request for a new trial. According to the article, Jurors Checked for Criminal Past: …
Updated List of Wisconsin State Officers
From the LRB, comes a brief list of Wisconsin State Officers (Wisconsin Brief 04−18). The list contains constitutional officers, members of the U.S. Congress, supreme court justices, and members of the Wisconsin Legislature, as of …
U.S. Passports to be Embedded with Radio-Tag Chips
According to an article in BusinessWeek online: The U.S. is moving closer to requiring citizens to have an identity card that could be scanned from a distance. By the end of 2005, U.S. passports will …
Phishers Direct Real Bank URL to Their Site
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 …
Wisconsin Suppliers of Legal Infomation by Fax, Mail, or Email
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 …
GAO Study on Use of SSNs in Public Records
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 …
Article Comparing Loislaw, VersusLaw & National Law Library
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 …