Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
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 …
Line56.com, the E-Business Executive Daily, offers eight Intranet Trends to Watch For. They are: 1. Intranets return to the domain of the departments 2. The records management and the legal departments get involved 3. All employees become intranet publishers 4. The corporate telephone directory loses its luster 5. The new killer app — the knowledge …
The Chicago Tribune has an interesting article about marketers creating fake blogs about their products to create buzz. According to the article, Fake Blogs, True Buzz, results have been mixed.
Law Practice Today has Fifteen Practical Tips for Managing Your E-mail. Tips are based on author, Reid Trautz’s session at the ABA TECHSHOW, “The Top Ten Legal Technologies—Are You Using Them?” The tips are: 1. Take time to explore the features and functions of your e-mail program. 2. Learn how to use your e-mail software …
In a press release last week, Westlaw announced a new de-duplication feature that automatically identifies, tags and sorts duplicate copies of news articles and business records in search results. This is particularly useful for removing identical news wire articles which are picked up by multiple publications. Source: ResourceShelf