Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The Wisconsin State Law Library has changed their URL to http://wilawlibrary.gov. According to webmaster, Carol Hassler, “this change is made in anticipation of our redesigned website, which will launch this spring…. While you will still be able to reach our website using our old domain name (wsll.state.wi.us), please take a moment to update any links, …
Library users at Wisconsin State Law Library can now access the Internet wirelessly. Just stop by the Circulation Desk and ask for the Wi-Fi password, which changes daily. Wired internet access also remains available. If you don’t have your own Cat5 cable, you may sign one out from the Circulation Desk. Source: WSLL @ Your …
If you ever use their website, The Wisconsin Court System wants your feedback. They are currently conducting a survey “to ensure it is useful for our customers.” Don’t worry – it’s a very short survey.
Information Week reports that Google has started testing ways to index data from the invisible Web, including “Web pages generated dynamically from a database, based on input such as might be provided through a Web submission form.” (For more on the invisible Web, see my Wisconsin Lawyer article, Searching Smarter) Given that the invisible Web, …
A whole lot more delinquent taxpayers are about to get added to the Department of Revenue’s Website of Shame. According to the Wisconsin Radio Network, a provision in the new state budget lowers the threshold to $5,000 owed. Currently, the site lists taxpayers who owe $25,000 or more. Delinquents will have a chance to pay …
To better reflect it’s purpose as the official web portal of the U.S. government, FirstGov.gov has changed its named to USA.gov. A Spanish version is also available.
“What if we were to create a new operating system and user interface knowing what we know today, how far could we go?” This is the concept behind a 3D interface called the Croquet Project which may just represent the next generation of the Web. “Croquet users an avatar to place the user inside a …
Google has beta launched a free Web page creation/hosting tool called Google Page Creator. A Gmail (Google email) account is required and you must be using either Internet Explorer 6.0 or Firefox 1.0, or higher, with JavaScript and cookies enabled. Up to 100MB of server space is available. Due to its popularity, however, there is …