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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

The October issue of the ABA Journal has a short article about judges practicing fact finding via the Internet. Entitled In Google We Trust?, the full text of the article is available in Wisconsin via Badgerlink. The author notes that “an ABA committee reviewing the Model Code of Judicial Conduct has proposed a revision that …

From the E-LawLibrary Weblog: Law Office Computing’s Best Law Office Web Sites The October/November 2004 issue of Law Office Computing includes the results of the magazine’s 6th Annual Best Law Office Web Site Contest. The winner and finalists in the Small Firms category: •Gilbert Heintz & Randolph (Winner) •Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry (Finalist) …

For those following the recent presidential debates, here’s a bit of history from the folks at the Wisconsin Historical Society Presidential Debates: Lincoln & Douglass Recalled Dateline: Freeport, Ill., Aug. 26, 1858. Wisconsin editor Martin Rindlaub was on hand that day to hear the two famous candidates go at it. In this interview he compares …

For a summary of legislative developments targeting pop-up ads and p2p, see Findlaw’s Modern Practice article entitled Congressional Attack on Axis of Internet Evil: Pop-Up Ad Spies & P2P Pirates.

There were some interesting and amusing answers when the ABA Journal e-report asked “What was the most surprising thing you learned from serving on a jury?”

From TVC Alert: Naivety About PC Risks A survey conducted by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) finds that many computer users fail to understand security risks. Only sixty percent of those surveyed “recalled when they last updated anti-virus, firewall and operating system software on their PC.” Thirty percent “believed they had more chance of …

Google has officially launched Google Print, a project to digitize print books and make the content available in Google’s search results. To see what it looks like, run the search “book about blogs” The first result should have a book icon next to it and a list of digitized books available. Click on a title …

Legislative Reference Bureau has published a new Wisconsin Briefs listing candidates for the November 2004 election. Includes district, party affiliation, candidate name, and address.

Marian G. Rogers of the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau has compiled a guide to School Safety: Bullying, Hazing, & Other Violence. It is part of the LRB Library’s Tap the Power series. Abstract: As the 2004 school year begins, safety is a primary concern for children, as well as teachers. Some consider school violence to …