We keep hearing that Microsoft is working on a new search technology to blow away the Google challenge. Well, until that happens for sure, we can take a look at how the company plans to let you search your own computer in its new operating system. Will it be better than the new X1 Search
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Opera wins the RSS race
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in RSS
The latest version of the Opera browser, 7.50 for Windows, auto-detects RSS newsfeeds and allows you to add them to a “watchlist” for further browsing. Finally, a browser with newsreading capabilities!
Get your numbering right?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Software
Are you ever as frustrated with MS Word’s page numbering as I am? Well, even if I am the only one (although I doubt I am), this page on theins and outs of page numbering in Word will be a valuable resource for me.
Best Free Utilities
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Software
Dennis Kennedy points us to this page of 46 best free utilities. If you haven’t tried some of these on your PC, they are definitely worth checking out.
PDA stuff for lawyers
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Technology
Do you have a PDA that is not living up to its potential? Thinking about buying a PDA, but not sure how it can help out your law practice? The folks at New York Law School want to help, and they have created Juris PDA to do just that. Lots of helpful hints on purchasing…
HotBot’s New Toolbar
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines, Software
The new HotBot Toolbar has all of the usual features of a search toolbar: pop-up blocker, highlighter, search engine, etc. It also allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds, and it has the ability to search your computer files, e-mail, RSS, and browser history.
4/27 Update: Chris Sherman wrote a nice review of the…
Fire up your browser
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Software
Tired of Internet Explorer hogging all your PC’s resources? Looking for something lean, mean, with lots of great features? Check out Mozilla’sFirefox, which really is a great product. It comes complete with a pop-up blocker, tabbed viewing, a form filler, download manager, and much more.
But don’t just take my word for it…
More on GMail
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Email, Search Engines
As Google moves to respond to privacy concerns over its new GMail service, the Register is convinced that Google’s newest featurecompletes the invasion of our privacy.
GMail helping out Big Brother?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Email
The article Free E-Mail with a Steep Price? makes a few interesting points about the new Google GMail. It seems that Google is going to scan all your incoming mail for keywords, and place related ads in the e-mail for you to read (the price of 1 gigabyte of free e-mail, I suppose).
Your Google e-mail account
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Email
Today Google announces the launching of GMail, the search engine’s venture into the world of Web e-mail. With a gigabyte of online storage, GMail is designed so that you never have to delete another e-mail, and you’ll be able to easily search them. Check out Danny Sullivan’sreview of the new service.
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