I am getting to this item late, but better than never, I suppose. National Public Radio ran a series of reports on the search engine wars a few weeks ago; the programs are all available for listening on one page.
Your Password for a Mars Bar
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Security
It’s amazing how lax people are about their own security. In a recent study in the U.K., 7 out of 10 people gave up their Internet passwords to a total stranger who offered them chocolate in exchange for them.
Blawg of the Day
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Blogs and Blogging
As you know, I’m a big fan of single-topic legal blogs. This one goes one step further — a blawg devoted to a single law. The NEPA Blawgprovides, law, news and perspective on the National Environmental Policy Act. This is the type of weblog environmental should pay attention to on a regular basis.
Dip your toes in the blog swimming pool
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Blogs and Blogging
Not sure what the hubbub about blogging and RSS feeds is all about? Ernie to the rescue. Make sure you read his post that tells you how toget all your legal news with a newsreader. In my opinion, the best part of this article is the file Ernie has created with 44 law-related…
Increasing Numbers of Phisher-people
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Security
The number of phishing scams has increased exponentially over the past six months, rising from 279 to 215,643. The reason for this has to be (in part, anyway), that many of these scams are successful. If Internet users stop taking the bait, the phisher-people will have to find another place to throw their lines.
Big Brother knocking on the computer screen
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Privacy
The U.S. government is pressing the FCC to order Internet providers establish backdoors to allow easy wiretapping and keystroke logging.
The Voice of the People
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Blogs and Blogging
Tired of just reading those same old weblogs day after day? Ready to hear the voice of a new generation the way it was meant to be experienced? The folks at Media Lab Europe think that weblogs should be heard and not read, and that’s why they have started Radio Vox Populi, a project…
R&R
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Fun Stuff
Well, I’m off for a few days of vacation, so posting will not only be light, it will be non-existent. Don’t worry, I have lots of great stories to tell you about when I get back. See you back here on Monday or Tuesday.
Behold A9
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
So Amazon is getting into the search business, eh? Yesterday the online retail monster unveiled A9, which appears to be a promising new addition to the search engine world. First of all, it relies on Google’s search results, so you can’t go wrong there. But it also adds several intriguing features of its own.…
Ask Jeeves about famous people
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Ask Jeeves has introduced a new service that allows users to obtain biographical information of famous people as part of its Smart Search feature.