Yep, it’s true. In Beyond Google PC World lists a number of great specialized data resources that can focus your research faster than a Google search.
Find scoop on international businesses
If you’re looking for a new way to look for information from public companies, check out The Scannery, which covers 12,000 companies including the S&P 500, Euro 400, and the Global 1000. Gary Price has a review over at SearchDay.
Speaking of Yahoo….
It seems they unveil a new feature just about every day now, doesn’t it? This time it’s called Smart View, and it’s an enhancement to Yahoo! Maps. Just plug in an address, and you’ll have the opportunity to find restaurants, shopping, community services, and more in the surrounding area. Very cool. Chris Sherman has
Blawgs of the Day
Mass Legal Services has not one, but two new weblogs. First is the Legal Aid University Weblog, which which will make distance learning materials for lawyers available online. The MassLegal Website Blog has been blogging since October 2003, providing thoughts and ideas about legal aid technology.
Paying for all those new features
Since its break with Google a few weeks ago, Yahoo! has launched some really great features. At least one person is noticing that these new changes also brings a heavier reliance on advertising. Does it affect the relevancy of search results?
Blawgs of the day
- Martin has just started writing Boilerplate, a weblog “dedicated to elegant drafting in contracts: plain English, clarity, legal precision, appropriate risk allocation and commercial sense.” Hear, hear!
- The law students at the former En Banc have begun again, as it were, with De Novo, which will feature a continuing series of symposia on
This week’s issue of the….
Internet Legal Research Weekly is available for your review. Highlights:
Keep your e-mail on a leash….or a string
It has happened to all of us — we dash off an e-mail in haste or in anger, pressing the Send button before we really had time to think about the consequences of our actions. How many e-mails have you received (or sent) that were mailed prematurely?
Well, you don’t have to worry about that…
Searching for different file types
Sure, finding Web pages in your research is great, but if you’re looking for sources of greater content, surely it must be found in the PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint presentations, and other type files found on the Internet. Nowadays, most search engines allow you to narrow your query to search for such file types —…
You ARE the weakest link…
Your office is equipped with the latest in security technology — firewall, antivirus, spyware blocker, etc. Even with all these protections, there’s one thing that can’t be solved by new hard- or software: your own actions. PC Magazine says that you are the weakest link, and if you don’t learn how to protect yourself,…
