Ever since Yahoo! divorced its search engine from Google a few weeks ago, the changes have been coming fast and furious. Now comes word that Yahoo will charge companies to make sure their websites are included in its Web index.
Shocking headline of the day
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Privacy
A study of Internet user habits finds that pop-up ads often resulted in users having a negative image of the advertiser. The study showed that users close pop-up ads within 2.5 seconds of opening them. The name of the company conducting the study — Bunnyfoot Universality — had me chuckling. Sounds like the random…
Think twice before sharing that password
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Internet and Technology Law
Last week, Judge Buchwald of the Southern District of New York found that one company’s snatching of a database from a rival’s Web sitedoes not violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. However, the court allowed the case to proceed on plaintiff’s computer fraud claims. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act makes it a…
NetSky on the loose, Part D
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Security
The latest variant of the NetSky virus, NetSky.D, is rapidly spreading across the Internet, as usual through e-mail. It’s spreading so fast, in fact, that its sibling NetSky.E was first discovered the same day. Keep your PCs safe out there, folks.
Las noticias de Google ahora alertan disponible en diversas idiomas
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
The terrific Google News Alerts are now available in french, italian, german, and spanish.
Grokker ‘N Google
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Software
Have you downloaded the new search utility Grokker? If you have, take advantage of the Google plug-in, which allows you to query and retrieve information from Google and visualize the results in a Grokker map. I couldn’t find it on the Grokker plugins page (head to theGrokker home page and click on…
Google Still Tops
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Nielsen NetRatings reports that Google is still tops in searches, with over 59.3 million unique viewers during the month of January, 2004.Yahoo! was second, with 45.7 million, and MSN Search third, with 44.6 million. With Yahoo’s new features announced in February, I’ll be interested to see if those numbers begin to shift some.
ID Theft — yes, you should worry
By Tom Mighell on
Many people don’t realize how easy it is for others to steal your personal information and bleed your bank account dry in no time at all. InIdentity Theft: What, Me Worry?, PC Magazine tells the story of several people who had their identities stolen; one of them didn’t even happen online. The article…
Martindale.com listing: worth the cost
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Internet Search, Law Practice Management
A recent study by Martindale-Hubbell suggests that 88 percent of partners and 86 percent of corporate counsel use Martindale.com when conducting research for selection of a lawyer or firm.
Although I agree with Bob Ambrogi’s concern that these individuals are limiting themselves by placing too much weight on the Martindale directory, I certainly don’t find…
Be Froogle, wirelessly
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Internet Search
Froogle, the great shopping search feature of Google, is now available from your cell phone. Just point your phone’s browser tohttp://wml.froogle.com, and you can check out the lowest prices while you’re out shopping.