Internet research site Highbeam launched this week, providing customizable access to Internet resources, both free and subscription online services. The old reference services eLibrary and Researchville are incorporated into the new Highbeam site, with more than 28 million articles from 2,600 sources. You can use the basic service for free, and the subscription service will…

Yet another great use of RSS — PubSub monitors over 100,000 weblogs , and generates RSS feeds based on your search preferences. Once you subscribe, just enter a search string, and PubSub will send you an e-mail whenever those terms appear somewhere on a weblog. If you’re more ambitious, you can receive the results in…

The past few days, our online news has been inundated with updates on the MyDoom virus. Here’s a roundup of recent news on the bad, bad, worm:

  • Computer experts are ready to declare MyDoom the worst virus ever, as it accounted for 20-30 percent of all e-mail traffic yesterday.
  • A variant of the virus,

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A few years ago RocketInfo used to be one of the only news search tools in town, until the company decided to concentrate on pursuing the corporate news search market. Since last year, RocketInfo has been back, offering products on a number of platforms. One tool that I have not tried is the RocketInfo Desktop,…

The Novarg (or MyDoom) virus was unleashed yesterday afternoon (I received at least 20 copies of the virus at work myself). Disguised as an error message, when the attached file (usually a zip file) is launched, it sends out 100 infected e-mails in 30 seconds, to addresses located in your computer’s address book. The…

About the Author

Hi!  I’m Tom Mighell, and I’m Vice President of Delivery at Contoural, Inc., where I help companies address their information governance, records management, and litigation readiness issues.  I’ve been a technology nut for going on thirty years now, and I love working with lawyers to help them use technology in ways that provide great service to their clients.