Digital Terror

By Tom Mighell on November 11, 2003

All the spam, viruses, adware, and worms out there are nothing compared to what would happen if the ‘Net were hit by cyber-terrorism.

Blawgs of the Day

By Tom Mighell on November 11, 2003

Posted in Blogs and Blogging

Disputation is written by a software and systems engineer-turned-law student at Georgetown University Law Center.
Although I originally thought Letters of Marque was written by someone named — well, Mark — it turns out the blog is actually “Heidi Bond’s blog of life as a weird Michigan law student.”

Overcoming Googlification

By Tom Mighell on November 10, 2003

Posted in Internet Search

Gary Price has an excellent article on WebMastery — What Google Teaches Us Has Nothing to do with Searching. As I say here again and again, while Google is a terrific research tool, providing arguably the most relevant results of any current search engine, it’s not the only search solution. This article is directed…

Strengthen your passwords

By Tom Mighell on November 10, 2003

Posted in Security

Do you have a Wi-Fi network at home? Take a hard look at your passwords — a researcher is warning that poorly-chosen passwords can lead to an easy breach of security.

Need some extra cash? Nab a virus writer

By Tom Mighell on November 10, 2003

Posted in Security

Microsoft has announced that it will pay rewards (starting at $250,000) to anyone providing information that leads to the arrest of virus writers, specifically the ones who designed the Blaster and SoBig.F worms. Sounds a lot like the government that, realizing it can’t stopterrorism, decides to go after the terrorists instead.

The latest edition of…

By Tom Mighell on November 9, 2003

Posted in Mighell Marker

…the Internet Legal Research Weekly is online and available for your reading pleasure. Highlights:

Search without opening a browser

By Tom Mighell on November 7, 2003

Posted in Software

If you can’t wait to open a browser to conduct an Internet search, Google feels your pain. Yesterday it introduced the Google Deskbar, which installs on your taskbar, allowing you to enter searches at the desktop level.

Sinister conspiracy, or just good website housekeeping?

By Tom Mighell on November 7, 2003

Posted in Search Engines

There has been some talk lately about whether the White House has been preventing portions of its website from being indexed by search engines. Danny Sullivan points to a good explanation of the goings-on here. Whether it’s being done intentionally or not, it’s an interesting lesson on the inner workings of how search

Cleaning up your hard drive

By Tom Mighell on November 7, 2003

Posted in Internet and Technology Law

Were you one of the million households that deleted all the music files on their PCs during the month of August? Looks like those RIAA threats of lawsuits are having an effect.