The concept of phishing is on the increase, as more and more scammers try to steal your personal information through legitimate-looking e-mails and websites. The most recent involves an attempt to rob Citibank customers of their account numbers. PC World offers aglimpse into the phisher’s world, and some handy tips for avoiding
Free Speech Update
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Posted in Legal Research Sites
The First Amendment Center has released its report, State of the First Amendment 2003, which finds that support for free speech issues is returning to pre-9/11 levels. You can read a summary of the report here.
With Liberty and E-Government for All
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Posted in Useful Web Sites
Darrell West, the director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy, has published Achieving E-Government for All: Highlights from a National Survey. The survey provides results on how governments are responding to the serious challenge of making their online services accessible and relevant to all people, regardless of their abilities, skills or economic
Blawg of the Day
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Posted in Blogs and Blogging
A law student at Lewis & Clark Law School publishes Mellow-Drama.
Halloween Sites of the Day
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Posted in Fun Stuff
A real Halloween “haunted house” doesn’t just have cool decorations — it also has motion sensors and animated gravestones, among other things.
Extra! Extra!
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Posted in Mighell Marker
This week’s issue of the Internet Legal Research Weekly is now available. Highlights:
- News Update
- Help Desk — Disk Cleanup
- New Sites — a grab bag of new and interesting sites
Speaking of the top…
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Useful Web Sites
The Center for Digital Government has been busy handing out awards for the Top Ten Digital Legislatures on the Internet. The only problem with this report? No links! But never fear — you’ll get them here:
First Place: Nevada
Second Place: Minnesota and South Dakota
Third Place: Louisiana
Fourth Place: Iowa
Fifth Place: Illinois
Sixth
Adware, not Spyware
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Recently embattled pop-up ad company Gator is taking action against parties that call its product “spyware” — it’s suing them.
Blawg of the Day
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Posted in Blogs and Blogging
Although not *technically* a blawg, Legal Technicalities is definitely for an under-represented segment of the blawg community: legal secretaries. Written by Crawford Kilian, it’s an online companion to a class he’s teaching on the subject.
A giant booster shot for your PC
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Microsoft has combined 22 of its critical updates into one combined download, called the Update Rollup 1 for Windows XP. You can download it here. If you keep up with Windows Update, you’re in good shape. But if any of you have missed even one of Microsoft’s critical updates, download this file.