Search service LookSmart has lost its biggest client, MSN. Seems that MSN is developing its own search engine.
This will be a big hit for LookSmart — the deal with MSN accounted for 65% of the company’s listings-driven revenue.
Courts and RSS
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in RSS
Rory Perry, always on the forefront of bringing technology to the courts, has posted a resource page encouraging courts to use RSS feeds to distribute court information.
I used to think it was so cool to be able to receive daily or weekly e-mail updates of recent court decisions; it’s way cooler to…
Klez, Swen, Randex.Q, and Welchia
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Security
How do viruses get named by the computer security industry? Do you even care? Virus experts do, and they have been discussing naming conventions, and whether a standard should be set.
Blawgs of the Day
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Blogs and Blogging
Here are some law-related weblogs to start your day:
- Public Defender Dude presents the rantings of a Public Defender constantly fighting against society’s pervasive Police Industrial Complex.
- Christophe Courchesne, a Harvard law student and candidate for Amesbury Municipal Council, recently debuted the Courchesne Digital Democracy blog. (Via Denise)
- Greg Siskind, who may have had
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The ethics of deep linking
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Internet and Technology Law, Internet Search
It has been awhile since the issue of deep linking has been in the news. Robert Berkman has written a new book called Digital Dilemmas: Ethical Issues for Online Media Professionals, and a portion of his book that discusses deep linking has been reprinted at Online Journalism Review.
To provide the information above,…
For your reading pleasure….
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Mighell Marker
…this week’s issue of the Internet Legal Research Weekly is available at this time. Highlights:
Maybe this explains Microsoft’s new strategy…
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Internet and Technology Law, Security
It was bound to happen…a woman in California has filed suit against Microsoft, alleging that the security holes in its software constitute anunfair and deceptive business practice. Plaintiff’s counsel is trying to get the lawsuit certified as a class action.
Too many holes, not enough fingers to plug them
By Tom Mighell on
Microsoft has acknowledged that its strategy of patching software holes as they appear is not working, and is now concentrating on securing the perimeter.
Sounds like MS is heading towards a bigger stake in the firewall industry.
Should you be able to see child support orders online?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Internet and Technology Law
The county clerk of Butler County, Ohio thinks so — and she’s asking for the reversal of a ruling that removed all domestic relations information from the Internet.
Interesting…back in April I reported on the fact that the Ohio Legislature was passing laws designed to keep information offline — now they are trying to…
An invisible resource vanishes completely
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
It looks like one of the pathfinders for locating resources on the Invisible Web, Invisibleweb.com, has up and disappeared (now you’ll just get redirected to Profusion). What a shame — it had a great set of links in its directory.