Yet another hole in Internet Explorer is being exploited by hackers who use the security weakness to break into your computer. I usually recommend that you head over to Windows Update and download the latest patch. But this time it appears the patch doesn’t plug the hole. Be careful out there, folks.
Blawgs of the Day
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Blogs and Blogging
More law-related weblog goodness for you today:
- Dispositive is “a journal on law school, music, and technology…among other things.”
- The second German weblog I have mentioned this week is Jurabilis, run by a Berlin-based law school graduate. (Via Blawg.org)
- The State Bar of Texas has turned the monthly “et cetera” columns of federal
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That was the month that was (in search engines)
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Like clockwork, the first of the month brings another Search Engine Milestones from Chris Sherman. This one’s for September.
Librarians and the Internet
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Web and Online Culture
Marylaine Block has a terrific article on How Librarians can Manage the Unintended Consequences of the Internet in this month’sSearcher magazine.
Who said online legal services were dead?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Legal Technology
In fact, this article says they’re flourishing. (Via eLawyer Blog)
Finding absolution for your presentation sins
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Legal Technology, Software
Do you use PowerPoint in your presentations? Make sure you aren’t committing one of the Seven Deadly Sins of PowerPoint Presentations.
Those #@!%! spammers!
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Email
Several anti-spam blacklists have ceased operations in the wake of Denial-of-Service attacks that crippled their websites. The attacks were allegedly launched by spammers.
I’m not sure how I feel about this. I think blacklists serve a fairly useful function in the war against spam, but I will admit that they have been the bane of…
Back to school on the Web
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Useful Web Sites
MIT has announced that it has posted over 500 classes as part of its Open Courseware Project. Here you can find syllabi, lecture notes, homework assignments, and exams in MIT classes that you can review for free. MIT hopes to have 1,800 courses available by 2007.
Blawgs of the Day
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Blogs and Blogging
- Warren Slocum, the Chief Elections Officer & County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor of San Mateo County, California, is publishing Election Central, “the Web’s 1st Blog on Verified Voting, Election Reform & Democracy.” (Via Sabrina)
- Diary of a 1L chronicles the continuing story of first year law student Mike Shecket. (Via Denise)
- Discourse.net, from
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Your own personal search engine
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Chris Sherman over at SearchDay reports on DART, a program that resides on your computer and allows you to organize and analyze your research. Looks like an interesting product. I just may have to check it out.