Froogle Facelift

By Tom Mighell on September 18, 2003

Posted in Search Engines, Useful Web Sites

Froogle, the terrific shopping search engine, has introduced new features, including the ability to sort your results by price, and a grid view to look at all the products on one page. Cool.

And in other blog news

By Tom Mighell on September 18, 2003

Posted in Blogs and Blogging

Salam Pax, the blogger who made it big during the invasion of Iraq, is being interviewed today on Fresh Air. Check it out.

Blawgs of the Day

By Tom Mighell on September 18, 2003

Posted in Blogs and Blogging

Will they never stop? More law-related weblogs:

Divorce Blog comes from North Carolina divorce lawyer Lee Rosen, and is “a source of news and information about divorce with a specific emphasis on North Carolina divorce.” (Via Ernie)
A weblog I have been looking forward to for a while is LawTechGuru, from lawyer-turned-tech-consultant Jeffrey

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Speaking of evil…

By Tom Mighell on September 17, 2003

Posted in Gadgets

Dennis Kennedy discusses my biggest temptation over at Law Practice Today — gadgets. He offers a listing of links on where to find information and reviews on gadgets, and there’s also an article there featuring the favorite gadgets of a number of tech-savvy legal types. Check them both out.

Blawgs of the Day

By Tom Mighell on September 17, 2003

Posted in Blogs and Blogging

The latest law-related weblogs I have come across (Many via Blawg.org):

IP Law and Practice features the musings of Axel H. Horns, a European Patent and Trademark Attorney. Lots of great information.
A third-year law student from Boston College publishes a blog with possibly the longest Latin term yet: ignorantia legis neminem excusat (ignorance

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Living with popups

By Tom Mighell on September 16, 2003

Posted in Internet and Technology Law, Privacy, Security

A federal judge in Virginia has given hope to pop-up companies like Gator, ruling that such programs do not violate copyright or trademark law. The judge stated, “Alas, we computer users must endure pop-up advertising along with her ugly brother ‘spam’ as a burden of using the Internet.” Fortunately we have terrific pop-up…

Time to update Windows again

By Tom Mighell on September 15, 2003

Posted in Security, Software

Another week, another Microsoft warning. This time there are three vulnerabilities that could allow worms and other malicious nasties to take control of your computer. If you’re not already configured to receive automatic Critical Updates, make sure you run Windows Update regularly.

Blawgs of the Day

By Tom Mighell on September 15, 2003

Posted in Blogs and Blogging

Gee, almost two weeks have gone by and I haven’t mentioned any new law-related weblogs. Before you faint from withdrawal, here are some to prop you up:

The Business Law Weblog is brought to you by an M&A and corporate finance lawyer considering the law, his practice, and other things.
An Australian lawyer last seen

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File swapper? Think before you swear

By Tom Mighell on September 15, 2003

Posted in Internet and Technology Law

Last week the RIAA offered a “Clean Slate Program,” promising amnesty to those music-sharers who sign an affidavit promising to clean up their act. But a complaint filed in California claims that the program will not shield file-swappers from liability.