Geoff Nunberg reports that as Google goes, so goes the nation.
Got a question? Ask Wondir
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Useful Web Sites
Internet answer service Wondir is hosting a beta test hour from 9-10 p.m. EDT this Tuesday, May 20. You are encouraged to visit and ask questions, or stick around and help answer questions that come across your screen.
A flurry of spam lawsuits
By Tom Mighell on
State and federal authorities cracked down on spam last week, filing more than 45 cases against Internet scam artists and spammers.
The blawgs…the blawgs!!!
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Blogs and Blogging
Denise points us to even more law-related weblogs:
- Crimen Falsi is published by Omnibus Bill, “just another Beltway lawyer.”
- A 20-something lawyer negotiating life in New York City comes to us with Fragrant Lotus.
- The Curmudgeonly Clerk presents the unsolicited caveats, commentaries, and criticism of a clerk for the Southern District of Texas.
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This week’s issue of…
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Mighell Marker
the Internet Legal Research Weekly is available for your review. This week’s issue includes the following:
Nigerian scam hall of fame
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Fun Stuff
If you can’t get enough of those wonderful, desperate pleas from Nigerians who trust you to help smuggle their cash out of their country, My Favorite Nigerians has published a few of the better messages received. Who knew Nigeria had so much money just lying around? (ViaBoingBoing)
New goodies at AllTheWeb
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Since its purchase of AllTheWeb, Overture has apparently been busy making improvements to the search engine. Some of these were discussed by Gary Price over at ResourceShelf:
- Clustered results — perform a search and you’ll find your results clustered into categories at the bottom of the page
- URL Investigator — just enter a
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New developments in e-filing
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in E-Filing, Legal Technology
Tom O’Connor has an update on possible big changes on the horizon for e-filing.
Blawgs of the Day
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Blogs and Blogging
A whole buncha new law-related weblogs to mention today:
- Ambulance Chaser is a former engineer and just-completed 1L law student.
- Timothy Sandefur, a Fellow in the Center for Public Interest Law at the Pacific Legal Foundation, writes ::Freespace::
- The Limit of its Logic is a brand-new blog presenting cogent (and sometimes rambling) analysis of legal
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Is it any wonder?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
With all Google has to offer, is anybody surprised that 55.2 percent of Internet users prefer Google as a search tool? There’s no question that AllTheWeb and Teoma offer terrific research capabilities (interestingly, they aren’t even mentioned in this survey), but Google is still at the top of the heap.