Cut ‘N Paste for PDF

By Tom Mighell on February 13, 2003

Posted in Legal Technology

This Q&A from the New York Times describes ways to siphon the text from a PDF file.

While we’re on the subject of pay services…

By Tom Mighell on February 13, 2003

Posted in Useful Web Sites

Yahoo is expanding its premium services, focusing on those users who provide their own Internet access.

Moving Up, Moving On

By Tom Mighell on February 12, 2003

Posted in Blogs and Blogging

It has been a busy week in the world of law-related blogs. Law librarian Steven Cohen of Library Stuff and Indiana law professor Jeff Cooper of Cooped Up recently upgraded their websites to Movable Type, and they look good! (gee, everybody’s changing over to Movable Type — am I missing something?)

On a sad note,…

Blawgs

By Tom Mighell on February 12, 2003

Posted in Blogs and Blogging

Two new law-related weblogs to mention today. First up is MyShingle, a site for and about solos and small law firms. While it’s not *technically* a weblog, it’s close enough for me, and it does have an RSS feed. What more do you need?

Also very new is Weblogs at Harvard, a blog…

MSN upgrades its search

By Tom Mighell on February 12, 2003

Posted in Search Engines

MSN Search launched a test site for its new search technology, which will display results 65 percent faster than before.

European dispute resolution, American style

By Tom Mighell on February 12, 2003

Posted in Useful Web Sites

The Insurance Journal reports that online claims mediation service Cybersettle has received a patent in the U.K. on its method for settling disputes. This will help Cybersettle expand into the European market.

It’s nice to have cache on hand

By Tom Mighell on February 11, 2003

Posted in Search Engines

Greg Notess at Search Engine Showdown has an interesting article on working with Google’s cache. The Google Cache can definitely help you find Web pages that are no longer available — if you know how to use it.

Your Google Doppelganger

By Tom Mighell on February 11, 2003

Posted in Search Engines, Web and Online Culture

Proof that Google is permeating our national culture — the New Yorker has another cartoon on the search engine.

More on spam

By Tom Mighell on February 10, 2003

Posted in Security

James Gleick provides a lengthy report on the spam epidemic. It’s a pretty good article, but he’s a little behind on one item: he spends some time discussing SpamAssassin, which no longer exists. The software was purchased by McAfee in January, and will be integrated into that company’s SpamKiller product sometime later this year.