Check out the Advanced Search page of AllTheWeb sometime. You’ll find all sorts of goodies, and ways to restrict your search to particular file types. AllTheWeb now allows you to limit your search to Word .doc documents.
Windows Messenger opens the door to popups
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Security
Do you use Windows Messenger? If you do, you might consider disabling the program, if you hate those annoying pop-up ads. An article in PC World reports that a new type of pop-up ad takes advantages of weaknesses in the Messenger program, and can even avoid many pop-up killers.
Learn more about the Internet Archive
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Legal Research Sites
I’ve written about the Internet Archive, or Wayback Machine, on many occasions. If you’re interested, check out this tour of the massive archiving project. (Via The ResourceShelf)
Extra! Extra!
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Mighell Marker
This week’s issue of the Internet Legal Research Weekly is up and available for your consumption.
PC Resolutions for 2003, Part III
By Tom Mighell on
Here’s Resolutions #5 and #6 of PC World’s Top 10 Resolutions for your PC:
- Browse without a trace — there’s not much you can (or should, probably) do to avoid being monitored while you’re at work. If you try an end run around your company’s Internet use policy, you might wind up in more
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Bonzi is NOT your buddy
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Internet and Technology Law, Security
Have you ever received a pop-up that looked suspiciously like an alert from your own company, warning you about potential security problems? Chances are that pop-up was from a company called Bonzi, now the subject of a class-action lawsuit.
A cool twist on an old favorite
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Fun Stuff
Remember Pong? If the game is too easy for you, check out Radial Pong — you’ll have to move over the whole screen to get the ball!
New name, same great information
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Legal Research Sites
Gary Price has renamed his Virtual Acquisition Shelf and News Desk — now it’s simply known as The Resource Shelf. That’s the only change. All the other good stuff stays the same.
Two new blawgs hit the blogosphere
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Blogs and Blogging, Legal Research Sites
Two new law blogs came to my attention this week — first is LawSites, presenting “new and intriguing websites for the legal profession.” The site is hosted by Bob Ambrogi, who has long been prominent in Internet legal research circles, but is new to the blogging community. He’s the author of The Essential Guide…
New tool for medical researchers
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Legal Research Sites
Does anyone here use PubMed? The service from the National Library of Medicine offers access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations dating back to the 1960’s. Library Techlog reports the launching of a new search interface for PubMed, which also allows you to create an RSS feed of your query. What this means is…