Admit it — you and/or your employees spend more time on eBay or sending e-mails than you probably should. This Law.com article reports on the different ways firms can monitor Internet and e-mail activity.
Do you use Outlook Express? Watch out
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PC World is reporting that a serious flaw in Outlook Express allows viruses or other bad files to bypass filters such as firewalls and antivirus programs. Another flaw in a Microsoft product….I just can’t believe it.
While we’re on the subject
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PC World ALSO reports that there’s a flaw in Microsoft Word that lets a hacker steal information from a user’s computer. A Word document can be created that, when e-mailed to the victim, retrieves information from the user’s computer and sends it back to the hacker when the document is e-mailed back. Apparently, though, the
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It’s Sunday, so…..
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Posted in Mighell Marker
Another issue of the Internet Legal Research Weekly is available for your reading pleasure.
And if Rock Paper Scissors is too complicated for you…
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Posted in Fun Stuff
Hold the Button requires you to just, uh, hold the button — for as long as you can. Truly an amazing waste of time.
A site for true competitors
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Posted in Fun Stuff
The World RPS Society’s web page offers Rock Paper Scissors aficionados all they could ever want to master the sport. Check out advanced strategies for beating your opponents, and take on the “Online Trainer” in a friendly match.
Compare the past with the Wayback Engine
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Posted in Legal Research Sites
The Wayback Engine, also known as the Internet Archive, is without a doubt the resource for finding old or outdated versions of websites. Now, the Archive is offering an Advanced Search that allows you to compare different versions of old websites. Very cool.
Don’t be fooled by September 11 e-mail
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If you receive an e-mail claiming to offer “documentary materials” proving a link between the Bush Administration and Al-Qaeda, don’t open it — it’s an e-mail worm. Apparently it’s not a very good e-mail worm, because after awhile it just stops working. Still, don’t open any file that says september11.exe.
I’m glad I don’t use sparkLIST…
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If you read last week’s issue of the Internet Legal Research Weekly, you’ll know we’re currently talking about spam — how it happens, and how to avoid it. This article from the New York Times Technology Page reports how tens of thousands of e-mail newsletter subscribers have been receiving porn spam and other unsolicited
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China’s Google-Blocking Continues
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Posted in Search Engines
Last week I reported that China was blocking Google to its citizens — now it appears that when someone in China requests the Google website, they are taken to a completely different search engine or website.