Have you heard about the latest phishing scheme? It’s particularly diabolical, because it doesn’t require you to take any action, other than opening an e-mail. When you do that, the malicious code is installed deep within your computer, and it can then force your browser to go to a fake website whenever you try
Slamming Spammers
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It’s old but still good news — the state of Virginia has secured the first felony convictions for spammers — 9 years in prison! Finally, an anti-spam law that gets results. Will it act as a deterrent? Probably not, for a while.
Firefox Officially Released
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Posted in Internet Search, Web Applications
Although I and many of you have been using it for months, the Firefox browser, Version 1.0, was finally released yesterday. If you haven’t tried Firefox yet, you should — it has some terrific features that you don’t get with Internet Explorer. Search Engine Watch is going great guns with information on Firefox,…
Blawg of the Day
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Posted in Blogs and Blogging
The environmental lawyers at Lowenstein Sandler are publishing The Environment, a weblog addressing environmental, health and safety issues for the business community.
Blawg of the Day
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Posted in Blogs and Blogging
The so-far anonymous lawfulgal presents “the law. very funny. very often.” Let’s hope so — we can use a laugh.
The Ubiquitous Google
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Posted in Internet Search, Search Engines
This title couldn’t be more accurate — Google Everywhere. In this article, Tara Calishain offers ways to get Google results without actually going to Google.
Blogger Makes His Voice Heard
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Posted in Blogs and Blogging
I have spoken here and elsewhere about the great possibilities of having bloggers conduct online CLE via mp3 or webinar. George Wallace over at Declarations and Exclusions hasn’t exactly done that, but he has made available an online interview on Blogging Insurance Law. It’s a good pitch for the benefits of blogging, for insurance…
Research Site of the Day
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Posted in Legal Research Sites
WorldTradeLaw.net was started back in 1991 by two international trade lawyers, and it contains two parts. The first part is free to all visitors, and features primary source documents on international trade law, a search engine for GATT/WTO opinions, links to other international trade law sources, and a discussion forum. There’s also a subscription service…
Research Site of the Day
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Posted in Legal Research Sites
The students at Willamette University College of Law provide Willamette Law Online, described as a “Reference Guide for Law. Here you’ll be able to read summaries of orders and decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Oregon Supreme Court, and Oregon Court of Appeals, as well as summaries in intellectual…
Using Google for Evil
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Posted in Security
There’s a new phishing scam making the rounds, and it involves Google. Apparently, the scammers use Google to re-route an e-mail, and dupes users into creating Yahoo! e-mail accounts for the spammers to use themselves. The lesson here is that if you’re going to create an e-mail account through Yahoo!, Hotmail, or other free(ish)…