Have you ever tried to send an attachment to someone, only to have that person tell you that the only thing attached to the e-mail was a file called Win.dat? This usually happens because you are trying to send your e-mail through Outlook’s Rich Text Format, which some e-mail systems don’t support. To make sure…

The National Agriculture Safety Database is a national central repository of agricultural health, safety, and injury prevention materials for the agricultural community and agricultural safety professionals, but the legal research can probably find something of value here too. Search by keyword, or browse information by topic or by state. Topics range from animals to supervising…

Here’s another tip for Outlook users: how to start Outlook in the folder of your choice. By default, Outlook will start up in the “Outlook Today” screen, but you can change this, if you want to start with your Inbox, Calendar, or Tasks.

  1. Just click on the Tools menu and select Options.
  2. Click on

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I’ve visited this site before, but it’s worth mentioning again, because it’s a great example of how you can use the Internet to make “research come to you.” NetNewsTracker searches Usenet newsgroups for anything you want — just sign up, enter your search terms, and whenever those terms appear in a Usenet post, you’ll receive…

Yahoo is stepping into the waters of online travel with its new FareChase site. It has a clean interface, but what’s really nifty about this site is where the search results take you. If the fare is available at Orbitz, you’ll be taken to Orbitz. If the fare is at another airline website, you’ll be…

About the Author

Hi!  I’m Tom Mighell, and I’m Vice President of Delivery at Contoural, Inc., where I help companies address their information governance, records management, and litigation readiness issues.  I’ve been a technology nut for going on thirty years now, and I love working with lawyers to help them use technology in ways that provide great service to their clients.