Bill Gratsch over at Blawg.org notes that the weblog posts of Dennis Crouch’s Patently Obvious are showing up in search results at Google News. This is certainly great news, if the high-quality content of some of our great bloggers is being picked up as a legitimate news source. I’ll be interested to see how
Blawg of the Day
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Blogs and Blogging
Bob Coffield is an attorney in Charleston, West Virginia, and he’s writing Health Care BlogLaw, focusing on “health care legal issues, HIPAA privacy and security, technology and other legal odds and ends that impact West Virginia.” (via MyShingle)
Your one-stop URL resource
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Useful Web Sites
URLinfo from FaganFinder is a terrific resource — just plug in a URL, and you can instantly connect to all kinds of information about that site — general registration information, related sites, cached pages, and much more. This is definitely a tool to keep around if you need to research a website.
Chris Sherman has…
New search tools at Lycos
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Lycos has rolled out some new search tools, as reviewed by Chris Sherman. I agree with Chris that the PeopleSearch looks a lot like other people finders on the Internet. I also agree that the Lycos Discussion Search is pretty cool. It searches the Yahoo and MSN discussion groups, as well as other sites where…
That worm is watching you
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Privacy
There’s a new virus out there, the Rbot-GR, that is more invasive than any worm yet imagined. Why? Because not only does it cause harm to your computer, but it also takes control of your webcam and microphone, sending images and audio back to the hackers.
For those of you who sit in…
Blawg of the Day
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Posted in Blogs and Blogging
The Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog is brought to you by the folks at Stark & Stark, a New Jersey law firm.
New version of spyware removal tool released
By Tom Mighell on
Ad-Aware, the great spyware removal tool, has released Ad-Aware SE, with additional enhancements and protections.
As I have mentioned here before, both Ad-Aware and SpyBot Search & Destroy are great free spyware removal tools — you should be using both of them, because each program catches different spyware.
An article last week…
We don’t need no stinkin’ keywords
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Software
Blinkx is a new search tool that doesn’t rely on keyword searches to find sites for you. Instead, Blinkx takes up residence in programs like Outlook, Word, and your web browser, and sits quietly in the background, watching the words you write and the sites you visit. If you want to learn more about the…
Appointments by RSS
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in RSS
Here’s a new application of RSS that has real implications for business use (although regular folks can use it, too). RSSCalendar allows you to create an online calendar, which is then turned into an RSS feed, to which your co-workers/friends/family can then subscribe. Whenever the calendar is updated, everyone who subscribes to the feed will…
20 Minutes is All It Takes
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Security
A recent study from the Internet Storm Center found that an unpatched computer, when connected to the Internet, will be compromised by malware within 20 minutes. I assume that means without a firewall up and running, because otherwise we’d all be unpatched at some point or another.
Here’s a real-life story of what can…