In case you missed the search engine news in April, Chris Sherman has the highlights with the Search Engine Milestones of 2004.
Blawg of the Day
Brian Leiter is a Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Law & Philosophy Program at the University of Texas School of Law. He’s also the author of The Leiter Reports, with editorials, news, and updates on all sorts of legal topics.
Blawg of the Day
Ideoblog is a blog about ideas, which the author is quick to point out are not beliefs or opinions. The author is Larry Ribstein, a law professor at the University of Illinois College of Law.
Lawyers and Google
This article from the East Bay Business Journal shows how lawyers are coming to rely on Google and other search engines as part of their research efforts.
First lawsuit over spyware
Internet marketing company WhenU is suing the state of Utah, alleging its new anti-spyware statute unconstitutionally limits the right to advertise. Interestingly, WhenU is also one of the companies whose information was removed from Google’s index.
Watch out for the Jackal today
Viruses are bad no matter when you get them. But many viruses are designed to deliver their payload on a specific date. If you are curious about learning more about this, check out the Virus Calendar over at McAfee.
Opera wins the RSS race
The latest version of the Opera browser, 7.50 for Windows, auto-detects RSS newsfeeds and allows you to add them to a “watchlist” for further browsing. Finally, a browser with newsreading capabilities!
Missing from Google
Did you know it’s possible for someone to remove pages of certain websites from the Google index? Well, it was for a brief period this past week, when several websites (including Microsoft and Adobe) were inadvertently removed from Google’s index for a short period of time. Apparently this was due to a bug that allowed…
The Latest Issue of….
the Internet Legal Research Weekly is available for your viewing pleasure. Highlights:
Blawg of the Day
Mauled Again is the blog-creation of Professor James Edward Maule, in which he discusses tax law, legal education, the First Amendment, and a bunch of other stuff, including chocolate chip cookies.
