News Items
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Google News Advanced Search Page Link Relocated
11/15/2011 - 12:19Google has changed the way users access the Advanced Search options for its News database. The Advanced Search options are now accessed via a drop-down arrow on the right hand side of the Google News search box. Previously, the Advanced Search page was accessed via an "Advanced news search" link located to the right of the search box. Additionally, the URL...
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Google Adds 24-7 Phone Support for Google Apps for Business Customers.
11/14/2011 - 14:33Google announced today the addition of, "24 x 7 phone support to small, medium, and large Google Apps for Business customers for all issues affecting the core services." Previously, support was handled via a Web-based support portal or online discussion forums. Note, this support is only available to those businesses on the paid $50/user/year plan and not...
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Adobe Adds SendNow Plug-in to Outlook to Send Large Files From E-mail Program Via Acrobat.com Service
11/14/2011 - 13:38Adobe has introduced a new plug-in for Microsoft's Outlook e-mail client allowing users to share large files via Adobe's SendNow online file transfer service. Utilizing file transfer services like SendNow or YouSendIt.com allows you to bypass your (or your recipient's) e-mail system's attachment size limit. It also minimizes download time for recipients...
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Google as "Everyman" | Why We Use Google as Stand-in for "Every Search Engine"
11/02/2011 - 12:26In our live Continuing Legal Education seminars, we teach lawyers how to use the lesser known, advanced, and sometimes hidden features of search engines to conduct more effective investigative, background, and legal research on the Internet. We use Google as a stand-in for "EverySearchEngine" (sort of like "Everyman") in these live MCLE seminars for...
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UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) Launches Free Patent Search
10/11/2011 - 17:50The United Kingdom's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched a new, free patent search - Ipsum. Using Ipsum you can: View patent status View up to date information on patents Access some documents from published patent applications See which classifications and fields of search have been used Save your favorite patent applications in your bookmarks Get...
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Google Apps Provides Status Checker
10/04/2011 - 13:28Google provides a chart to check the status of any of its Apps. Color coded dots indicate the current status of each service. Green indicates "no issues." Yellow indicates a "service disruption." Red indicates a "service outage." Clicking a yellow or red dot takes you to a "Service Details" page that outlines the issues...
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Press Coverage of Internet For Lawyers
09/28/2011 - 10:37Internet For Lawyers has been teaching lawyers, paralegals, and other legal and business professionals how to effectively conduct investigative and background research on the Internet since 1999. In that time, the company's principals Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch have become recognized experts on these topics. They have been sought out for comment by, and their...
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Skype Offers Free Landline and Mobile Call to Customers Via E-mail
09/26/2011 - 13:14Skype is offering selected users 30 days of free Skype-to-landline and Skype-to-mobile calls. Check your e-mail for a marketing message from Skype with details. The special offer is only available by clicking the "Claim your free month of calls" button in the e-mail. It is not listed on the Skype Special offers page even after you've logged into your...
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ProPublica Provides Database of Payments to Physicians by Pharmaceutical Companies
09/09/2011 - 12:50ProPublica, the "independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest," has created a searchable database of payments made by pharmaceutical companies to doctors - usually as compensation for presentations the doctors make that discuss the companies' drugs. While this information is not part of the public record...
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Free Federal Rules eBooks Available | Includes Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, and Evidence
09/06/2011 - 11:22Cornell's Legal Information Institute (LII) and the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) have teamed up to create free eBook versions of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Federal Rules of Evidence. The ebooks are published in the .epub format, making them compatible with iPads, iPhones, Nooks...