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Google Makes Free Caselaw Search Available in Scholar
11/17/2009 - 01:39(function() { var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true; po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); On the evening of November 17, Google fired (arguably) the loudest and certainly most recent salvo in the...
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Sneak Peek at Google's Infrastructure Update - Caffeine
09/07/2009 - 21:02Early in 2009, a team of Google Web developers began work on the "next generation" of Google search infrastructure. The stated goal of the project, code-named Caffeine, was to help Google "push the envelope on size, indexing speed, accuracy, comprehensiveness and other dimensions" of Web search. The project was announced publicly in August 2009 in a post on Google's Webmaster Central Blog. In a...
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Adobe Connect Now Offers Free and Low Cost Video Conferencing
08/28/2009 - 11:41One of my current favorite "tightwad tech" tools is Adobe's free ConnectNow remote meeting service. It offers a lot of flexibility for a free service. It includes video conferencing, chat, screen sharing, and a multi-user whiteboard. It even offers the ability for one participant to remotely control the computer of another participant - with prior permission of course. The service is...
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Hands-on with iPhone OS 3.0
06/08/2009 - 11:22I've been working with the the new iPhone OS 3.0 (beta 7) for about a week-and-a-half. There are a number of completely new features built into the operating system and some that just extend the range of features already included in the current release version. It's a toss-up which of the new features I'm enjoying most, but here's a run-down of some of the ones I'm using most. This is just a...
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Internet For Lawyers Sets Continuing Legal Education Seminars for Summer 2009
06/01/2009 - 01:02Internet For Lawyers has set the following slate of live and video Continuing Legal Education seminars in Colorado, New Mexico, and Virginia during the Summer of 2009 These seminars are specifically designed to benefit all legal professionals, including lawyers, paralegals, law office administrators and other support staff. Scheduled seminars include: June 2009 • June 5 - Social Media (Twitter,...
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LegalTech West Coast Returns to Los Angeles | Registration Discounts Available
05/01/2009 - 00:00On June 24 and 25, 2009, American Lawyer Media's LegalTech, the largest annual gathering of legal technologists on the West Coast, returns to Los Angeles. This year marks the conference's third consecutive year in its new home at the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles. LegalTech is the one of the largest technology events of the year, and highly regarded among those in the...
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Internet For Lawyers Sets Continuing Legal Education Seminars Summer 2008
06/20/2008 - 00:00Internet For Lawyers Sets Continuing Legal Education Seminars Internet For Lawyers has set the following slate of live and video Continuing Legal Education seminars in Texas; Wisconsin; Washington, DC and Southern California during Summer 2008. These seminars are specifically designed to benefit all legal professionals, including lawyers, paralegals, law office administrators and other support...
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Using Social Networking Sites for Investigative Research
06/20/2008 - 00:00Social networking sites are among the most talked-about areas of content growth on the Internet. The term "social network" was coined in the mid-1950s by sociologist J. A. Barnes to describe interactions between people in the real world. When applied to the Web, it refers to Web sites where individuals with similar personal and/or professional interests can create an online "profile" and share...
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Cybersleuth's Guide Internet Research Manual Updated and Expanded
06/20/2008 - 00:00New 9th Edition Includes More Sites and over 40 More Pages for the Same Price The popular Internet research manual The Cybersleuth's Guide to the Internet has been completely updated and expanded. The new 9th edition features extensive reviews of the best investigative and legal research resources available for free on the Internet. Unlike others guides which present sites as little more than a...
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It's Not Too Late To Get Get A Free Exhibit Hall Pass To American Lawyer Media's Legaltech West Coast Returns To Los Angeles
06/20/2008 - 00:00Readers Can Print Out Form And Bring It To The Los Angeles Convention Center On June 26 and 27, 2008, American Lawyer Media's LegalTech, the largest annual gathering of legal technologists on the West Coast, returns to Los Angeles. This year marks the conference's second year in its new home at the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles. LegalTech is the one of the largest...