Law Libraries Mix Online with Hard Copy to Ease Access, Cut Costs: “”At the heart of much of the federal Judiciary’s work is legal researchthe hunt for precedent, consensus, legislative intent, and other decision-making factors. Federal court librarians can ease that often-daunting task amid today’s technology explosion.”
Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery Since 2002
Daily Archives: December 27, 2004
New Compliance Regs Result in More Secure Networks
From the RedSiren press release: “A new survey of computer security professionals reveals that while many of them believe that the time they need to comply with increased government regulations has cut into their ability to secure their computer networks, they also admit that those networks are safer as a result.” Related references: Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA,… Continue Reading
Useful Comparison Chart of Desktop Search Tools
“Goebel Group, Inc. a leading integrator of search technology products and services…released the first comprehensive matrix detailing and comparing the status of technologies and other features of the industry’s current and future Desktop Search applications… The matrix includes versions and searchable document types of the industries leading Desktop Search Applications…” (including AOL, Autonomy, Ask Jeeves,… Continue Reading
The Growing Impact of Blogs in the Corporate Arena
Fortune.com has an extensive article on the slippery slope effect of relying on the “viral” linking aspect of blogs to promote products, as well as highlighting recent examples of the enormous impact of bloggers’ responses to instances of what they perceive as corporate misdeeds and the marketing of faulty products. Related article from the New… Continue Reading
Dennis Kennedy’s 2004 Legal Blogging Awards
I am delighted and honored that Dennis Kennedy has chosen beSpacific as the Best Overall Legal Blog for 2004. To be in the company of experts in the legal blogging sphere such as Tom Mighell, Ernest Svenson, Denise Howell, Kevin O’Keefe, Jerry Lawson and Martin Schwimmer is just terrific. I relish spotlighting news, resources and… Continue Reading
What Your Vehicle’s Black Box Is Reporting
The Christian Science Monitor reports on growing concerns about privacy issues related to vehicle event data recorders (EDRs) or “black boxes” (although they are apparently grey in color). Vehicle manufacturers are currently not subject to uniform standards regarding the data this equipment gathers. However, information collected from the EDRs often plays a prominent role in… Continue Reading
