Official Google Blog: “Today, we’re pleased to launch a new homepage for Google Blog Search so that you too can browse and discover the most interesting stories in the blogosphere. Adapting some of the technology pioneered by Google News, we’re now showing categories on the left side of the website and organizing the blog posts… Continue Reading
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Senate To Vote Wednesday on Financial Bailout Plan
RollCall.com: “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) set up a vote on a Wall Street rescue plan for Wednesday night. The $700 billion package to buy up troubled mortgages will include tax-extender legislation and a $150,000 increase on the amount of deposits the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. insures. Don Stewart, spokesman for Senate Minority Leader… Continue Reading
Politically-interested Internet Users' Perceptions of Blog Credibility
Johnson, T. J., Kaye, B. K., Bichard, S. L., & Wong, w. J. (2007). Every blog has its day: Politically-interested Internet users’ perceptions of blog credibility. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13(1), article 6. “This study employs an online survey to examine U.S. politically-interested Internet users’ perceptions of the credibility of blogs. The article focuses on… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com: Book Review – We're All Journalists Now
LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips – We’re All Journalists Now: The Transformation of the Press and Reshaping of the Law in the Internet Age – Heather A. Phillips highlights attorney John Gant’s contention that one’s title, income, and employer are at best side issues in determining who is a journalist in the day-to-day… Continue Reading
State of the Blogosphere – 2008
“Technoratis State of the Blogosphere 2008 report…will be released in five consecutive daily segments. Since 2004, our annual study has unearthed and analyzed the trends and themes of blogging, but for the 2008 study, we resolved to go beyond the numbers of the Technorati Index to deliver even deeper insights into the blogging mind. For… Continue Reading
Google Launches New Beta Browser for Windows
The Official Google Blog: “As you may have read in the blogosphere, we hit “send” a bit early on a comic book introducing our new open source browser, Google Chrome. As we believe in access to information for everyone, we’ve now made the comic publicly available — you can find it here. We will be… Continue Reading
UK Government Plans Massive Personal Data Collection Effort
Surveillance made easy, NewScientist.com news service, Laura Margottini: “This data allows investigators to identify suspects, examine their contacts, establish relationships between conspirators and place them in a specific location at a certain time.” So said the UK Home Office last week as it announced plans to give law-enforcement agencies, local councils and other public bodies… Continue Reading
Association of Research Libraries: Social Software in Libraries
News release: “The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Social Software in Libraries, SPEC Kit 304, which provides an overview of ARL libraries implementation of software that people use to connect with one another online…In the last few years, the use of social software has grown enormously. While a growing number of libraries have… Continue Reading
The Top 100 Law and Lawyer Blogs
Criminal Justice Degree Guides: “The Top 100 Law and Lawyer Blogs Law blogs, also known as blawgs, are plentiful these days. In fact, there are probably thousands to choose from and more appear each week. For that reason, it may be difficult for you to narrow down which ones are worth a regular read. Whether… Continue Reading
World Information Access 2008 Report
“The World Information Access 2008 Report presents important trends in the distribution of information and communication technologies around the world. The 2008 WIA Report explores information access by looking at trends in the blogger arrests worldwide, diversity in the ownership of media assets in the 15 largest media markets in the Muslim world, and the… Continue Reading
Outbound Email and Data Loss Prevention in Today's Enterprise, 2008
Proofpoints Outbound Email and Data Loss Prevention in Todays Enterprise, 2008 report – [“the survey was fielded in the US, UK, France, Germany and Australia to explore global concerns.] “Email remains the most important medium for communications both inside and outside the enterprise. But the convenience and ubiquity of email as a business communications tool… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com
Keeping Up with Class Actions: Reports, Legal Sites and Blogs of Note – “Staying current on the latest cases and news in the area of class actions can be challenging, but Scott Russell’s guide to reliable subscription based publications, free legal sites and blogs that offer timely news, analysis and selected copies of court filings,… Continue Reading
