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I’m shocked — shocked! — to find that gambling is going on in here! |
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From John Battelle’s blog this morning:
As the Google privacy/China stories continue to play out, it seems to me that there are a lot of Louies out there in the search world, shocked — shocked! — that Google has the ability to connect search queries with some sort of identifying information. I mean seriously … you didn’t think they could/would/might do that? Open up you wallet and look at your check card. Do you you really think that your bank and the retailers where you’ve used the card aren’t tracking your buying habits? And don’t get me started on Comcast … |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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Comments (0)January 30, 2006
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Enron Email Schadenfreude |
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You know that catty little email you sent about You-Know-Who using your firm’s email account? Ever hear of EDD? Uh-oh … you were pretty sloppy there. Hope it doesn’t come back to haunt you. To see how embarrassing that would be, click on over to InBoxer’s Enron email search. That’s right, you can search hundreds of thousands of emails to and from 176 former Enron executives and employees from 2000-2002. They’re even giving away a free iPod Shuffle for folks who find the best/worst email in 3 categories:
Tip of the hat to Wired News for this one. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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RSS Feed for Jenkins Research Tips |
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There’s now an RSS feed for our Research Tips, available from our homepage or the RT archive. There’s a new RT posted every other Monday. Next update: February 6. Jenkins News has an RSS feed, too, as does our Blog and New & Noteworthy. Kudos to Nicole for continuing to drag us kicking and screaming into the 21st century. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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The New Bankruptcy: Will it Work for You? |
 By Stephen EliasBankruptcy law recently experienced a profound change that makes it harder to eliminate overwhelming debt. Yet many of the reasons for filing for bankruptcy (such as divorce, medical bills or job loss) remain. The New Bankruptcy can help you choose the best strategy to get back on your feet. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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January 27, 2006
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Internet Librarian to Present |
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Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian, will be presenting to the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Solo and Small Firm Committee on Wednesday, February 9 at 12:00 p.m. The topic is “Web Searching: Not Just About Text Anymore”. Dan will demonstrate how to search for content other than “traditional” Web pages: books, audio and video, podcasts, scholarly articles, blogs/RSS, and more. He’ll also cover mobile text search, desktop search, and local search/maps. |
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Submitted by: Ida Weingram, Head of Outreach Services
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January 26, 2006
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Fighting the Justice Department Is One Thing, Fighting the Chinese Government Is Quite Another |
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So Google has agreed to censor [NY Times, Registration required] information in the new Google.cn. Are you shocked and disappointed, especially since Google has just taken a stand against our own Justice Department? Get real. Google’s a public company now. They are accountable to shareholders. If they didn’t play by China’s rules, they’d be shut out of a market that grew almost 10% last year. When you’re that big, you get to set the rules. Every U.S. company wishing to do business in China has to — as the Chinese government so delicately phrases it — exercise self-discipline. Google owes you nothing. (Ditto for MSN and Yahoo.) Their search engine is free. You haven’t signed a contract with them guaranteeing your rights. Nobody’s forcing you to use it. If you are disenchanted, do your research in the L-I-B-R-A-R-Y. Update 1/30/2006: CNET reports that Google is censoring (at least) the following sites:
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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Basic Legal Research Class at Jenkins |
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The Greater Philadelphia Law Library Association (GPLLA) is offering its basic legal research class this spring starting on February 23, 2006 and continuing for six additional weeks until April 6, 2006. The class will meet at Jenkins Law Library, every Thursday evening, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. during this period. Courses will be taught by GPLLA members from firm and academic libraries. Vendor representatives will also teach their respective sessions. For 2006, the instructors include: Monica Almendarez (Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP); A. Hayes Butler (Rutgers-Camden); Robert Ey (Wolf Block, LLP); Stephanie Fox (Westlaw); Ed Greenlee (Univ. of Pennsylvania); Linda Hutchinson (LexisNexis); John Joergensen (Rutgers-Camden); and Timothy Von Dulm (Univ. of Pennsylvania).
Given the breadth of the program, the expertise of the instructors, the included materials, and the outstanding facilities available at Jenkins, we believe this course to be a great value to the broader legal community. The cost for the course is $225.00 and includes the text. Enrollment is limited to 20 persons. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Lexis and Westlaw, we are able to continue to offer the course at the 2005 price. If you are interested in enrolling in the course, or know of someone who might be interested, please contact Timothy C. Von Dulm at the below address. Applicants interested in holding a place in the course should send a check in the amount of $225.00, made payable to “GPLLA”, at the below address.
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January 25, 2006
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Web Manager to Present |
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Nicole Engard, Web Manager, will be presenting at the second installment of the 2005-2006 GPLLA Professional Development Series. In her presentation entitled Are you ready for Web 2.0? An Introduction to Blogs & RSS, Nicole will walk through the basics of finding, keeping up with and starting your own blog. Date: Wednesday, February 15th This program is provided at no-cost to GPLLA members. Please join us for a fun and educational lunchtime program! Please RSVP to Jessica Carey, jrcarey@duanemorris.com, 215-979-1782. |
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Submitted by: Ida Weingram, Head of Outreach Services
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January 24, 2006
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Internet Librarian on Michael Smerconish Talk Show |
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Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian, will be on the Michael Smerconish Talk Show on Wednesday, January 25th at 8:30 a.m. (1210 AM) to discuss the Google - Justice Department show down. |
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Submitted by: Ida Weingram, Head of Outreach Services
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January 23, 2006
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The Slow Eroding of Our Personal Liberties |
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"Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?" This question was posed by one of my two personal heroes almost 150 years ago. We are still wrestling with it, as the Google-Justice Department faceoff so aptly demonstrates. I’m not going to comment on the case. It’s not that I don’t have an opinion. I do. It’s that by now I assume you already have one, too. (If our ISP hadn’t crapped out on us on Friday, forcing us back into the Pen-and-Ink Age, maybe I would have commented by now. But it’s too late for that.) What I’d like to do is provide a few links to some interesting stuff:
Postscript, 3:55 pm: I should add that there are worse instances of search engines "collaborating" with governments. I’m thinking of MSN and Yahoo caving in to the Chinese government. In the case of Yahoo, a journalist was sent to prison for 10 years. They rationalized by saying, "Just like any other global company, Yahoo must ensure that its local country sites must operate within the laws, regulations and customs of the country in which they are based." |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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