Articles Posted in August, 2006

This one, called TrackMeNot, is a Firefox exstention that, as AP writer Anick Jesdan says, “seeks to make your searches more private by hiding them in plain sight.” It works by periodically sending out random queries to popular search engines, hiding your actual search trail “in a cloud of ‘ghost’ queries.” This…

[Update 9.4.06: Is Browzar adware? Not that I can tell.]

A new browser, called Browzar, lets you surf the Web without leaving any tracks on your host computer. It keeps no cache files or browsing history and deletes any cookies you accept when you close it down. Better yet, the program is tiny…

I wrote yesterday about WikiPatents, a site designed to encourage public discussion of patents. Are the folks at rethink(ip) planning something similar? They are being coy about a new project they have in the works, but Matt Buchanan offered this hint:

“Here’s a big hint….remember the word everyone. The focus

Bonnie Shucha reports at WisBlawg that LexisNexis is now picking up blog content in its Newstex database. The list of included blogs shows a mix of legal, business, political, media, technology and cultural blogs. This blog is not on the list, but my other blog, Media Law, is there.…

A Web site launched today, WikiPatents, aims to improve the quality of U.S. patents by encouraging large-scale public comment on issued patents and, eventually, pending applications.

A statement announcing the site says:

“WikiPatents is a free-access web site and database containing millions of patents that allows the interested public to discuss, rate,

I like this story of how a Boston lawyer’s blog scooped the sports media on major Red Sox news. I provide details today at Law.com’s Legal Blog Watch.…

Lawyer and consultant Ross Kodner is rightly known as the guru of legal technology. He and his colleagues at MicroLaw Inc. have been dishing out sound technology advice to legal professionals for two decades. Ross is well known internationally as a speaker and writer on legal technology and has been generous in donating…

With stricter airport security measures in place, here’s what you need to know before checking your laptop as luggage.…

I wrote in January about Podzinger, a full-text search engine for podcasts. Now there is a Firefox plug-in that adds Podzinger searching to the Firefox search toolbar. [Via BlogZinger.]…

Amazing numbers from New York Lawyer:

“The 276 summer associates class at Latham & Watkins outnumbered the total staff of 195 lawyers at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. At Latham, summer associates made more than $2,650 a week on average, costing the firm about $8.5 million in salaries alone.”…

Denise Howell announced yesterday her new ZDNet blog: Lawgarithms. For money, no less. She’ll be “issue-spotting the live Web,” which is certainly preferable to issue spotting the dead Web.…

At my other blog: First Amendment ‘podcasts’.…