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Harvard's Amicus
November 20, 2009 at 9:27 AM
An online supplement to Harvard's Civil Rights Civil Liberties Law Review
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Tweeting One's Way Into Court
November 17, 2009 at 7:10 PM
The hazards of speaking one's mind online
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Microsoft announces new search engine
June 03, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Today, Microsoft unveiled its new search engine, called Bing, designed to compete directly with Yahoo and Google. The search engine offers some unique features not available elsewhere, including a semantic searching function that suggests alternative search terms. Additionally, the map function offers some features not available through Google Maps. Already the product is being criticized for not following accepted web standards, such as XHTML.
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Exciting new development in Google News
September 09, 2008 at 4:45 PM
If you have ever done cite-checking with newspapers you know how difficult the process can be. In many cases, students must use microfilm, or microfiche, to verify newspaper citations. Google has announced a new project where print versions of popular newspapers will be available and indexed. The project is starting with major newspapers (NY Times, etc.) but should expand quickly.
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Top 35 blogs written by law faculty
July 25, 2008 at 11:04 AM
The blog, TaxProf Blog, has recently published a list of the 35 blogs written by law faculty based on traffic and unique visitors. At the top of the list is Instapundit, followed by Hugh Hewitt and the Volokh Conspiracy.
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Google releases product to compete with Wikipedia
July 24, 2008 at 11:10 AM
Google today released its Knol product, a direct competitor to Wikipedia. A "knol" is an authoritative article on a particular subject. Google claims that its vetting process for authors is more thorough than Wikipedia, leading to more reliable and authoritative information.
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The "de-centralizing" of social networks : News from Facebook
July 24, 2008 at 10:44 AM
Local Bay Area company, Facebook, announced yesterday its new Facebook Connect feature. The service is the beginning of the company's plan to "de-centralize" social networks and permit the data contained in a network to be shared with other services.
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