The Federal Courts' docket database PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) is increasing the amount of free searches/documents users can access before generating a bill. In it's October 2019 quarterly newsletter, PACER announced that: "Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, if a PACER user quarterly usage is $30 or less, the ...
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Google Introduces New Feature to Chrome Browser | Warns of Hacked Passwords
Google is rolling out a new feature for its Chrome Web browser that will inform users if the passwords they enter for the sites they are visiting has been compromised in a major, known data breach. Google first introduced this technology in early 2019 as the Password Checkup extension. In ...
Fastcase Introduces New Features in Version 7.4 (Codenamed ‘Venus’)
Fastcase has made many changes lately; from adding new partner content; to its new platform, Fastcase 7; and its latest 7.4 upgrade, code-named “VENUS.” With 7.4, you can now: Jump directly from your search results into the Outline View to learn which libraries are part of your current subscription Quickly ...
LinkedIn Makes Changes to Search Capabilities
LinkedIn once again allows you to view search results for users without being logged into an account of your own. Search by entering a First name and a Last name into the search boxes at the bottom of the homepage. Results will include a portion of the publicly available information from up to five matching (or ...
Latest Gadgets to Be Introduced at CES 2019
Every year, barely after the New Year, the consumer technology industry comes together in Las Vegas for the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) - the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow. There they introduce and celebrate the latest products and technological innovations in consumer electronics, including office productivity tools - the ...
Early Bird Registration Discount Ends January 10 for February CLE by the Sea Continuing Legal Education Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii
Early bird registration for the CLE by the Sea Continuing Legal Education Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii ends at midnight January 10. Prices increase beginning January 11. Internet for Lawyers is co-sponsoring the five-day conference. Running from February 11-15, 2019, the CLE conference will include 12 hours of educational presentations on a variety ...
Yahoo Updates Look of Search Pages
Yahoo! (yahoo.com) has changed the look of its homepage. It now has only has only one filter bar instead of two (to filter your results to News, Finance, etc.). Additionally, when you click More from the homepage, you no longer see a drop-down menu appearing with more filter options. Instead, ...
American Bar Association Releases Lawyer Technology Training Survey Results
For roughly the past two decades, the ABA Legal Technology Survey Report has polled lawyers for their opinions about the legal technology options available to them. One of the areas investigated is access to and attitudes toward training for the technology that lawyers are using in their practice. While a ...
Newsletter Subscribers Receive a Discount on New Edition of Cybersleuth’s Guide to the Internet
The Cybersleuth's Guide to the Internet, 2018, 14th Edition Revised just hit the warehouse and is ready for ordering (by credit card or check). Although this 2018 edition is "only" a partial revision of the 2017 14th edition, it includes major changes to numerous important resources (from the redesigned PACER ...
Twitter Kills Search Features Useful for Background and Investigative Research
By: Mark Rosch Twitter appears to have disabled its pinpoint geographical search capability, and severely limited its other geographic search capablities. Some less precise geographic search capabilities do still remain. Until recently, it was possible to enter the search instruction geocode (along with GPS coordinates for a specific location) into the search ...
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