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11/23/2011 6:17 pm

      Google has redesigned its Web Search Advanced Search page. The new design undoes a change made in a previous redesign, makes some features more prominent, and removes (another) useful search filter from the page. The first noticeable difference to the Advanced Search page is the addition of ...

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11/15/2011 7:19 pm

     Google has changed the way users access the Advanced Search options for its News database. The Advanced Search options are now accessed via a drop-down arrow on the right hand side of the Google News search box. Previously, the Advanced Search page was accessed via an "Advanced news ...

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11/14/2011 9:33 pm

     Google announced today the addition of, "24 x 7 phone support to small, medium, and large Google Apps for Business customers for all issues affecting the core services." Previously, support was handled via a Web-based support portal or online discussion forums. Note, this support is only available to ...

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11/14/2011 8:38 pm

     Adobe has introduced a new plug-in for Microsoft's Outlook e-mail client allowing users to share large files via Adobe's SendNow online file transfer service. Utilizing file transfer services like SendNow or YouSendIt.com allows you to bypass your (or your recipient's) e-mail system's attachment size limit. It also minimizes ...

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11/02/2011 7:26 pm

     In our live Continuing Legal Education seminars, we teach lawyers how to use the lesser known, advanced, and sometimes hidden features of search engines to conduct more effective investigative, background, and legal research on the Internet. We use Google as a stand-in for "EverySearchEngine" (sort of like "Everyman") ...

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10/12/2011 12:50 am

   The United Kingdom's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched a new, free patent search - Ipsum. Using Ipsum you can: View patent status View up to date information on patents Access some documents from published patent applications See which classifications and fields of search have been used Save your ...

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10/04/2011 8:28 pm

      Google provides a chart to check the status of any of its Apps. Color coded dots indicate the current status of each service. Green indicates "no issues." Yellow indicates a "service disruption." Red indicates a "service outage." Clicking a yellow or red dot takes you to a "Service ...

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09/28/2011 5:37 pm

      Internet For Lawyers has been teaching lawyers, paralegals, and other legal and business professionals how to effectively conduct investigative and background research on the Internet since 1999. In that time, the company's principals Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch have become recognized experts on these topics. They have been ...

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09/26/2011 8:14 pm

      Skype is offering selected users 30 days of free Skype-to-landline and Skype-to-mobile calls. Check your e-mail for a marketing message from Skype with details. The special offer is only available by clicking the "Claim your free month of calls" button in the e-mail. It is not listed on ...

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09/09/2011 7:50 pm

      ProPublica, the "independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest," has created a searchable database of payments made by pharmaceutical companies to doctors - usually as compensation for presentations the doctors make that discuss the companies' drugs. While this information is not part of the ...

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