Jenkins Blog
This blawg provides technology news affecting lawyers as well as tips on conducting legal research using technology or new book titles.
Author: Staffers at the Jenkins Law Library in Philadelphia, including Alice McCreary, reference librarian; Malgorzata Pawska, Web content coordinator; Katrina Piechnik, head of technical services; Dan Giancaterino, Internet librarian; Jenny Hohenstein, reference/electronic services librarian; and RayAna Park, Web developer.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Libraries • Law Practice Management • Legal Technology • States • Pennsylvania • Librarian
Recent Posts from Jenkins Blog
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Understanding Medical Words
Although it may look a little juvenile, I think this is a useful tutorial from the National Library of Medicine which helps you understand medical terminology. It shows how to put words together and how…
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Facebook’s Gonna Simplify the Privacy Process
WSJ’s Digist blog reports that Facebook plans to streamline and simplify the privacy options on the site. About time, too — it was a pain to wade through all those settings just to make sure…
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Is Anyone Else Having This Problem With Firefox Tabs?
In the new version 3.5, one of my tabs will pop into its own new window. Randomly. Or so it seems — I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why. It’s really annoying.…
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Firefox is Getting a Bit Plump
When downloading Firefox 3.5 (twice) this morning, I noticed that it’s 10.2 MB, about 33% larger than 3.0.11. I like the New Tab button. I haven’t, as yet, tested the Private Browsing feature. Nor have…
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China Cuts PC Makers Some Slack
China’s Xinhua News Agency reports that PC makers will not be required to install the “Green Dam-Youth Escort” filtering software on new PCs as of July 1. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said…
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The Pirate Bay Goes Legit
The Pirate Bay, the notorious file-sharing site, has been acquired by Swedish (woohoo, Sweden again!) software maker Global Gaming Factory X. TPB will clean up its act, come August 2009. According to the press release,…
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I Wish It Was Like This At My House
We have 4 different mobile phones at my house. (What better way to express our individuality!) This leads to a rat’s nest of incompatible charger cables by the kitchen electrical outlet. But if we lived…
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“Orderly Shutdown” for Clear
Last week I posted about how Clear, the airport VIP service, had ceased operations. Here’s how they are dealing with your personal data and their computer storage so that there aren’t any security oopsies. Your…
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Firefox 3.5 Available Tomorrow
Firefox 3.5 will be released tomorrow, June 30, reports PC Magazine. According to Mike Beltzner, Director of Firefox at Mozilla Corporation, “the cumulative number of direct from our website Firefox downloads should surpass 1B [that's…
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Silence is Golden
Back in 1962, President Kennedy asked members of the press to sit on the story about the discovery of Russian missiles in Cuba. This gave Kennedy about a week to try and defuse the crisis…