Day: February 23, 2004
Using the Web: Yahoo launches new search engine
Yahoo is rolling out a brand new search engine today, with its own index and ranking mechanisms, casting aside its long-standing use of Google-powered search results. SearchEngineWatch article.
Using the Web: Google looking to expand services
In its quest to offer new services for web surfers Google quietly launched but then dropped a WHOIS lookup service on the search site after Network Solutions blocked most of the queries. WHOIS allows you to find out who is responsible for a website or other internet address. NSI argues that the number of search […]
Planning: ODPM integrated programme for e-planning
The ODPM has announced it is establishing an integrated programme to bring together a whole raft of projects and initiatives, including the Planning Inspectorate’s Planning Portal, designed to drive forward the e-planning agenda. In the forefront of progress now is the government-funded Planning and Regulatory Services Online national project (PARSOL), one of the 20 or […]
Legal Publishers: Centaur sold and Lawzone to relaunch
Centaur Communications, the publisher of The Lawyer magazine and TheLawyer.com, has been sold for about £130m to stockbroker Numis Securities, who plan to float the company on the junior Aim market. The acquisition by Numis has sparked some controversy and may yet result in an investigation by the Financial Services Authority. Meanwhile back at the […]
Legal Publishers: LexisNexis to launch new technology platform
LexisNexis is launching the first release of a single global technology platform that will deliver its information products and services in the US and worldwide. The new single platform is intended to make it easier for lawyers or other professionals working around the world to obtain information relevant to their home country or to other […]
E-mail standards guide from LITIG
Following research into the issues surrounding e-mail usage within the legal industry and the associated risks, the Legal IT Innovators Group (LITIG), an organisation specifically for senior professionals involved directly in all aspects of implementation, use and support of legal IT systems in the UK, has created two Good Practice Guides on Acceptable Usage Policy […]
Department of Health website relaunch
The Department of Health (DH) relaunched its website on 16 February 2004. The site has been completely redesigned and restructured. The new site is intended to provide improved navigation and a more powerful search engine, and will also help the DH meet government standards on accessibility and targets for electronic service delivery. Content is now […]
Law Society guidance on money laundering
In anticipation of the Money Laundering Regulations 2003 coming into force on 1 March 2004, the Law Society has published fresh guidance for solicitors on the effect on them of the latest legislation. Under the new regulations most solicitors’ practices will fall into the regulated sector for many areas of legal work, including property transactions […]
