Free TurboLaw Wallpapers
July 14, 2009
Everyone likes to have a pretty picture on their desktop (often called “wallpaper”) – and here at TurboLaw we’re no exception. So one of our more artistically-gifted staff members put together a few nice TurboLaw-themed desktop backgrounds, and we’re posting them here for free for anyone who wants to show their support for TurboLaw on their computer.
Just click on any of the small thumbnail-sized images above to see the full-sized image. (Right-click the full-sized image and choose “Save as” to save the image to your computer.)
Feel free to save these images to your computer and set them as your computer’s background image, or share them with friends who also love TurboLaw!
Worcester Telegram & Gazette’s Website May Harm Your Computer
May 13, 2009
Google seems to have caught the Worcester Telegram & Gazette’s website (telegram.com) distributing “drive by” malware. “Drive by” malware means malicious or harmful software that is installed on your computer even if you don’t click on anything. Of course this is done without your consent (or notice).
Google has a “Safe Browsing” notice page that explains the details of what has been found coming from the Telegram & Gazette’s website.
If you search Google for “worcester telegram and gazette“, you will receive a warning page similar to the one shown below (the warning is circled in red):
If you use Firefox as your web browser and you try to go directly to the Telegram & Gazette’s website, you’ll see a security warning similar to this:
If you use Internet Explorer, you won’t get any warning – so if you do use Internet Explorer, you might want to avoid going directly to the Telegram & Gazette’s website and instead search for it using Google.
According to Google’s report, the malware isn’t coming directly from telegram.com, but from other sites – probably linked via ads of some sort, or perhaps via a sneaky technique known as “injection,” which allows content from other (usually “bad”) sites to be “injected” into other sites (usually very popular ones).
If you do visit the Telegram & Gazette’s website (not recommended right now), you’ll see a vague statement on the front page regarding “problems” they are experiencing right now, and how they are “working with their vendors” to resolve it.
Until this situation is resolved, we’d recommend staying away from the Worcester Telegram & Gazette’s website. You can check on the status of the situation by searching Google for “worcester telegram and gazette” and seeing whether the “This site may harm your computer” warning is still there.
If you absolutely must go to the website, we’d recommend using extreeme caution. If you have a Macintosh or Linux computer available, it is probably safe to visit the site from those computers – as almost all malware is written for Microsoft Windows.
UPDATE: The problem appears to have been fixed. We received a note from Mark Henderson, Online Director over at the Telegram & Gazette, who let us know about the problem and gave us this note, which was also posted on their website:
Our Web site was the target of a virus or other intruding program for limited periods of time from Monday afternoon to early Wednesday morning. When we learned of the problem, we took all appropriate steps to ensure the integrity and safety of the site. We believe that we have corrected the problem and that you can continue to use the site without concern. It is our understanding that computers with up-to-date virus protection would not have been compromised. If you believe that your computer may have been affected while connected to our site, please contact Online Director Mark Henderson at (508) 793-9266.
Google also no longer lists the site as being potentially harmful to your computer, nor does Firefox. So it seems to be safe to visit the site again. Although this incident just underscores the need to have a good anti-virus or anti-spyware program on your computer that is kept up-to-date!
“Get a divorce” billboard gets dumped
May 10, 2007
CNN carried this story about a billboard for a law firm that generated lots of complaints:
A racy billboard proclaiming “Life’s short. Get a divorce” caused such an uproar that city workers stripped it from its downtown perch after a week.
It wasn’t so much about the partially clothed man and woman on the law firm’s ad.
It was the phrase that lawyers Corri Fetman and Kelly Garland chose that drew scores of complaints from neighbors and from other attorneys who said it reflected poorly on their profession.
You can read the whole story here.
Do it yourself marketing – finding great images.
October 17, 2006
Do you, your staff or a family member or friend create your own marketing materials? If so, read on. This short article will give you some great resources for fantastic images and photos that are completely legal to use and either free or very inexpensive.
It used to be the case that finding engaging images and photos for marketing purposes that were weren’t copyrighted or extremely expensive was quite difficult – at least in my experience. Below are some of the resources I use on a daily basis to create the materials we use here at Promethean.
http://www.sxc.hu/
This is a site with thousands of free images you can use. Registering is free and gives you access to the larger file sizes.
http://www.stockxpert.com/
This is spin off of the site above. The images may be considered “more professional” and are very inexpensive to download.
http://www.shutterstock.com
This is our newest find for image sites. It is $159.00 for one month with up to 750 downloaded images – still a fantastic deal for what they offer.
Next month I will write a little bit about the program we use for creating our marketing pieces and free software classes online.
Hope this helps you!
Danielle
Director of Sales & Marketing
Promethean Software Corporation
The makers of TurboLaw Software
danielle@turbolaw.com
(800) 518-8726 x112
Contract Limerick
April 6, 2006
From the fine folks over at the Volokh Conspiracy comes this limerick summarizing a contract dispute:
An ode to Cricket Alley Corp. v. Data Terminal Systems (from a poet in my Contracts II class):
Facts:
DTS sold registers to Cricket’s
To automate bookkeeping wickets.
The shop owner said, “Dang!
These won’t talk to my Wang.
We’re stuck with hand entered sales tickets.”Holding:
Cricket’s needs were expressed or implied.
On salesmen’s claims Cricket had relied.
Damage was foreseeable
And so we’re agreeable
Consequence relief can’t be denied.
Be sure to check out the comments, as there are a few other user-submitted limericks as well.
2005 MBA Conference
March 14, 2005
I just wanted to post a quick thank you to the MBA organizers for this year’s annual conference, and also to the lawyers, both customers and non-customers, who visited our booth. We had a great time in Boston meeting all of you and look forward to next year!
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