Have you ever been ambushed at the office? I have and its not pretty. I find it so much easier to concentrate at home. And so much safer. Check this out and see if you agree with me that the home office is the better place to get your business done than the cubicle jungle.

WebNotes, the brainchild of a group of MIT alums, is a highlighter and sticky note tool that offers the on-line researcher the ability to annotate, cite and take notes right on the source while perusing the internet. This web-based application loads as a browser toolbar that can be minimized or maximized with a click. There are scads of nice features in this agile tool, including the ability to keep track of notes, bookmark items a browser or bookmarking site, handwrite notes, search annotations and sources and publish notes to a group. Right now, WebNotes is only available as an invite-only beta, so head over to Tech.Blorge for a great hands-on review and the chance to score an invite. Or go to WebNotes site to try out their demo.

Those academics are so clever! Stanford has launched LexMachina, a “a comprehensive online information source on IP litigation.” Access is publicly available – all you need to do is create an account. Data is limited to patent cases of the relatively recent variety, within the past 8 years. Free and intellectual – a winning combo!

Those academics are so clever! Stanford has launched LexMachina, a “a comprehensive online information source on IP litigation.” Access is publicly available – all you need to do is create an account. Data is limited to patent cases of the relatively recent variety, within the past 8 years. Free and intellectual – a winning combo!