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FREE! Corporate Information for the State of Texas
http://www.window.state.tx.edu
The Comptroller of Public Accounts is responsible for collecting Texas sales and use,
franchise and other taxes. In addition to providing the forms and rules on their website,
the Comptroller offers information on corporate standing including: name and address of
registered agent, lists of officers and directors, and certificates of franchise tax
standing.
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Legal Information Institute
http://www.law.cornell.edu
Cornell offers the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, copies of the U.S. Code, and the
Code of Federal Regulations. You can also search the decisions of all federal Courts of
Appeal or link to state statutes and codes.
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Do a lot of Medical Research?
http://www.infotrieve.com/freemedline/
There are several sites that offer free Medline searches. Infotrieve not only allows you
to search and view Medline abstracts, but when you find what you want, you can order it
delivered to you for an additional charge. If you find yourself or your paralegal running
to the nearest medical library (or wishing you had a nearby medical library), this is a
great service for a reasonable price.
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Don't get lost, get Map Quest!
http://www.mapblast.com
Get a map from anywhere, to anywhere, for free. Mapquest allows you to zoom and scale your
map as needed and will provide written driving directions for cartographically impaired.
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Watch Out!
http://www.searchenginewatch.com
Confused about what search engine to use on the Internet? Searchenginewatch.com can help
clear up the mystery. With reviews and comparisons of all of the major search engines you
can do a side by side comparison of the coverage and syntax used by different engines.
Searchenginewatch.com also has links to hundred of smaller, speacialty engines.
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How to be an Internet GymnastŠ
http://www.adobe.com
More and more sites on the web are putting up forms, reports and legal materials in
Adobe's .pdf format. Using the free reader (available at Adobe's website, supra),
documents can be downloaded and printed regardless of what kind of computer you are on or
what word processor you have. PDF documents retain all of their original formatting and
pagination. Adobe Acrobat 4.0 (Retail approx. $299) allows you to create your own PDF
documents either from word processing documents or from images you scan in to your
computer.
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A free cure for the "Driver Doldrums"
http://www.zdnet.com
Have you ever wasted time looking for the floppies that came with your printer so you
could re-install the drivers? Ever had an expensive consultant recommend a new piece of
equipment because you do not have the drivers to install on your new computer to make it
talk to your old scanner? Check out Ziff Davis' collection of driver software. Thousands
of drivers available for download for free!
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The tips contained herein are provided for informational
purposes only. Neither the State Bar of Texas nor the Computer & Technology Section
endorse any site or product mentioned herein.
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