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From InfoWorld: A screensaver developed by Lycos Europe that gives spammers a dose of their own medicine is attracting plenty of attention, but not all of it good. The company officially launched the ‘Make Love, Not Spam’ screensaver Wednesday but a beta version had already been widely distributed. Offering to ‘spam the spammers,’ the screensaver …
From CNN: A four-letter term that came to symbolize the difference between old and new media during this year’s presidential campaign tops U.S. dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster’s list of the 10 words of the year. Merriam-Webster Inc. said on Tuesday that blog, defined as ‘a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments …
From the NYT: At the Exploratorium, the hands-on science museum here, there is an exhibit called ‘Energy From Death’ that staff members refer to as ‘the rotting carcass.’ In a small terrarium hundreds of dermestid beetles eat the flesh and bones of a dead baby mouse over several days. Next to the live beetles is …