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It took a barely-there dress to make Jennifer Lopez the top Lycos Grammy search of all time. Now, Norah Jones has overtaken her with raw talent rather than bare tummy. The multiple award-winner became the most-searched Grammy term ever last week, helping to push “Grammy Awards” to the No. 4 spot on the Lycos weekly top 50. In 2000, Lopez peaked at No. 20. Jones buzzed all the way to No. 9, past fellow award winners John Mayer (26) and the Dixie Chicks (40). All three made their first appearances on the Lycos list. Lycos Rhapsody music service also experienced a Grammy surge. CD burn activity for Jones shot up 530 percent while streams rose by 440 percent. The death of Fred Rogers last week pushed him to 32 on the regular Lycos chart. Oddly, another children’s icon, Dr. Seuss, appeared just after Rogers on the list – it was his birthday last week.
MSNBC.com to start running Spanish content
MSNBC.com will soon offer content en español. The site has made an agreement with the online division of the country’s biggest Spanish-language newspaper, La Opinión, to incorporate some of its local news content onto local.msnbc.com. MSNBC.com has partnered with several other news operations, including 108 TV stations and 84 newspapers, during the past year to expand its local section. La Opinión mainly covers Los Angeles, where it is based. MSNBC.com’s local pages receive approximately 3.4 million unique viewers per month, according to the site.
Brazilian hackers cuss out Bush on Cuban sites
Gee, guys, tell us how you really feel. Hackers posted the message “NO WAR FUCK BUSH FUCK USA” on the international and domestic sites for Granma, a Cuban newspaper, alongside a Brazilian flag Tuesday. Granma staffers said that reading the paper online was nearly impossible all morning as designers worked to restore the site. The BBC said that the hacker called himself or herself “Serial Killer” and also included names of others who helped plan the attack. The Cuban state news agency, AIN, had its site shut down for the entire day when it was also compromised Tuesday.
IBM monitors going up in flames (literally)
Beware the mysterious igniting computer screens. IBM has recalled more than 50,000 monitors that are at risk for catching fire when they overheat, said the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission this week. So far, five instances of monitors spewing smoke have been reported. One resulted in minor property damage, but no one has been hurt. Several different monitor models are included in the recall, all of them sold between June 1997 and December 1998 at a cost of $370. They were sold at RadioShack, CompUSA, OffficeMax and Best Buy. The company has posted an advisory at its web site at www.ibm.com/pc/g51recall.
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