Jan 11, 2005 10:21 PM

Nora, the sinister cybersneak

"Non-Obvious Relationship Awareness" spookware.

And from IBM, too. My word, that sure looks handy.

I wonder when we get the 25-dollar desktop version?

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/srdnet/nora.html

Nora Knows More About You than You Do

You can have this spookware for free!

http://www.exxonsecrets.org

Social Software for Exxon-Mobil's Propaganda Operations

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