Via @timoreilly, Add-Art replaces online advertisements with curated art images via a Firefox plug-in:

This
will obviously raise eyebrows in the the advertising community, as well
as in companies that depend on advertisement revenues. But it also
raises important questions about authorship, the dissemination of art,
hacking theory, and web site design.
Who, for example, is the author of a web site with an add-art replacement? What are the ethics of
hacking the site to replace, for example, the New York Times' rotating
selection of advertisements in certain locations? Eye tracking studies
have shown us that users are …

Via ReadWriteWeb, the New York Times has announced the release of 2.8 million articles with 28 searchable fields in an new API (Application Programming Interface). Marshall Kirkpatrick at ReadWriteWeb writes:
What do you do when your industry is
shifting under your feet? Taking the lead with radical steps is one
strategy. The New York Times did just that this afternoon when it announced
that it has released a new Application Programming Interface (API)
offering every article the paper has written since 1981, 2.8 million
articles. The API includes 28 searchable fields and updated content
every hour.
This …