Afterd finding WebCollage and Driftnet/EtherPEG (very interesting ;-) via jwz.org i got interested in Xscreensaver for MacOSXand Ubuntu:

• XScreenSaver
  XScreenSaver is the standard screen saver collection shipped on most Linux and Unix systems running the X11 Window System. I released the first version in 1992. In 2006, I ported it to MacOS X 10.4.
  (tags: software screensaver macosx unix xscreensaver)
• Baustelle/Xscreensaver in Gnome-Screensaver einbinden – ubuntuusers Wiki
  Dieses Wiki ist an alle gerichtet, die gerne die Xscreensaver nutzen möchten, aber nicht gleich den Gnome-Screensaver entfernen oder ausschalten wollen. Ziel des Artikels ist es, einzelne oder aber alle Bildschirmschoner aus den Xscreensavern in die mit
  (tags: software screensaver xscreensaver ubuntu)

Something like this should be in every newsroom (in order to make informed decisions, not in order to follow the masses):

• BBC Touch – How in touch are the BBC?
  (tags: mashup bbc news feedback mostread homepage)

Very nice API (Initial tests show that it’s even not too bad with german texts):

• Term Extraction Documentation for Yahoo! Search Web Services
  Content Analysis Web Services: Term Extraction Submitting Term Extraction Queries The Term Extraction Web Service provides a list of significant words or phrases extracted from a larger content. It is one of the technologies used in Y!Q.
  (tags: software api contentanalysis termextraction rest yahoo)