This week's hottest search terms and ones to watch

***MEDIA ALERT***

Grey's Anatomy, Spyware, Make First-Ever Appearances on List

Pai Gow Poker, CD Labels, Wolverine Boots, Big Search Gainers

The Lycos 50 for Week Ending May 20, 2006

WALTHAM, Mass.—May 25, 2006—Lycos, Inc.(www.lycos.com), a media destination for creators and consumers of quality content, today announced the following information from The Lycos 50™, the 50 most popular Internet search results for the week ending May 20, 2006. For a complete list of The Lycos 50™ and for in-depth text of The Lycos 50 Daily Report, go to http://50.lycos.com. Readers of The Lycos 50 can also share their thoughts on Internet trends and pop culture on The Lycos 50 Blog located at https://lycos50.tripod.com/blog/.

Biggest Movers and Shakers over the Past Week Ending May 20, 2006: 1. CD Labels 224%
2. Spyware 210%
3. Diamond Bracelets 191%
4. LCD TV 189%
5. Red Hat Linux 187%
6. Cancun 178%
7. Used Cars 169%
8. Wolverine Boots 166%
9. Futurama 154%
10. Pai Gow Poker 145%

Notes of Interest:
ABC’s hot TV show, Grey’s Anatomy (#30) makes its first-ever appearance on this week’s Lycos 50. Interestingly, while search activity indicates web users are crazy about the show, they don’t know how to spell it, as search queries for Gray’s Anatomy outnumber searches for Grey’s Anatomy nearly two to one. The other new face this week is Spyware (#44), making its debut on this week’s list, with search activity jumping 210 percent. Web users appear to be far more concerned with detecting and eliminating spyware than anything else, as searches for spyware removal, spyware blocker, and anti-spyware were responsible for the surge in popularity.

Other Notes of Interest:Search queries for Wolverine Boots have stepped up 166 percent during the past week. Not to be confused with Wolverine, the X-Men mutant, this footwear is made by Wolverine World Wide in Rockford, Michigan. The sudden surge in interest in these rugged work boots might be a clue that summer job season is fast approaching. Meanwhile, Pai Gow Poker, or double-hand poker, appears to be the hottest poker craze, up 145 percent this week.

The Lycos 50™ Top 10 Search Terms for the Week Ending May 20, 2006:
1) Paris Hilton 6) LimeWire
2) Poker 7) Mother’s Day
3) RuneScape 8) Britney Spears
4) MySpace 9) Pokemon
5) Pamela Anderson 10) Golf

About Lycos, Inc.
Lycos, Inc. (www.lycos.com) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Daum Communications Corp., a leading Internet portal and e-commerce destination in Korea with a growing presence throughout the Asian markets. Lycos, Inc. creates and operates search, community and technology lifestyle sites including Lycos.com, Hotbot.com, Wired.com, Tripod.com and Angelfire.com. Other Lycos products and sites include Lycos Mail, Lycos Games, Lycos Planet, Lycos Phone and GetRelevant. Lycos was acquired by Korean Daum Communications Corp. in October 2004 and has its U.S. headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. Daum Communications Corp. is traded on the KOSDAQ: 035720, www.daum.net.


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Contact: Kathy O’Reilly, Lycos, 781-370-3454

POKE THE PENGUIN
This is no 'March of the Penguins'...from our friends over at Lycos Games.

BIONIC WOMAN


Some call her the bionic woman. Others call her a medical miracle. But Cheri Robertson has given herself another title:

"I just call myself the robo-chick."

Read the whole story and watch a video of Bionic Vision

TOOT TONE
If you are looking for a laugh this Wednesday, then look no further.

This hilarious, fake commercial solves the problem of unwanted toots in public places...

Turn your toots into ringtones!

Watch the (fake) Toot Tone commercial

TIME OF 1,2,3,4,5,6
Tomorrow at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 AM, the time and date will
be 01:02:03 04/05/06.

Everyone is pretty wound up about this...maybe we're missing something but is this a big deal?

DA VINCI'S CODES
Our friend over at WIRED.com wrote a cool article about the real-life DaVinci Code.

The Codex Trivulzianus, one of Leonardo Da Vinci's oldest notebooks, is out from under lock and key, offering the world a rare look into the mind of a genius.

Normally hidden away in a library at Sforzesco Castle and reserved for scholars' eyes, the 55-page collection of sketches and writings is on public display for the first time in nearly a decade. It includes character studies, drawings of church domes and military machines, and even a self-improvement guide.

See highlights from the LEONARDO DA VINCI - Codex Trivulzianus


Read the WIRED column, The Real DaVinci Code

NATION OBSESSED WITH CAT
This has to be our favorite odd news story of the week...

Lewis the cat is under house arrest for attacking an Avon lady and two Sunset Circle women in this quiet Fairfield neighborhood.

Elizabeth Oberhand, who lives next door to Lewis, the cat with a mountain lion's reputation, can't believe the media frenzy that has catapulted the so-called ferocious feline to international notoriety.

Read more from the Connecticut Post

TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART...I MEAN SUN


Thousands of people watched the Moon slide into place exactly between the Earth and the Sun in a total solar eclipse on Wednesday.

Watch NASA video

An image of the solar eclipse taken from Kastellorizo, Greece, by the Williams College Eclipse Expedition has been overlain with one from the SOHO spacecraft. This allows features in the corona to be traced from their bases on the Sun's surface up until the gas escapes into interplanetary space (Image: JM Pasachoff/Williams College Eclipse Expedition/SOHO-NASA/ESA)

Moon and Sun stage an impressive light show

PROSTITUTE RETRAINING PROGRAM


From the category of we thought we've heard of everything here is a new one...
a prostitute retaining program

A new project in Germany is teaching prostitutes a wholly new bedside manner -- retraining them to become care workers for the elderly. Many experts consider women with experience in the sex trade to be especially well suited to the job.

Check out the rest of this article from Spiegel Magazine From Johns to Geriatrics

BECOME SMARTER IN ONE WEEK
The BBC has some brain exercises that promise to make you smarter in a week. If you don't believe me, just try them...

Here is the first suggestion for today -- try brushing your teeth with your left hand and taking a shower with your eyes closed. Showering in this way will engage your other senses. Pay attention to the different sounds, touch and smell.

Get Smarter in a Week