The Ten Percent Solution

from Today's Papers . Slate.com

The Washington Post fronts news that Scrabulous, a popular Facebook application, was disabled for U.S. and Canadian users of the social networking site.

The companies that own the Scrabble trademark, Hasbro and Mattel, had been asking Facebook to take down the application since January, but the action was taken only after a lawsuit was filed last week accusing Scrabulous of copyright infringement.

"I was getting creamed, so it's probably a good thing in that respect," a Scrabulous fan tells the Post. "The country is probably 10 percent more productive today."