Friday Links: Microsoft brings down giant spam operation (and more)

• Tune in to Kare-11 Saturday tomorrow morning to see our own Mark Malmberg and some Webchallenge veterns talk about this year’s event (only eight more days).
• Microsoft and US Feds shut down giant Spam operation.
• There was a big gas explosion in Minneapolis, and the fire burned for quite some time. Geek Squad founder Robert Stephens happend upon the incident when it first happened. The Pioneer Press writes about how Stephens shared the story using mobile tech.
• Google Nonprofits, a program that allows nonprofits access to exclusive products and resources to help their organization expand its impact.
• A Web designed for reading.
• Super Mario in the style of a first-person shooter.
• On being an anonymous woman gamer.
• Detroit News regrets caving to advertiser.
• 12 paradoxes of graphic design.
• Death Star cookie jar.