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MSLitella:

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-202-6399150.html
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6399150.html?tag=nbs

Other places to look:

http://public.wsj.com/sn/y/SB991862595554629527.html
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-06-08-microsoft-smart-tags.htm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/18160.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19557.html
http://www.activewin.com/articles/2001/xpie6.shtml
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166676.html

Smart tags for wimps - create your own using Excel
http://www.officezealot.com/smarttags/SmartTagDownloads/DispForm.htm?ID=2

If case you missed it, Smart Tags look like being ON by default. If you don't want your webpage SmartTagged, you'll have to modify your webpage.

Here's the poop on how to turn them off:

<meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="TRUE">

But, if you visit:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19943.html
and then read down the page a bit, you'll see that it's not quite as simple as that.

Other SmartTag-like slime:
http://www.scumware.com/wm5.html