also look at www.snip.ly -- it doesn't highlight per-se, but it brings the text you've selected in a lightbox over the original article. Like awesomehighlight

also look at www.snip.ly -- it doesn't highlight per-se, but it brings the text you've selected in a lightbox over the original article. Like awesomehighlighter (which someone else mentioned, it won't work on NYTimes pages. also, check out Diigo. It's the bookmarking service i use. They let you highlight text, add post-its, etc. as part of the bookmarking process.