David Pogue: “Now, holding an Ultra Mobile PC in your hands is very cool and exciting for the first 30 seconds, and it certainly turns heads. Unfortunately, your next instinct is to try doing something on this computer …” (New York Times )

Why Did Goss Resign? “A former CIA buddy tells me that Porter’s main problem, however, is a key staffer who is linked to both Brent Wilkes and the CIA’s Executive Director, Dusty Foggo. My friend also said that it is highly likely that the Goss staffer did participate in the hooker extravaganza. Goss, politician that he is, probably recognized that even though he did not participate in the sexual escapades and poker games, his staffer’s participation created a huge problem for him that would be difficult to escape.” — Larry Johnson (truthout)

“Spate of Incidents at Verizon, AOL Point to Growing Problem Of Blocking Legitimate Email: Possibly millions of AOL members were temporarily unable to receive some mail from Google Inc.’s Gmail users last week after AOL held up messages from some new Gmail servers over concerns it might be spam. An AOL software update recently resulted in a stoppage of mail that mentioned at least 60 Internet addresses. An update of Verizon Communication Inc.’s spam filters recently sparked widespread complaints from consumers who were unable to receive and send messages.” `(WSJ)