Saturday, July 19, 2003

Spooked by the White House. A CIA veteran says a growing faction of the U.S. intelligence community is furious over the way the administration corrupted the system -- and that the nation's security is at grave risk. [Salon.com] 11:18:20 AM

"Johnny English". Loose-limbed ostrich Rowan Atkinson has his moments in this undercooked British spy farce, but it's mad king John Malkovich who steals the show. [Salon.com] 11:18:04 AM

From heroes to targets. The U.S. occupation of Iraq has turned into a daily debacle, say experts, because the Washington ideologues who planned the war were living in a fantasy. [Salon.com] 11:17:43 AM

The truth about XML. Systems powered by the Extensible Markup Language may prove to be the standard for sharing information between businesses, but experts at McKinsey explain why most CIOs won't make the leap in the near future. [CNET News.com] 11:17:31 AM

TIME picks iSight as Gadget of the Week [The Macintosh News Network] 11:17:17 AM

Coloring the Comic Books. White males still rule the form, but characters of other colors -- and not just green -- are donning the requisite capes and cowls. At the Comic-Con, fans examine how far the industry has come. By Randy Dotinga. [Wired News] 11:17:05 AM