Laptops explode, corporations hire spies—just your average year. The Top 21 Tech Screwups of 2006 [PC World]

CBS just wants to help lesbians get laid. Is that so wrong? 'The L Word' Spins Off Its Chart [New York Times]

Google's got nothing on PayPal. Unless you count its ridiculousl-cushy campus and astronomical market valuation. Google's Checkout's No PayPal Killer [Business 2.0]

Google antitrust case brewing . . . but wait, Google isn't supposed to be evil! Google: Anti-trust case waiting to happen? [Matthew Ingram]