The first “hands-on” reviews of the iPad are in. The iPad, like the iPhone, doesn’t do Flash. And although the lack of Flash is noted by most of the reviewers, it’s underplayed by writers who know better. Why the first set of iPad reviews may not be completely objective.

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Now that the first shock of yesterday’s attempted bombing on Northwest Flight 253 has passed the real fallout is starting to take effect, mainly for regular travelers. But if you want a real sense of what it’s really like to be traveling today then you need look no farther than twitter. We put together a collection from across the Twittersphere to give you a sense of how these new restrictions are (or aren’t, as the case may be) are affecting travelers ability to get where they’re going this holiday season.

Rachel Maddow took time on her MSNBC hour last night to take a closer look at some of Senator John McCain‘s latest legislative activity: his net neutrality bill. Maddow broke it down like so: “The government says the internet should be free — big companies should not be able to rig the Internet for their own purposes. John McCain’s bill says they should.”