It’s back. The story of the worm that ate the Pentagon just won’t go away.

The attack of the Agent.btz worm, dubbed “the most serious breach of the U.S. military’s classified computer systems,” is getting another telling, this time in the Washington Post. The story adds new details about the intrusion — and reveals that some in the military wanted to use “offensive tools” to remove the malware on overseas and civilian networks. But the article still doesn’t uncover anything that justifies the hyperbole that the government has used for this breach since it was first uncovered.

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Look familiar? The Xyboard tablet is not all that different from the Xoom. Photo courtesy of Motorola

“Those who cannot remember the past,” George Santayana wrote, “are condemned to repeat it.”

Motorola must have a very short memory. This much is apparent in the impending release of the Xyboard, Motorola’s successor to the Xoom Android tablet. The Xyboard is up for pre-order on Verizon’s web site, but by most measures, the device isn’t all that different from its predecessor.

For one thing, it boasts markedly similar specs. The Xyboard comes with a slightly more powerful dual-core processor...