Cloudy Web 2.0: So Much for the 5th Utility

A real utility, like water, gas and POTS, implies that it's always there, with only very rare and explainable exceptions. Which reminds me, did they ever figure out who hacked (as in "chopped") the major phone cables in Santa Clara County, last month?

Gmail 5 Second Retrieve Reprieve

I've been waiting for someone to come up with this (cache it first) implementation for email. I'm not sure 5 seconds is long enough.