Technorati, against the wishes of Dave Winer, released a new Technorati at BloggerCon III. I've noticed that after more than one half year of Technorati nothingness, the engine started working again today. I got a response in less than one minutes, in fact, less than one second. Congrats to David Sifry and Kevin Marks!
Update: It's a little on and off right now, but much better than just a couple days ago.
Update: After a brief return to the functioning state, Technorati has returned to the borked steady state.