ComputerWorld reports that in the coming months, the Chinese company Skytone will release an Android netbook called the Alpha 680. The netbook will use a processor from ARM, a company known for supplying the majority of processorsfound in mobile phones. In fact, the Alpha 680 will use an ARM11 chip–the same one found in the iPhone.

Technology Review: Blogs: TR Editors’ blog: The Coming Android Invasion

clever girl.  so they’re gonna to eat Ubuntu’s lunch too, it seems

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NY Activists reclaim illegal billboards

From Urban Prankster:

This past Saturday over 120 illegal billboards were white-washed and covered with art in New York City by a team of volunteers and artists. The guerrilla operation…

NY Activists reclaim illegal billboards

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Bartenders and cocktail geeks, more so than adherents of any other epicurean discipline, seem drawn to a dialogue with the past.

A Cocktail Book Renaissance, Too – NYTimes.com

old is the new new / history is our Smörgåsbord / etc etc

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