As skynet Google continues its relentless march towards private sector total information awareness, the current big project at GOOG is something called Google Android, a portable device operating system set to change the way we compute on the go. In an article on CNET, a spokesman for the Android OS hinted at the possibility of getting the system running in cars as well as handheld devices. Exactly how that would work without a standardized set of hardware requirements from automakers, we don't know. However, our tin foil hats are vibrating at the thought of a data mining company riding alongside in a car equipped with GPS and cameras everywhere. [CNET]

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