Google Android, The Open Source OS That May Be Coming To Your Car

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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