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A+ for Dell's new Ubuntu Linux netbook
Source: Computerworld

I was lucky enough to have a friend at Dell who let me play with Dell's new Latitude 2100-N for a few hours. After he chased me down, he pried it out of my fingers. I didn't want to give it up. This is one nice Ubuntu Linux-powered netbook.

Lost kids? Google them
Source: tulsaworld.com

With an upgrade to its mobile maps, Google Inc. hopes to prove it can track people on the go as effectively as it searches for information on the Internet.

Spy On Your Workers With Google Latitude
Source: PC World

It will be interesting to see how Google's new geo-locator service, called Latitude, plays with small business. Launched yesterday, Latitude transmits the user's location back to Google for display using the service's online maps.

Oct. 13, 1884: Greenwich Resolves Subprime Longitude Crisis
Source: Wired News

An international convention in 1884 selected the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England, as the longitude of the Prime Meridian. 1884: Geographers and astronomers adopt Greenwich as the Prime Meridian, the international standard for zero degrees longitude.

Don't look now, but Tablet PCs are on the rise
Source: Ars Technica

Derided by some and purchased by even fewer, the Tablet PC concept has had a rough go of it since its formal blessing by Microsoft in the form of Windows XP Tablet Edition in 2002.

Regarding the "hidden" geotagging iPhoto feature

There has been some chitty-chat on the Internets about iPhoto having a hidden feature that allows you to Geotag your photos.

Plazes enables your digital life.
Source: emtydesigns.com

Article about Plazes a new location technology integrating your digital life.

How-To Refurbish a Computer using Cookie Tin
Source: afrigadget.com

Kikuyumoja shows us how he fixed an old Dell Latitude using a simple cookie tin.

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