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New Handheld Computer Is 100% Open Source 195

Posted by kdawson on Friday June 04, 2010 @10:46AM from the small-wonder dept.

metasonix writes "While the rest of the industry has been babbling on about the iPad and imitations thereof, Qi Hardware is actually shipping a product that is completely open source and copyleft. Linux News reviews the Ben NanoNote (product page), a handheld computer apparently containing no proprietary technology. It uses a 366 MHz MIPS processor, 32MB RAM, 2 GB flash, a 320x240-pixel color display, and a Qwerty keyboard. No network is built in, though it is said to accept SD-card Wi-Fi or USB Ethernet adapters. Included is a very simple Linux OS based on the OpenWrt distro installed in Linksys routers, with Busybox GUI. It's apparently intended primarily for hardware and software hackers, not as a general-audience handheld. The price is right, though: $99."

Comment Re:More conspiracy theories (Score 1) 292

by Banality on Thursday November 17, 2005 @11:17AM (#14052366) Attached to: HAARP Amping It Up

I'm sorry, that's bizarre. Apparently, your definition of a "chemical weapon" is one that's composed of chemicals, and is used on people. By that definition, napalm is a chemical weapon, as is high explosive.

White phosphorus was used extensively in Vietnam and in other conflicts against people as an incindiary weapon. It has never been identified in any treaty as a "chemical weapon".

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