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Chrysler To Offer Wireless Internet In 2009 Models

sunny in Seattle writes "'Have you ever thought rush hour on the 405 Freeway might be more bearable if you could check your e-mail, shop for a book on Amazon, place some bids on EBay and maybe even, if nobody is looking, download a little porn? Then perhaps you should be driving a Chrysler.' LA Times reports that the nation's third-largest automaker is set to announce Thursday that it's making wireless Internet an option on all its 2009 models. The mobile hotspot, called UConnect Web, would be the first such technology from any automaker."

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  1. Re:New meaning to "internet crashed" by GroeFaZ · · Score: 1, Redundant

    This story will give new meaning to "regurgitate worn jokes and cliches"

    Cry "cheetos!" and let slip the car analogies of slashdot.

    Here are a few pointers:

    War driving.
    Beowulf cluster
    Hot grits, applied to a statue of Natalie Portman, naked and petrified.
    bot nets (don't forget to take a jab at Microsoft)
    Thankfully, you've got crashes covered.
    Information super highway
    Tubes and trucks
    0x3A28213A
    0x6339392C
    0x7363682E

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    The grass is always greener on the other side of the light cone.