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LINCOLN, Neb. — While it lacks the cultural significance of the original prehistoric monument found in England, western Nebraska’s junk-car tribute to Stonehenge remains a top tourist draw in state – even if it is more likely to attract gearheads than Druids.

If officials vote next week as expected, the western Nebraska city of Alliance will take control of Carhenge, the 26-year-old mashup monument to English prehistory and the American automobile.

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The loss of a spouse is one of the most difficult things to get through in life. But one widow found a way to cherish the happiest memory of her husband in his absence.

On Sunday, Reddit user iSquirt6 posted a photo with the caption, “My grandpa passed away a few months ago. I visited his house today for the first time since and his wife [my step-grandmother] has their wedding outfits hanging like this in their house. This is true love.”

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In the Utilite mini-PC, if you’re all about working with open-source software, small form factor, and more ports than you know what to do with, the team at Compulab may have created just the monster you’re looking for. This week the creators of the Utilite have announced not only that the machine itself exists, but that they’ll be selling it in different configurations starting at under $100 USD. The smallest of these works with a Freescale i.M6 single-core processor and will be aiming to be just about as basic as possible.

Inside this device will be working with support for up to 4GB of RAM – though you’ll be working with less right out of the box – as well as 512MB built-in storage. There’s an mSATA solid state drive slot for additional space, and a SDXC card slot for 128GB more. You’ll also find four USB 2.0 ports and two RS232 serial ports. Don’t forget the USB OTG (micro-USB connector) as well.

This device can also be configured with dual or quad-core processors. Like the company’s other miniature oddities, MintBox, Fit-PC, and Tegra-based Trim Slice, this Utilite mini-PC aims to be as versatile as possible while remaining solid as a single-form machine. The whole beast remains 5.3″ x 3.9″ x 0.8″ (135mm x 100mm x 21mm) one way or the other.

The Utilite mini-PC can connect to devices wirelessly with 802.11b/g/n WiFi as well as Bluetooth 3.0, connecting to monitors with a HDMI out and single DVI port, the rest with S/PDIF and stereo audio jacks. You’ll also find 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports as well as an extremely laid-back design, with white plastic on the front and back of this unit and a dark gray along the top.

The whole system will work with between 3 and 8 watts of power – unbelievable for a system that could very well work as a central control point for your many multiple home network systems. It’ll be up to you to decide what you’ll actually be controlling with this exercise in simplicity.

VIA: Liliputing; Compulab

Utilite mini-PC crosses ARM with Linux and/or Android is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Tim Stevens, forever known as a bearded legend and a dignified gentleman in the realm of Engadget, once placed a small sum of money into a charity bet with Gene Munster. At question, as you’ll likely surmise, was whether or not Apple would reinvent television before the end of the year. The outfit’s CEO has since upgraded the Apple TV from a hobby to an “area of intense interest,” and it seems that discussions are indeed in the works. Jessica Lessin, formerly of Wall Street Journal fame, has been known to break an Apple story or two, and she’s recently published a report that puts Apple and cable companies at the table to discuss the premise of ad skipping.

Simply put, Apple wants to offer consumers the ability to watch live and on-demand programming “over an Apple set-top box or TV” at a premium, with ads being skipped over and ISPs receiving a slice of the money. That money, of course, would seemingly have to trickle down to the companies who are getting (potentially) shafted when it comes to air time, but details surrounding that notion seem to be unclear. Of course, one could say that folks are already addicted to skipping ads, and if Apple’s crafting an idea to make anything from a phenomenon that’s already happening… well, you could certainly imagine one or two executives having a listen.

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