Zipit gets Linux, gets on the web, teenagers around the globe scream with glee
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Zipit, the WiFi Instant Messenger that lets kids IM and um, IM, has been stuffed with Pixil, a PDA Linux OS. Why? Well, for one it allows the hacker in question to browse the web on his little blue friend. So is this a sign of interesting things to come for the Zipit or just a "because we could" kind of thing? Time will tell.