The 802.11b module won't ship for at least a month, and the Bluetooth module won't be available until August.

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Today it's not uncommon for suppliers to build large chunks of an automobile--a complete dashboard or a front-end module, say--at their own factories, then ship them to the auto plant for final assembly.

FORBES: Other people's money

If this is correct, it doesn't take a math wizard to understand that having a single radio module that works virtually anywhere means notebook vendors can build a single model of a product and ship it anywhere in the world, knowing it can be activated on any of today's commercial networks.

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Oh, how the times have changed... its final mission saw Atlantis successfully deliver the Russian Mini-Research Module Rassvet to the ISS. She'll be prepped one last time to stand-by as a rescue ship for the upcoming (and final) missions of Endeavor and Discovery, but Atlantis' days in space are likely over.

ENGADGET: Space Shuttle Atlantis ends its run of predicting disaster for other NASA shuttles