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  Access Denied: why Android’s broken promise of unlocked bootloaders needs to be fixed

  By Joshua Kopstein on November 20, 2012 11:00 am + 405 comments

  Remember when mobile hardware manufacturers like HTC and Motorola promised to help customers unlock Continue reading…

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  AT&T Galaxy Note made compatible with T-Mobile thanks to custom modem software

  By Chris Welch on March 13, 2012 11:24 pm + 7 comments

  Samsung's Galaxy Note is currently an AT&T exclusive in the US, but there's now some good news for Continue reading…

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  Google Wallet reassures customers of safety, turns off prepaid card provisioning

  By Dante D'Orazio on February 11, 2012 06:39 pm + 33 comments

  Following discoveries that both rooted and stock Android phones are vulnerable to attack, vice Continue reading…

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  Nook Tablet hack allows rooting from an SD card

  By David Pierce on January 28, 2012 10:38 am + 2 comments

  Though it's long been possible to root the Nook Tablet, it's always been a pretty (even crazily) Continue reading…

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  New ClockworkMod app offers free tethering to Android phones, sans root

  By Dante D'Orazio on January 2, 2012 07:04 pm + 45 comments

  Famed Android developer Koushik Dutta has released a new Android tethering app that doesn't require Continue reading…

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  Amazon Kindle Fire redirects all Android Market requests to Amazon App Store

  By Dieter Bohn on December 16, 2011 11:21 pm + 69 comments

  The Amazon Kindle Fire tablet runs on a version of Android so heavily customized that it might be Continue reading…

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  Google Wallet leaves sensitive data unencrypted and accessible, says security firm

  By Bryan Bishop on December 13, 2011 05:32 am + 67 comments

  ViaForensics conducted a recent study on Google Wallet, discovering that while the electronic Continue reading…

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  RIM's PlayBook root fix already hacked

  By Nathan Ingraham on December 7, 2011 08:48 am + 16 comments

  RIM's trying to close the security hole on the BlackBerry PlayBook that allows root access, but the Continue reading…

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  RIM investigating BlackBerry root, assures customers of safety

  By Dante D'Orazio on December 5, 2011 02:28 pm + 9 comments

  RIM is taking the BlackBerry Playbook root claims seriously. In a statement, the company said Continue reading…

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  BlackBerry PlayBook gains root with DingleBerry

  By Adi Robertson on November 29, 2011 09:51 am + 19 comments

  The BlackBerry PlayBook has just become the first rooted BlackBerry device, and developers xpvqus, n Continue reading…