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  Americans can now jailbreak, unlock their phones or even copy DVDs for non-commercial use without fearing of getting sued. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today won three critical exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) anti-circumvention provisions. Now users can jailbreak/root their device and even install legal third party applications that were rejected [...]

  HTC Vision has been lurking in the wild for quite some time but this is the first time we’re seeing the phone sporting the T-Mobile branding. According to Engadget who were tipped with the picture says the T-Mobile version could be known as G1 Blaze but are unsure if the phone will be launched [...]

  Apple’s has announced that its iPhone 4 will be available 17 more countries. Come July 30, Apple’s bestselling gadget will be officially available in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland from Apple stores and other authorized channels. iPhone 4 has [...]

  Well, we already knew what HTC was up to but today they’ve thrown in an official press release acknowledging the use of new displays. HTC will now use Super LCD Display (SLCD) in its variety of phones and specifically in Nexus One and Desire that previously used a 3.7-inch AMOLED display. The reason for [...]

  The last and the only time we heard about Galaxy Q was from a Korean newspaper claiming Samsung to unveil the device in the US by the end of this year to take on Blackberry. Now a forum poster has managed to grab the full specs of the device, which he says is taken [...]

  Panasonic’s 3D camcorder expected this week has been leaked by a product page on its own site. The camcorder will go by the model name HDC-SDT750 and will allow consumers to record their favorite moments in three dimension in full HD resolution. Going by the image, the camcorder seems to be a regular looking [...]

  Full details of this pretty device are hard to come by but it looks to be an upgraded Windows Phone incarnation of HTC’s Desire. The only things we know for now is that it will have a 3.7-inch SLCD, a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, 8MP camera with LED flash and touch-sensitive keys. The phone seems [...]

  Microsoft today announced that they’ve entered into a new licensing agreement with ARM. Although complete details of the agreement are confidential, Microsoft did confirm that they’ll get closer access to ARM’s IP that will help them to make better devices based-on ARM platform. Microsoft and ARM are partners since 1997 where they’ve worked together [...]

  As promised, Apple has initiated free bumper program for its iPhone 4 users. iPhone 4 users can download the app from the link below and order a free bumper or case to be shipped at their address. The program is applicable anywhere the iPhone 4 is sold officially. The app will first check the [...]

  UPDATE: White iPhone 4 arriving tomorrow. Oh boy, more trouble for Apple as far as iPhone 4 is concerned. They’ve announced a further delay of white colored iPhone 4s. Apple had promised to make it available by end of this month but it seems it won’t be available “until later this year.” They claim [...]

  Seagate has launched its SSD-HDD Hybrid drives in the Indian market. The 9.5mm 2.5-inch Momentus XT offers a unique way to give consumers the speed of SSDs and affordability of HDDs by integrating 4GB of NAND flash and up to 500GB HDD capacity. By combining both SSD and HDD onto one drive and using [...]

  Microsoft and Bungie have teamed up to allow Halo lovers own a piece of memorabilia. They’ve unveiled Xbox 360 Limited Edition “Halo: Reach” Bundle that includes the console with a new silver design, two custom designed Xbox 360 Wireless controllers, Halo: Reach game, an armor set token, episode of Halo: Legends and Halo: Reach [...]

  UPDATE: Guardian has got the video. Click here. So we’ve heard bold claims from Indian government before as well but it looks like they’ve achieved it this time. The Indian HR Ministry has managed to create a computing device that costs $35 but is continuously trying to lower costs to $20 and ultimately $10. [...]

  Well, it didn’t take much time. Birdman over at AllDroid forums has successfully rooted Motorola’s mighty Droid X and is sharing the trick with the world. For brave hearts who don’t mind tinkering to gain access as super user can directly head to the forum link below. However, rooting does not give the liberty [...]

  TDK joins Sharp as one of the providers of the new BDXL discs. Although Sharp will get a head start by selling the new format discs from this month, TDK’s offering will start retailing from September. The BRV100HCPWB1A from TDK will be a write-once Blu-ray disc that comes in 3 layers, allowing to store [...]