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  International Kindle gave the liberty to use Kindle outside of United States but that came with a tradeoff – crippled web browsing experience. Although this breaks the deal for many, Wired has discovered a workaround that allows to surf the web without any restrictions. The little hack is to register your Kindle with an [...]

  Want to make your Verizon DROID a bit like Nexus One? Well, here’s a port of the Android 2.1 (Flan) update for the DROID to make it happen. However, before you jump in excitement let me warn you, this ain’t for weak hearted or inexperienced modders. It is a system image file that does [...]

  So what do you do when you know the first ever Android device’s chances to get an official Android 2.0 are slim (actually, non-existent). But of course, port it yourself. Modder Akira Harada took the task in his own hands to port the Android 2.0 Eclair SDK on his rooted G1. The build as [...]

  UPDATE: O2 spokesperson has confirmed that the SMS patch will be available tomorrow via iTunes. No confirmation from Apple though. [Thanks, Jay] While Apple seems to be dealing with superfluous issues trying to save cell towers from jailbreaking, security researcher Charlie Miller at the Black Hat security conference showed that the phone maker has [...]

  HTC smartphones running on WinMo 6 or 6.1 are hackable via a Bluetooth attack, claims a new report by security researcher, Alberto Moreno Tablado. He claims the vulnerability is found only in HTC phones because of its driver that is prone to a directory traversal hack in the Bluetooth OBEX FTP service. The hack, [...]

  With 624MHz CPU, 128MB RAM, 3.2-inch touchscreen and other nifty features, a lot of hackers felt Omnia’s prowess was being wasted with Windows Mobile 6.1 and thus, they have initiated a project called the Andromnia – to install Android OS on Omnia. The goal is still faraway but a major step realizing their goal [...]

  iPhone 3GSers you need to wait a little longer but iPhone 3G users running v3.0 can go ahead and free their phones from the shackles of AT&T or any other operator (depending on your region). Just follow the steps below and you’re done. 1. Ensure you have upgraded to iPhone OS 3.0 2. Jailbreak [...]

  It’s not even a week before Pre went on sale and users have unearthed the webOS root image, which was found in Palm’s webOS Reset Doctor tool. For now, this does not mean much to you and me but developers have already started tinkering with the image that could reveal the whole new facet [...]

It seems Nokia might have to bite their own words. Contrary to what they said the last time, Ultra-Scan, has managed to replicate the hack on their 1100 device produced in Bochum, Germany. They managed to reprogram the phone by installing a ‘special firmware’ by hackers and intercepted the mTAN. However, this was successful only [...]

(Click for a larger view)   Hey look! As the guy who supposedly hacked Steve Jobs’ account we also managed to do the same and made him visit our Kindle Edition page. Will you subscribe it now on your own Kindle? Steve loves our blog, so should you. PS: Orin0co might have phished Jobs’ account [...]

  Multi-touch on G1 is very much possible but the end product was never shipped with the feature depriving many craving the multi-touch. Now a developer Luke Hutchison has posted a nifty tutorial that can make multi-touch on G1, a reality. He patched the kernel and re-flashed the firmware. If these terminologies seem alien to [...]

  Wired.com writers recently managed to make a Hackintosh netbook for themselves. They have successfully installed Mac OS X on Samsung NC10, MSI Wind and Medion Akoya Mini. Now they are providing a nifty tutorial for the layman to do the task. It really isn’t some rocket science as you have to just follow the [...]

  Onscreen QWERTY keyboard is always a subjective issue. Probably this Japanese guy didn’t like the fact that his iPhone lacked a physical QWERTY so he decided to take the initiative by himself. He took his jailbroken iPhone, a cheap QWERTY keyboard and modded it to work with the iPhone. Check out the video if [...]

  UPDATE: The creater of this app, Waninkoko has officially abandoned the project. The homebrew scene on Wii is going at a brisk pace. A few days ago, a video floated about Wii Backup Loader which can play backed up Wii games without the need of modchips. And today someone has leaked it to open [...]

  PS3HAX forum member, Pirate has conveniently pulled out a portable PS3 laptop. Acknowledging Ben Heck as his inspiration he took around 3 months and almost $1,000 to create his masterpiece. The laptop sports a 17-inch LCD, keyboard and 80GB PS3 all housed in a rectangular suitcase-esque shell. The LED backlit PS logo and PS3 [...]