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I’ve been spending a lot of time — besides looking for full-time employment, of course — tweaking the heck out of my HTC EVO 4G phone, which, if you’re unaware, runs on Google’s Android platform. Once you have rooted an Android phone, you can access to a whole plethora of capabilities. Lately, besides being able [...]

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I’ve not written in a spell because I’ve been totally submerged in the culture of Android rooting. Rooting, if you’re unaware, is similar to jailbreaking an iPhone. It gives the user root access to their phone, allowing much more control over their device in new and exciting ways.

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So remember a little while back that I said I was sticking with the iPhone? Yeah, well, things change, and about two weeks ago, I took the plunge away from the iPhone and AT&T (a limited phone with an awful carrier…yeah, I said it) to go to Sprint and the HTC EVO 4G. Why do [...]

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According to an article on Ars Technica entitled, Apple loses big in DRM ruling: jailbreaks are “fair use”, the Library of Congress has added a bevy of new exceptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act altering the way we’re allowed to use much of the digital media and devices we have.

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Sorry about not updating in a while folks, had some real life crap take away the brain space I usually use for writing, but now things are looking totally up, so I’ll be back on a regular basis bringing my (hopefully interesting) opinions and such on geek stuff. Today I’m going to talk about why, [...]

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