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  • EVO 4G gets 802.11n WiFi by changing two lines of code

    EVO 4G gets 802.11n WiFi by changing two lines of code

    Posted on June 23, 2010 | No Comments
    The EVO 4G has a lot of weight in the smartphone arena thanks to WiMAX and that 4.3-inch screen, but though its Broadcom BCM4329 silicon also technically supports 802.11n WiFi over 2.4GHz, the protocol was disabled for some reason. Thankfully it's just a matter of ten characters to enable greater throughput, as the fine folks at xda-developers recently discovered. Better yet, you don't even have to edit those characters yourself -- if your EVO's nice and rooted and the word "brick" doesn't inspire fear, you'll find instructions and flash-ready ZIP files at our source link.

    EVO 4G gets 802.11n WiFi by changing two lines of code originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Droid Incredible finally rooted for real… kinda

    Droid Incredible finally rooted for real… kinda

    Posted on June 10, 2010 | No Comments
    Have you sat frustrated as Android device after Android device fell to the power of the root, while your HTC Incredible sat there, lamenting its legitimacy? Have no fear! Your root is here! ...kind of.

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  • EVO 4G Root released

    EVO 4G Root released

    Posted on June 3, 2010 | No Comments
    We'd already seen proof that the oh-so-lovely hacking community had already managed to root (read: gain full, unrestricted administrative privileges for) the unreleased Sprint EVO 4G -- but outside of a very select bunch, the process was kept on lock down. Fear not! Now you, too, can get all up on some handset hacking debauchery. Well, you can if you have an EVO -- which for the vast majority of would-be owners, won't happen until tomorrow's launch.

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  • Jabulani designer defends World Cup ball, says players just not used to playing at altitiude

    Jabulani designer defends World Cup ball, says players just not used to playing at altitiude

    Posted on June 2, 2010 | No Comments
    The lead developer of the Jabulani, the ball that will be used in the World Cup, has hit back at his noisy critics. Dr. Andy Harland, who helped design the ball at England's Loughborough University's Sports Technology Institute, says that what many players are complaining about now, that the ball "moves strangely" or whatever, can be attributed to using the ball at altitude. The ball has been around since December, and he has heard zero complaints until now. So what gives?

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  • HTC Evo 4G rooted in record time (video)

    HTC Evo 4G rooted in record time (video)

    Posted on May 24, 2010 | No Comments
    We're still a good dozen days away from its public release, but the Evo 4G has already been given a rooting makeover. Google dished out Evo handsets to all the lucky (so lucky!) attendees of its blowout I/O 2010 event, and a trio of those visitors rolled up their sleeves and decided to get down and intimate with the phone over the weekend. The product of their labor is at this stage just a few screenshots and a blurry video after the break, but fear not, we're sure details of the hack will be forthcoming promptly.

    [Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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    HTC Evo 4G rooted in record time (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 May 2010 03:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Sprint’s Hero finally gets official Android 2.1 upgrade

    Sprint’s Hero finally gets official Android 2.1 upgrade

    Posted on May 19, 2010 | No Comments
    Assuming you resisted the temptation to either root your Hero or update it with the recently leaked 2.1 firmware, this is your very first chance to finally slap on a dash of Android future on your senescent device. Sprint has at long last made the update available, though it isn't quite yet ready to download from its site. Fear not, the good folks behind the yellow network have put together a guide on upgrading through your phone and we'll link up the download as soon as it's ready for consumption. Time to start enjoying that Google Maps Navigation magic and all the other goodies constituting Eclair's delectable filling.

    [Thanks, Jonathan]

    Sprint's Hero finally gets official Android 2.1 upgrade originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 06:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Holy cow! AT&T data tethering revealed in iPhone OS 4.0 beta 4

    Holy cow! AT&T data tethering revealed in iPhone OS 4.0 beta 4

    Posted on May 19, 2010 | No Comments
    You heard it right! AT&T have finally given their approval to allow their bazillion or so iPhone users to hook their computer up to AT&T's magical data waves, tether stylee. Tethering was first introduced as an option in iPhone OS 3.0, but AT&T wouldn't let US users get in on the laptop-on-iPhone action, for fear that their network would explode. So, up until this point, tethering has strictly been an international affair, despite AT&T's looming promise of "soon".

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  • Skyfire For Android Beta Leaked! Have some screenshots.

    Skyfire For Android Beta Leaked! Have some screenshots.

    Posted on April 21, 2010 | No Comments
    By the time I got wind that Skyfire was looking for Alpha testers, the sign-up sheet had already been filled to the brim. Bummer, right? Fear not! As luck may have (the "luck" here being for early adopters, if not necessarily Skyfire), a Beta copy just leaked out for all to enjoy.

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  • Nobody wants the NBCU-Comcast merger to go down

    Nobody wants the NBCU-Comcast merger to go down

    Posted on April 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Looks like nobody in the TV industry wants the NBCU-Comcast merger to go down. And who could blame them! ABC, CBS, and Fox affiliates are afraid that, if the merger goes down, it'll cause the clouds to darken and the streets to run red with the blood of something or other. Basically, they're scared that the merger will put the in a very bad position indeed.

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  • What’s the deal with these Microsoft Seinfeld ads?

    What’s the deal with these Microsoft Seinfeld ads?

    Posted on March 26, 2010 | No Comments
    I'm not quite sure what this was important to someone, but Todd Bishop of TechFlash sat down with Microsoft to discuss those crazy Seinfeld ads from way back in ought-8. He essentially asked Microsoft "What were you thinking?" and got some interesting replies. Essentially, Microsoft wanted to introduce Windows 7 in a big way but they weren't sure how to go about it. Their marketing execs wanted an icebreaker to invite the world back into the mind of Microsoft. The result? Some of the craziest commercials the company ever released.

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  • Dear Square Enix: Just remake Final Fantasy VII already

    Dear Square Enix: Just remake Final Fantasy VII already

    Posted on March 19, 2010 | No Comments
    I'll just point you in the direction of this weird rant... thing about Final Fantasy. It sorta explains the differences between Final Fantasy I and Final Fantasy XIII. Something about honor and inns and whatnot. Yeah. More importantly, let's discuss the possibility of Square Enix remaking Final Fantasy VII, because that hasn't been done before on the Internet.

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  • webOS 1.4 update coming on Thursday?

    webOS 1.4 update coming on Thursday?

    Posted on February 22, 2010 | No Comments
    Back at CES in January, Palm announced that webOS 1.4 and all of its video recording talents would be hitting Pres and Pixis around the world starting in “February”. Flash forward a few weeks, when a supposed snapshot of an internal Sprint scheduling sheet indicated that it would all start rolling out on February 15th. February [...]

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  • Never fear, Innovationman is here!

    Never fear, Innovationman is here!

    Posted on February 21, 2010 | No Comments
    Innovationman has a gas-powered skateboard to sell you! He wants you to buy it! He has a family who are also interested in your trade! This thing is going for under $1000 but if you win, you have to offer a deposit of $1000! Don’t miss out! What is this thing? Let Innovationman tell you! GAS [...]

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  • New Pwnage Tool for 3.1.3 available

    New Pwnage Tool for 3.1.3 available

    Posted on February 8, 2010 | No Comments
    Fear not, people who jailbreak your 3GSes! PwnageTool for the latest firmware, 3.1.3, is available and ready to crack, hack, and otherwise damage your iPhone. I’ve stopped hacking my 3GS simply because too many things break after unlock. You should also keep your “SHSH hashes” backed up (basically keep the keys to previous versions lying around [...]

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  • CrunchGear’s “Clean Out My Office” Contest

    CrunchGear’s “Clean Out My Office” Contest

    Posted on January 18, 2010 | No Comments
    This week I’ll be running a “clean out my office” involving a whole bunch of stuff I can’t get rid of and is too valuable to potentially throw away. Today’s special treat? Lots of Plantronics Voice-Music-Gaming headsets with USB thinger for listening to stuff over USB and using Skype. I think I have like nine. How [...]

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