Items tagged with: hacking
HP Veer can be bricked; gets disassembled
One of the webOS community's mantras has always been "You can't brick a Pre." "Bricking" is essentially rending a device un-usable via software hacks. With previous webOS devices, unless you software hacks
Hacking Autism: HP's new initiative follows long Palm history [video]
At Makerfaire on May 21st, HP Personal Systems Group CTO Phil McKinney announced a new HP-sponsored initiative called "Hacking Autism." Its mission, according to its Web site:
webOS 2.1 hacked onto existing US Pre and Pre Plus phones; hold off for now, dear user
If you're waiting to see if you can run webOS 2.1 on your Sprint, Verizon, or AT&T Pre or Pre Plus, we're going to go ahead and recommend that you wait a little bit longer. Thanks to the good folks
Fake webOS port to HTC Hero makes us want it all the more
If you were paying close attention to webOS land over the weekend, you may have noticed some drama - namely that a user at xda-developers claimed to have gotten webOS up and running on a Sprint HTC
Security exploit uncovered in webOS 1.4.X, fixed in 2.0
Two researchers with SecTheory have announced that they have uncovered flaws in older versions of webOS that would allow for remote command and control of the devices. These exploits were discovered in
webOS, Android, and hacking: which is more open?
Smartphones are tricky animals sometimes, especially if you’re a power user or geek (as many of us are these days). You want to get into the very guts of your device and find out all of the cool and secret
HP CTO teases a future where devices are black voids, angles for SXSW panel
HP CTO Phil McKinney (a standup gentlemen, if we may say so) has thrown his hat into the ring to get a panel at next March’s SXSW event, proposing a presentation titled “Hacking the Future,” wherein he
U.S. Copyright Office issues new rules supporting smartphone jailbreak
After a rulemaking process lasting more than a year, the U.S. Copyright Office (which is part of the Library of Congress) has issued new rules about the types of activities, which includes some smartphone
WebOS Quick Install Brings More Tweaks and Themes
So the big WebOS Quick Install v2.5 release happened today. Aside from the theming support there were several other important and useful changes. v2.5 - September 19, 09 - Completely redone patcher
