If you're in ownership of an HTC One S, you'll probably be pleased to learn that it's been rooted courtesy of - as usual - XDA developers, or, more specifically, forum member paulobrien.
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With the anticipation for Samsung's Galaxy S III reaching fever pitch, the predictable influx of supposed leaks is in full swing. Following on from Samsung's immensely-popular Galaxy S II, the expectation of the device cannot be underestimated. We've sifted through quite a few images purporting to depict the next best Android device - some which do look plausible, while others fail to convince.
Last week, we reported of a strain of malware in the wild that, although described innocently as Rovio Mobile's latest addition to the Angry Birds series, was indeed the Legacy Native (LeNa) malware first seen last fall, and has the potential to remotely gain root access to Android users' devices.
With the Xbox 360 now in its seventh year on the market, the ardent gamers are getting increasingly excited about the prospect of its successor, and the rumor mill has been fairly rampant over the past 6 months or so, covering just about every eventuality possible.
With so many apps claiming to make daily task managing just that tidbit easier, the App Store is a goldmine for those looking to keep their lives in check. Thus, Pocket Lists by 1312 is a mere statistic among the hundreds, but nevertheless manages to tick most of the required boxes - and then some.
While there are many great Twitter clients helping us voice our <140, quickly upload pictures and check up on what everybody else has to say, there's a glaring lack of proper Twitter management apps out there.
With the recent Facebook acquisition of Instagram, and the app having just been ported to Android - and enjoying over a million first-day downloads in the process - the market for photo-manipulation apps is undoubtedly at an all-time high. While not everybody is convinced by Instagram's photo-editing credentials, there are plenty of alternatives offering a vast array of features enabling the most beautiful snaps to be made out of the most seemingly bland, boring, inanimate objects.
The more popular the App Store has become, the more susceptible users have become to breach of account, it would seem. Naturally, Apple has upped the ante in an effort to combat the potential threat, although as some users have been finding out, the added security measures do seem to bear the hallmarks of a scam.
Since it's largely regarded to be an integral part of the smartphone experience as a whole, developers spend much time and effort trying to improve and enhance the social experience.
Although the technology world appears to have warmed to Microsoft's Consumer Preview of the upcoming Windows 8 operating system, the Metro interface does seem as though it would be much better suited to a tablet.
