Just two weeks after the Droid Razr’s release Motorola has made it easier for developers to make custom ROMs for the latest Droid smartphone. Motorola has put the source code for the Droid Razr up on Sourceforge, so anyone can download it and use it as they will. It’s mod useful for developers who know more »

The Nook Tablet and Kindle Fire each have their own app stores. Amazon wants you to get all your apps from the Amazon Appstore, and Barnes and Noble keeps customers locked into Nook Apps. Well, you just can’t keep people from finding exploits in the system that will let them to do just about whatever they want. The Kindle Fire can technically access the Android Market, and now the Nook Tablet can download apps that aren’t approved by B&N. The only difference is you don’t have to root the Nook Tablet to take advantage of this find.

More drama has emerged from the TouchDroid team. TouchDroid is the name of a project headed up by a handful of individuals who intend to port Android to the HP TouchPad. The short term goal was to get a 2.x version of Android running before tackling Honeycomb. However, porting Ice Cream Sandwich to the TouchPad would be the real treat. A bit of controversy hit the project this week when Thomas Sohmers, a 15-year old associated with the TouchDroid project accused another member of using donations to purchase and resell discounted TouchPads for a profit.

The HP TouchPad may have not been a financial success, but webOS has developed a cult following. The benefit of having the support of a elitist-like group of techies is that they won’t abandon a product long after everyone else has. Though HP wants nothing to do with the TouchPad, a group of hackers has formed to bring Android to the HP TouchPad in the future.

Verizon is following in AT&T’s footsteps by tracking down people who use hacked smartphones to use Verizon’s data network to tether or access hotspots. Verizon has not made an official announcement about this, but the new data requirement has gone into effect recently according to ReadWriteWeb.

What’s this? Another hacking story? Surely you didn’t think the fun would be over so quickly did you? One of the latest victims of the great hacking craze of 2011 is the jobs website for The Washington Post. At this time, it isn’t known who is behind the hacks, but they did make off with a bunch of email addresses.

Android smartphone users have been able to enjoy Swype for quite some time. In case you’re unfamiliar with it, Swype is an alternate keyboard for Android. It allows you to merely drag your finger around the keyboard to spell out words instead of typing letters one by one. Swype must have some sort of digital black magic embedded within its code because it works very well most of the time. For the iPhone, there is only one official keyboard because that’s just how Apple rolls. However, one person has ported Swype to the iPhone. It’s currently in beta and can only be accessed with a jailbroken iPhone. Fortunately, jailbreaking an iPhone is extremely easy these days.

My how the tables have turned. LulzSec, the hacking group that has been having a great time breaking into websites and posting confidential information has made a new enemy. Make no mistake, LulzSec has ticked a lot of people off ranging from innocent individuals to government agencies. It has also drawn the ire of another hacking group known as TeaMp0isoN.

In our technology-dependent world, hackers can disrupt crucial systems that we need and use everyday. For the past few weeks, we’ve been bombarded by hackers who are stealing information from various websites and posting them to the web. Even the CIA website was hacked twice. Even though exposed usernames and passwords obtained from websites can be potentially devastating to some, the security of an entire country’s information systems is much more important. That’s why the Pentagon is creating the National Cyber Range, a place where anti-hacking tests can take place.

LulzSec has done it again. The hacking group has become very popular lately and is probably loving all the attention its getting. LulzSec even opened up a hotline for people who want to call them. Nearly a day ago, LulzSec pulled off what could be its most risky hack yet. The group confirmed that it has crashed the website for the CIA.