Faster Forward: Late-night experiment: Rooting an Android phone

I've been complaining lately about the increasing amounts of carrier-installed, un-removable junk apps on smartphones, and in particular those devices running Google's Android operating system. Last night I did something about it: I engaged in some entry-level hacking to remove some of this unwan...



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Building better wireless networks

With mobile traffic growing, the U.S. needs to keep up with spectrum demands.

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Device may stop dengue fever by slaughtering pregnant mosquitos [Madscience]

Put this one in the "We'd feel bad about it if they were mammals" files. With dengue fever infections on the rise and two fifths of the world's population at risk, scientists devise a scent trap that kills pregnant mosquitos. More »

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Faster Forward: After Craigslist, 'adult services' ads find new homes

It's now been almost two weeks since Craigslist spent a day under a Congressional spotlight for its now-ended "adult services" ads. Since the San Francisco-based classified-ads site publicly surrendered at a Sept. 15 hearing--saying the ads it once accepted would flow to other sites that made f...



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Samsung to Show 23mm-thick Blu-ray Disc Player at CES

Samsung Electronics has developed a Blu-ray Disc player that's just 23 millimeters thick, and plans to unveil it at next week's International Consumer...

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HDTVs, video players and Web media: What's worth your money

If you've waited until now to buy a new HDTV, I can guarantee one thing: You'll spend less for a given screen size than somebody who made that purchase last year. (Ahem.)

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A Harbinger of wireless risks to come

Philip Falcone left his hometown of Chisholm in northern Minnesota's rusting Iron Range in 1980 in the passenger seat of a 12-year-old Mercury Cougar that cost $150.

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