DMCA update shuts down new phone unlocking next year, allows rooting (but not for tablets)

And so it passed that Congress didst layeth its blessing on the jailbreaking and rooting of all manner of devices; the hacking community saw the miracle and rejoiced.But that amendment to the DMCA two years ago was just a temporary exemption and the Electronic Frontier Foundation has been vigorously lobbying to get it reinstated. The Library of Congress has now done just that through a new three year extension, but with some serious caveats: After 90 days, unlocking of new phones will be verboten and all tablet mods will still be illegal.

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Plattan Tweed Edition headphones

Urbanears has just announced their third pair of headphones to come under the Urbanears Editions range, calling it the Plattan Tweed Edition headphones where it will retail for $80 per pair. The Plattan Tweed Edition headphones comes enveloped in hand-woven Harris Tweed, and you know that it is going to be a luxurious experience considering how it is made from 100 percent virgin wool. Boasting brown ear-caps, a brown textile cord with Kevlar core so that you need not worry about the entire shebang ending up in a twisted mess, as well as orange accents, the Plattan Tweed Edition headphones is definitely a thing of beauty.

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More Microsoft Hardware a Possibility, says CEO

“Is it fair to say we're going to do more hardware. Obviously we are. We did our first piece of non-Xbox hardware when we launch the Surface. Where we see important opportunities to set a new standard, yeah, we'll dive in.”.
It is in non-uncertain terms that Microsoft's CEO Steve Balmer told the BCC that it will not hesitate to build hardware when it senses that the opportunity is right. Of course, the Xbox and Xbox 360 come to mind, but everyone wonders if and when Microsoft would release a smartphone, despite their strong alliance with Nokia.

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Superbig, Superfast, Supershow: Broadband World Forum Enters New Era

London, 25 October 2012 – The world’s foremost broadband conference and exhibition, the Broadband World Forum, took the broadband industry into a new era of connectivity and services, as thousands of visitors filled Amsterdam’s RAI Exhibition Centre last week. The new venue and fresh new programme reflected the evolving nature of the industry, specifically focussing on the power of broadband to transform lives and the possibilities and opportunities with innovation.

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Official–And Unofficial–Third-Party Lightning Cables Coming Soon

We've been tracking third-party Lightning cables pretty closely, because millions of people are receiving new iDevices and want a second charger.  We've seen the “authentication” chip cracked, and we saw a third-party cable that lights up, but none of them have beaten's Apple's $20 asking price for a Lightning cable. Until now. iPhone5Mod, the same people behind that light-up dock we covered earlier, have released more boring, straightforward Lightning cables–plus they're significantly less expensive than Apple's version.

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Ford announces plan to close Belgian plant, restructure European manufacturing

The latest development in this ongoing saga that is the European economic crunch is word that Ford will shutter production of its Genk Assembly Plant in Belgium, eliminating some 4,300 positions. Ford could potentially reduce costs by $300 to $500 million annually as a resulting of closing the production facility. The Genk plant currently produces the Mondeo, S-MAX and Galaxy vehicles. Assembly of these vehicles would cease at the plant by the end of 2014.
According to Ford, it lost $404 million in the European market.

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Nexus 4 benchmarked confirms Android 4.2

The upcoming LG Nexus 4 should be one of the first of many Nexus-branded devices to be revealed later this year, and it has been known by its codename Mako, having popped up in the GLBenchmark scoreboard. Just how fast is the new Nexus 4 device. Fast enough to cement a top 4 finish, where it is breathing down the Pantech Vega IM-A850's neck, while the Asus PadFone 2 and the Xiaomi MI-2 remain in front. The reason for the placing of these devices.

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