Thursday, July 29, 2010

From The Daily Reveille -- July 29, 2010



Jailbreaking smartphones can come with a price

Ahoy, matey.

It’s time to batten down the hatches, shiver me timbers, gather some wenches and wonder where all the rum has gone.

Aside from the swash-buckling, high seas faring, Jack Sparrow look-a-like pirates, the term “pirate” has stretched into a newer, different meaning in the modern technology age.

Have you ever decided you didn’t want to pay for a CD but just downloaded it anyway? Well, you’re a pirate.

Ever decided you didn’t want to wait the five months for the movie to come out on DVD and just bootlegged it off some Internet site? Here’s your eye patch, matey — you’re a pirate.

While the war between record and movie industries and Internet piracy has been an ongoing struggle for the past decade or two, these aren’t the pirates this column is focusing on today.
This one comes down to all those upset smartphone users who aren’t happy with the current settings or customization levels their handset offers out of the box, and decide to break through that pre-existing barrier to do some things to the phone the manufacturer may...read more here.

*From www.lsureveille.com*

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