Yes, you read that title correctly.  The team over at SDX-Developers has achieved root on the Samsung Epic 4G , before the phone is even being sold. The process involves first establishing a temporary root, and then pushing a script that sets the root... 

With all the emphasis placed on the entertainment and social media aspects of smartphones, academic functions are often overlooked.  This is a shame, really, as there are some pretty incredible applications being developed that have very practical use... 

4G customers now have options. At least they will on August 31 when the Samsung Epic 4G launches on Sprint. Sprint announced the pricing and availability today. The phone will be more expensive than the HTC EVO 4G, running $250 with mail-in rebate and... 

Reports of iPhone 4 issues like shattering, antenna interference and scratching bring up an important issue: cell phone protection. To keep your sexy, new phone lasting for years (or at least a few weeks until the next best thing comes out), consider... 

Ready for 3D? Well, you won’t be able to enjoy it yet, but you can begin your preparation by purchasing the first 1080p 3D television sets to hit the market: the Samsung UN46C7000 and UN55C7000 LED units. The televisions are now available for... 

Samsung has a new smartphone out: it’s fast, it’s good looking, but most importantly, it sports an entirely new mobile OS developed by Samsung, called bada (yes, in lowercase). The device itself, called Samsung Wave or S8500, is well equipped.... 

When it came to Facebook and Twitter, it took brands a while to figure out how to take advantage of the social networks. With Foursquare, they have been much faster . But now with Google Buzz, they’re beating plenty of early adopters to it. Samsung... 

Online advertising revenues among the four largest Web advertising companies ( Google , Yahoo, Microsoft , and AOL ) ramped up 10.2 percent in the fourth quarter to $9 billion.  This marks the second quarter of positive growth following last year’s... 

If you’ve ever tried to use Twitter Search, you know that it’s got some pretty serious problems. First, the site only lets you search back through a couple weeks of tweets. Even worse, the service doesn’t seem to employ any relevancy... 

The Iranian government has officially banned the use of Gmail in the country, reports The Wall Street Journal. In place of Google’s email platform, Iran will allow citizens to use a State-sponsored national email service. The ban coincides with...