Well, I got that gadget-itis and bought a Nook Color tonight. I just successfully rooted it and installed Astro and Dropbox. Now I can edit a file to allow 3rd party installations and I'll be able to ...

It looks like the boys up XDA Developers Forum have gotten the brand new Barnes and Noble Nook Color rooted already! They got a fair number of Android Applications already running, such as the runaway ...

Barely weeks after its launch, Barnes & Noble's Android-based Nook e-reader has been hacked and 'rooted' (root, or full system access, has been obtained). A loose team of hackers reported the work on ...

The lure of Android has brought hackers to the Barnes & Noble nook like piranhas to still-kicking meat, and it turns out there's plenty of intrigue inside the ebook reader. Over at nookDevs they've ...

Sometimes, hacks work. Sometimes they don’t. A great example of this the Barnes & Noble Nook–the Nook Color’s resulted in a lot of hacking fun, but the new E-Ink-touchscreen Nook isn’t succumbing to ...

Barnes and Noble just released firmware version 1.4 for the nook, and it was only a matter of time before devs cracked in to the root level. This opens up some extra features that are only available ...

Just days after the Barnes & Noble NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ tablets went on sale, hacker verygreen has posted instructions for rooting the tablets. It also looks like it’s possible to boot software from a ...

Who would have predicted that Barnes and Noble’s new Nook Tablet would be rooted? Oh, everyone? Well, it still happened, and that’s good news for modders who are looking forward to hacking the ...