The founder of the popular CyanogenMod custom ROM – Steve Kondik – has been hired by Samsung.

Hacking a phone not only makes us feel powerful and important, but it lets us benefit due to added features and performance boost.

Popular Android ROM, CyanogenMod, has hit 500k device installs with latest CM7 release.

The LG Optimus 2X/G2X is the first dual-core phone to get official CyanogenMod team support.

The final version of the most popular AOSP based custom ROM – CyanogenMod 7 – has been released, with support for more than 30 devices.

It was nearly a month ago that the Nexus One got a minor Android update to 2.2.1. Hopefully, the Motorola Droid will also be getting the Android 2.2.1 update soon. However, impatient people – like me – can head over to My Droid World forums and download their just released Android 2.2.1 based ROM for the Droid.

CyanogenMod Custom ROM is definitely the best custom ROM for any Android phone out there. It is the most popular, the most advance and the most feature rich custom ROM in the Android modding community.