Firmware 1.4 of the Nook Has Been Rooted
If developers can find a way to root an Android-enabled eBook reader, they can root anything. Barnes & Noble released version 1.4 of their Nook the other day, and with that came the usual curiosity of coders: they looked deep into the soul (or source, I forget which) of the latest firmware and found more key vulnerabilities that would spell its security doom.
With those vulnerabilities came a method to root the device. Be sure to check out NookDevs for instructions on how to jump from SoftRooted 1.3 to 1.4.