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30 September 2010 15:07 GMT / By Paul Lamkin

Recently, we saw some clever so and so hacking their iPad to run Windows 95. Impressive? Yeah, we suppose so.

But Windows 95 was rubbish in 1995 so we couldn't quite understand what the point was.

If you're gonna hack your iPad, at least use a more contemporary OS or, even better, one that doesn't officially exist yet.

That's what Hexxeh has done with his hack job, which runs the open source Chromium OS (that will be used for the forthcoming Google Chrome OS) via the Apple device.

It's a brief demo, and we'd like to see more, but we like it never-the-less.

Have you seen a better hack job? Give us a shout at the usual address and we'll possibly include it on the site.

Via: hexxeh.net Via: engadget.com

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