When HP pushed the webOS 3.0.4 software update for the HP TouchPad last week, it added support for OGG Vorbis audio files as well as a new camera app and performance improvements. Unfortunately the update also broke any custom kernels users may have installed. But just a few days later the developers behind UberKernel produced a new beta version of…

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The NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor which powers most tablets running Google Android 3.x Honeycomb normally runs at 1 GHz. But hackers have been overclocking the dual core chip to run at 1.5 GHz or even higher speeds. You sacrifice a little battery life when you run the chip at speeds exceeding 1 GHz, but you get speedier performance. That means…

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You know how a few days ago hackers managed to install a custom kernel on the Asus Eee Pad Transformer and get the Android tablet to run at up to 1.4 GHz? You know how the tablet wasn’t particularly stable at that speed, but ran OK at 1.2 GHz? Well, nevermind all that… because now xda-developers forum member Blades has…

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We’ve already seen a number of Android tablets with NVIDIA Tegra 2 chips hacked with custom software kernels which support overclocking. So it’s no surprise that the Asus Eee Pad Transformer can be overclocked. But it’s still nice to see it happen. Xda-developers forum member netarchy has posted a custom kernel for the Transformer which lets you overclock the chip…

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You know that ViewSonic gTablet that’s on sale for $280 today? The one with the 10 inch display and 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor? How would you like it if that was a 1.4GHz chip instead of 1 GHz? Because it turns out that’s how fast one hacker managed to get the tablet to run by using…

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The Motorola XOOM is already one of the fastest Android tablets on the market thanks to a speedy 1 GHz dual core NVIDIA Tegra processor with support for 3D graphics acceleration and HD video output. But some people just like to push the limits. The developer of the SetCPU app for Android has managed to use the app to overclock…

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The Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor is turning out to be an Android tablet hacker’s dream. While the $250 tablet is sold as a color eBook reader, it turns out you can root the Android operating system, install third party apps, update the Android OS, and even install Ubuntu Linux. Now it looks like you can also overclock the NOOKcolor to…

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The HP Mini 311 comes with NVIDIA ION graphics and either an Atom N270 or N280 processor. That gives it more oomph in the graphics department than the vast majority of Atom-based netbooks and notebooks on the market. But as I pointed out in my review of the laptop, it generally feels a little sluggish when you’re performing tasks that…

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I may only have been posting here for a couple weeks, but it’s pretty obvious that there are two major sects in the “netbook crowd”: those looking for the best battery life possible and those looking for the best performance they can cram into a tiny package. If you count yourself among the latter, the results from the power-hungry users…

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Computer World has put together a list of 5 ways to overclock many netbooks with Intel Atom processors. I’ve covered many of these tips and tools before, including Eeectl and GMABooster. But it’s nice to find them all in one place, and more importantly, I’m a sucker for people who actually take the time to interview me before quoting me…

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The Sony Vaio P mini-laptop is available with Intel Atom processors with clock speeds ranging from 1.33GHz to 1.86GHz. But like pretty much any Intel Atom CPU, th echips in the Vaio P lnd themselves to overclocking. And EeeUser forum member Cerano says he managed to overclock his Vaio P with a 1.86GHz Intel Atom Z540 processor to run at…

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The Asus Eee PC 1101HA laptop is the first member of the Eee PC family to have a BIOS-level utility for adjusting the clock speed. Here’s how it works. MJost Eee PC netbooks have a Windows utility that lets you adjust the clock speed by choosing “power saving,” “high performance,” or “super high performance modes.” On the Eee PC 1101HA,…

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