Facebook, Twitter, Gmail Will Be Built into Firefox

Mozilla has a very clear view on its mission, to make it easier for people to experience the web, in all it forms, and to make the web better. Part of that means creating better web technologies and standards and part of it means making Firefox better. One thing that Mozilla wants is to free up users from having to rely on various proprietary platforms for what should be basic web functionality, identity and authentication for one. But Mozilla has been working on "liberating" users in another way, by building social tools into Firefox itself. Mozilla has been experimenting with this for a while, the F1 sharing add-on which later became Firefox Share, for example, but the experimentation period is done, social is now built...

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iPad mini Machined in China, Assembled in Brazil

A report from Japan says Apple has ordered its Chinese manufacturers to start producing the chassis of its next-generation “iPad mini,” with plans to have it assembled in Latin America. A somewhat reliable source of Apple rumors, Japanese blog Macotakara is citing its sources as saying that the rumored 7.85-inch iPad mini might be assembled in Brazil, presumably at the same Foxconn factories that manufacture some of the current-generation iPads and iPhones. The Japanese site further states that the actual carving of the aluminum shell housing the tablet’s internals - the “machining,” as Apple refers to the process - is being done in China. Apple has been reportedly plotting a massacre in the tablet industry, and the biggest...

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Windows 8 RTM to Go Up to Build 8506

Microsoft is moving closer to making its Windows 8 operating system available in a final flavor, but will have to get through the RTM milestone first, and some more info on the builds that will emerge in the process has been recently unveiled. Apparently, the final RTM flavor of Windows 8 won’t land as build 8500, something that many believed would happen, but will get past that. Thus, info that surfaced over at WinUnleaked shows that Windows 8 RTM builds will reach 8506, although there will be RTM Escrow 8500 builds as well. At the moment, Microsoft is working on the pre-release to manufacturing flavor of Windows 8, which will feature builds ranging from 8411 to 8440. As soon as it gets things in order for the next...

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Toshiba 21:9 Ultrabook Has 1,792 x 768 Display

Ultrabooks have been dragging themselves along, due to being too expensive, among other things, but there are some models that deserve a mention or two. Toshiba's U840W is one of them, even though it does nothing to convince the common man that ultrabooks are what he should buy. In fact, it is one of the more inaccessible of its kind, since the hardware it is made out of demands a higher tag than the rest. That doesn't mean it isn't an interesting thing to behold though. Indeed, it might be one of the most unusual models so far built, in no small measure thanks to the screen. For one, the LCD (liquid crystal display) measures 14.4 inches, instead of the 11.6 or 13.3 inches common for this sort of notebook. More...

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Gigabyte AMD “Tahiti 2”Overclocking Monster Pictured

Many of our readers have already seen Gigabyte’s WindForce 5X cooling system mounted on Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 680 GPUs. So now we’re quite surprised to see that an AMD “Tahiti 2” based design is almost ready for prime time although we’re still waiting for the GTX 680 WindForce 5X. The likely naming scheme is Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 SuperClock WindowsForce 5X and the cooling system includes a massive vapor chamber solution that’s cooled by five 40 millimeters fans as reported by VideoCardz. Gigabyte’s Windforce 5x is practically cooled by five 40 mm diameter fans that will probably generate some serious noise. However, they will, most likely, offer more efficient cooling than fans that blow air in all directions. Gigabyte used...

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BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981 Gets OS 7.1 Update in Indonesia

RIM has just announced the immediate availability of OS 7.1 upgrade for BlackBerry Porsche P’9981 in Indonesia. However, only devices purchased through Indosat and XL Indonesia are eligible for this update. Built in collaboration with Porsche Design, this premium smartphone was launched back in December and is currently available on the market for around $2,200 USD (1,775 EUR) outright. Customers who own the Porsche Design P’9981 can now download OS 7.1.0.523 software update via BlackBerry Desktop Manager. Keep in mind that it’s best to make sure you have the latest version of RIM’s desktop software. Some of the new features added by BlackBerry OS 7.1 include Wi-Fi hotspot functionality, BlackBerry Tag with NFC sharing,...

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