Firefox To Get Direct2D Hardware Acceleration Support
While graphics cards aren’t the first thing you think about for computers that don’t focus on gaming or media playback, it might become more relevant to the casual Net surfer in the future. Mozilla is currently busy working on coming up with a new Direct2D feature for Firefox, which would offer the popular browser hardware [...]
Thunderbird Lanikai Beta 1 Released
Mozilla has officially launched the first beta of Thunderbird 3 today, codenamed Lanikai. It’s available for Windows, Mac and Linux, so compatibility shouldn’t be much of an issue. The goal of that release is to smooth out the problems created by upgrading the Gecko engine that powers the program, and that is the first semi-stable [...]
AA-powered Netbook NorhTec Gecko Edubook hands-on
We published photos of the NorhTec Gecko Edubook back in May but that AA batteries Netbook has since been spotted in the wild and our friends from Liliupting have been able to play with it. So how is it? Well, it feels like any other Netbook (although a bit thicker), but with a couple of [...]
NorhTech Gecko Edubook unboxing
We covered the Gecko Edubook from NorhTech half a year ago, where the most interesting aspect of it was the ability to run on AA batteries. that unit that arrived at Liliputing’s doorsteps comes with 512MB RAM alongside an 8GB SD memory card, a trio of USB 2.0 ports, Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity, microphone and [...]
Gecko Surfboard packs in everything
When we say everything, we mean it in a general kind of manner, with the Gecko Surfboard cramming in a low potential x86-compatible system-on-a-chip which merges processor, graphics and memory functions in a loner device. Sipping a mere 5 watts of juice to assemble it run cooly abundant without the need for a fan (and [...]