Firefox for Windows 8 enters Aurora channel with touch and gesture support

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/21/firefox-for-windows-8-enters-aurora-channel/

The path to bring Firefox to Windows 8 may be longer than Mozilla had originally anticipated, but the first important milestone to its January arrival is now at hand. Firefox for Windows 8 has graduated into the Aurora (pre-beta) channel, which provides experienced users and tire kickers a more reliable alternative to the previous nightly builds. In this release, the browser includes touch and gesture support, and it even offers up Firefox Sync and Windows Share integration. There's plenty to appreciate on the backend, too, such as WebGL, asm.js and hardware-accelerated HTML5 video. According to Mozilla, it'll focus on improving performance and responsiveness over the coming weeks, which is something to look forward to, if your trial run is less than ideal.

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drag2share: Apple iPhone 5s's A7 SoC built by Samsung, M7 processor comes from NXP

source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/20/apple-iphone-5ss-a7-samsung-m7-nxp/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi

Rumors swirled ahead of the iPhone 5s' launch that the silicon inside it would come from a source other than Samsung. Despite signing a deal with TSMC to manufacture future SoC's, Chipworks has confirmed that the A7 powering the new flagship iPhone comes from a familiar place: Samsung's fabrication facilities. Yet, while Apple couldn't cut the tie that binds it to its greatest rival for the main brain of the phone, it did manage to source the secondary M7 chip from NXP. Again, Chipworks discovered the M7's origin, and while we'd love to send you straight there for the nitty gritty now, it appears the site is currently down -- so, iFixit's secondary reporting of Chipworks' work will have to do... for n! ow.

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Article: Expanding camera lens combines insect, human vision

This hybrid approach could give smartphone cameras dynamic focus, and add depth to surgical imaging.

Insects' hemispheric eyes have a wide field of view and high resolution. What if they could be combined with the focusing abilities humans enjoy?

This lens from Ohio State University is a hybr...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57603728-1/expanding-camera-lens-combines-insect-human-vision/

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Article: Meet the newest cord cutters: college campuses

TV isn't coming back to school at Northwestern University this fall: The college decided earlier this year that it was going to turn off its campus-wide television service over the summer. "The decision to discontinue NUTV was the result of many factors including demonstrated non-use by our stude...

http://gigaom.com/2013/09/20/universities-tv-netflix-tivli/

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Hackers Mistake NASA For NSA, Take Down Wrong Home Page

Source: http://gizmodo.com/hackers-mistake-nasa-for-nsa-take-down-wrong-home-page-1350457603

We're a little late to this party, but it's too fun not to share. Last week, a group of Brazilian hackers decided to get the NSA back for all its spying with a big huge cyberattack. And hack they did! The only problem is that they mixed up their acronyms, and hit NASA instead.

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