The first chips featuring AMD’s new 3D V-Cache technology have arrived… for servers. AMD says its new EPYC 7003 Milan-X chips have up to three times as much L3 cache as previous-gen processors. And the same technology is coming soon to desktop processors, starting with the Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor which should arrive in about […]
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The app store for Firefox OS shuts down on March 30th
It’s been about two years since Mozilla pulled the plug on Firefox OS, its browser-based operating system designed for phones, tablets, and smart TVs. Now the organization is putting the final nail in the coffin: the Firefox Marketplace is shutting down on March 30th, 2018, which means the handful of folks who actually have devices […]
Firefox OS developer provides a (not so) brief history of the operating system
Firefox OS is pretty much dead at this point, but when Mozilla first unveiled plans for the operating system (initially known as Boot to Gecko), the plan was to provide an open alternative to Android and iOS designed to run web apps. Eventually Firefox OS-powered phones were shipped… and sold poorly. There was a tablet […]
Mozilla disbands the team behind Firefox OS
Mozilla’s Firefox OS started out as an ambitious project to create a browser-based operating system to rival Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. It wasn’t very successful at doing that, but in late 2015 Mozilla announced it was shifting gears to focus on Internet of Things devices like the Panasonic Smart TV sets that were powered by […]
Mozilla has “stopped all commercial development of Firefox OS”
Remember when Mozilla said it was ceasing development of Firefox OS for smartphones, but that it wasn’t giving up on the browser-based operating system altogether? Yeah, now the organization has pretty much thrown in the towel. After shifting the focus from phones to smart TVs and other Internet of Things products for a while, Mozilla senior […]
H5OS browser-based mobile OS may be dead
Acadine Technologies has been working on a new mobile operating system called H5OS, and the company launched the first version in February. Now it looks like that first version may also be the last, because Acadine has run into funding troubles, and CNET reports the company is laying off staff. Work on H5OS has also reportedly been […]
Acadine launches H5OS, an HTML5-based operating system for phones, IoT devices
Mozilla may no longer be actively developing Firefox OS for smartphones, but a spin-off of Firefox OS may still run on future smartphones. Last summer a startup called Acadine Technologies announced it was working on a new operating system called H5OS, which was designed to run apps written with web-based tools like HTML5. Now Acadine has […]
Make your own Firefox OS TV
Mozilla may not be actively developing Firefox OS for smartphones anymore… but the company is still pushing the operating system as an option for smart TVs and Internet-of Things products. Don’t want to spend money on a TV that comes with Firefox OS? You can build your own Firefox-based smart TV device… sort of. Developer fiji-flo […]
Firefox OS 2.6 will be the last version for smartphones
Mozilla recently announced that it was shifting the focus of Firefox OS from smartphones to “connected devices,” such as smart TVs and Internet of Things products. Now the organization is providing some more details. Development of Firefox OS for smartphones will case after version 2.6 is released. It’s an open source project, so it’s not impossible […]
Mozilla is giving up on Firefox OS smartphones
Firefox OS is an operating system built around the same technologies used in the Firefox web browser. Mozilla introduced the software a few years ago as an alternative to Android and iOS that would be based on open source software, available for low-cost phones, easy to develop for, and easy for phone makers and wireless carriers […]