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Powertraveller silverback gorilla portable laptop power
1 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on April 25, 2013 under General Tech
Are you a hardcore traveller and need your laptop to last all day without a mains charge? Then the Powertraveller 'Silverback-Gorilla' portable power pack might be the solution. The 60,000 mAh lith... more. -
A decade of iTunes – Apple celebrate
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on April 25, 2013 under Apple, Software
Apple are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their iTunes service. If you head into the iTunes store there is now a feature called 'A Decade Of iTunes'. The famous day is April 28th. The new featu... more. -
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse World Record Car limited edition
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on April 24, 2013 under General Tech
Bugatti are well known globally for producing some of the world's fastest, and most expensive sports cars. They are releasing only eight Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse World Record Car limited editi... more. -
Google shift focus from UK tax to creation of jobs
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on April 22, 2013 under Channel
Google chairman Eric Schmidt has said the company paid £6 million in UK corporation tax in 2011. This complied with the law and he said Google was acting no differently that other firms. Recent ne... more. -
Pebble smart watch SDK released
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on April 21, 2013 under General Tech
It may not be a Rolex or a Patek Philipe, but 2013 is going to be the year of the tech watch. Google, Apple and Samsung may all get their smartwatches out in 2013, but Pebble are promoting their 'proo... more. -
Google Glass kits reach developers – media hits web
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on April 18, 2013 under Channel, General Tech
As we reported earlier this week we reported that Google would start shipping their first batch of the Explorer Edition of Glass. Last night the first pictures hit the web, as developers received thei... more. -
Microsoft may bring back start menu in Windows 8.1/Blue
1 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on April 17, 2013 under Channel, Operating Systems
It looks as if Microsoft are finally listening to their customers and they will be bringing back the Start Menu in their Windows 8.1 release later this year. Additionally they plan on allowing the end... more. -
Google Glass devices will be shipping soon
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on April 16, 2013 under Channel, General Tech
Google have just sent out an email to everyone on the Google Glass waiting list and say "seeing the first few devices come off the production line right now." Google want to start shipping these de... more. -
One Atom thick germanium sheets may replace silicon in semiconductors
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on April 15, 2013 under Channel, General Tech
Chemists are Ohio State University have used sheets of germanium atoms to create a substance known as germanane. Due to advantages over silicon, it may become the material of choice for semiconductors... more. -
Microsoft may release smart watch
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on April 15, 2013 under Channel, General Tech
With rumors of the Apple iWatch hitting retail later this year it would appear that Microsoft are keen to jump on the bandwagon as soon as possible. Executives at suppliers to Microsoft told The Wall ... more. -
BBC Staff have lost £750,000 of gadgets in 3 years
3 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on April 11, 2013 under Channel
It seems someone associated with the BBC has light fingers, because according to a report posted on the guardian, they have lost goods worth £750,000 since 2010. The report says that the BBC have ... more. -
Windows 8 doesn’t drive PC sales: worst quarter ever
2 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on April 11, 2013 under Channel, PC
Windows 8 was meant to be the operating system to rescue PC sales, but so far it hasn't happened. The situation now is so bad that IDC released the most concerning data to date. PC's have celebrated t... more. -
Pandora reach 200 million listener milestone
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on April 10, 2013 under Channel
Tim Westergren, Pandora co-founder has spoken out on the company blog to say that they now have broken the 200th million user milestone. Westergren said "When we launched http://www.pandora.com in ... more. -
Lenovo ThinkVision 30 inch LT3035p released for colour critical work
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on April 8, 2013 under Monitors
Lenovo have launched their new widescreen monitor to target the video editing and Photoshop professional audience. The 30 inch screen offers a 2560x1600 resolution with a 1.07 billion colour depth and... more. -
$5 billion cost for new Apple Campus
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on April 5, 2013 under Apple, Channel
Steve Jobs made his last public appearance before the Cupertino City Council on June 7th 2011, showing them the plans for the upcoming campus that he wanted to implement for the company. More than 12,... more. -
Apple still unable to shake the ghost of Jobs
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on April 2, 2013 under Apple, Channel
When Steve Jobs died, he left a legacy that would be difficult for any man to follow. His ruthlessness was matched by his creative vision. Many analysts have been wondering how Apple will stand after ... more. -
BioShock Infinite tops UK charts, Tomb Raider 2nd
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on April 2, 2013 under Gaming
Bioshock Infinite has taken the top game sale spot in the UK, selling 9,000 units more than Bioshock 2. It is already the second biggest release of 2013, behind Tomb Raider which is still in second pl... more. -
Apple may launch their own game controller
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on April 1, 2013 under Apple, Channel, Gaming
It looks as if Apple may be working on bringing out their own game controller for their devices. This would mean they are going to challenge their partners who already have a raft of controllers avail... more. -
Microsoft: free Wi-Fi at British railways for a month
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on March 27, 2013 under Channel
Microsoft are giving free Wi-Fi to punters on British Rail Platforms. The goal is to get some sales for their Office 365 software package. The wireless internet access will cover larger UK rail sta... more. -
Kingston Technology Ships HyperX Memory Kits with Black PCB
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on March 25, 2013 under Memory
Kingston have just released new memory kits built around black PCB's, the enthusiast favourite colour for memory. Kingston Technology Europe Ltd, an affiliate of Kingston Technology Company Inc., t... more. -
Google add animated GIF image search option
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on March 20, 2013 under Channel
Google have added the option to search for animated GIF's in their image search. The new 'animated' filter is now available on their image search. From this point today when you want to look fo... more. -
Wozniak’s old house goes on sale again
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on March 19, 2013 under Apple, Channel
Think of Apple and you think immediately of Steve Jobs, however if it wasn't for Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder, the company would never have been in a starting position and history today would be ve... more. -
Dropbox release new Desktop client
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on March 13, 2013 under Software
Dropbox have rolled out a new desktop client, adding new features into the taskbar oriented software package. This marks the eight time that the company have updated their code this year. This vers... more. -
Lenovo hint at BlackBerry buyout
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on March 12, 2013 under Channel
Lenovo may be in the market for a BlackBerry takeover, according to the Lenovo CEO. Lenovo executives dismissed the rumours two months ago however it would appear they may have had a change of hear... more. -
SimCity DRM sucks – Civitas to the rescue?
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on March 11, 2013 under Gaming
Has SimCity been getting you down? Looking at the end user reviews on Amazon it would seem that a huge audience are annoyed at Electronic Arts and Maxis for making a mess of the latest title. Develope... more. -
Capacitive controls in new Accidentally Extraordinary headphones
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on February 25, 2013 under Headphones
A new set of headphones have been released which will feature a capacitive touch control interface on the surface of the cable. Many headphones already feature a control box on the cable, but this ... more. -
Mozilla Firefox OS phones launching in July
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on February 25, 2013 under Mobile
Mozilla are wanting to challenge Google in the mobile field by launching a series of new smartphones featuring a Firefox based operating system. The launch will happen in July after Mozilla won the ba... more. -
Online trolling – ‘we do it cause its funny’
2 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on February 22, 2013 under General Tech
Online trolling has been going on for as long as we can remember. A new survey shows that one in three young people aged between 14 to 18 have been a victim of online abuse, and one in ten have carrie... more. -
Windows 8 a flop with Kitguru readers
13 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on February 22, 2013 under Channel, Operating Systems
It would be fair to say that Windows 8 hasn't received the warmest of welcomes among the enthusiast users who visit tech sites like Kitguru. Over the last three months we have ran several polls on Fac... more. -
bugged iOS 6.1 banned from corporate servers
0 CommentsPosted by Colin Beatty on February 11, 2013 under Channel, Operating Systems
The latest bug in iOS6.1 is causing issues for corporate servers due to 'excessive logging' on Exchange servers when a user connects for mail and calender services. A report on Microsoft Technet sa... more.
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