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Since The Pirate Bay (TPB) was blocked by the major ISPs in the UK earlier this year, the Pirate Party has been running a proxy to allow people to easily circumvent the block. Now though, the British Phonographic Organisation (BPI) has sent a request, asking that it be removed. Of …

Yes, I am currently the very happy owner of the new Microsoft Surface. I decided to buy the 64gb version last week and have really warmed to it in the last 5 days of testing and experimentation. Windows 8 has been a hot topic of conversation for enthusiast users since …

If you're interested in getting seven great games for not even $6 then The Humble THQ Bundle is likely what you are after. For just a dollar you can get Steam keys for Metro 2033, Company of Heroes, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor, Red Faction: Armageddon and …

Research In Motion are preparing for the biggest launch of their history, it is make or break time with their BlackBerry 10 operating system next year. They have introduced the Dev Alpha C smartphone for developers, so they can test their applications and prepare for the launch of the Blackberry …

I don't mind Apple (opinion of me ‘Carl' not ‘Kitguru). Yeah, its not cool to say that here. I know a lot of our readers hate Apple with a passion. Im actually rather neutral when it comes to their products. I think the iPad is genuinely a great product, but …

Usenet indexing site Newzbin2 has shut down, over a year after a court order forced the UK's biggest ISPs to block it and following continued action by copyright lobbyists to prevent it from operating in a fashion that was possible for the admins to continue. “For a long time we …

While it's not certain at the moment, it's being suggested by some sources that the Liberal Democrats could be pushing to have the Communications Data Bill – one that would give police increased powers to monitor email and internet usage – squashed. According to the BBC, the Home Office is …

One of the big selling points of a streaming library is the sheer number of films and TV shows it offers. Today Lovefilm's total dropped by more than 60, as it axed Doctor Who and a plethora of other shows. This marks an about face by Lovefilm – once owned …

Google's social vice president Bradley Horowitz has taken a few swings at Facebook, as part of his suggestion that the time is ripe for Google's + service to become the dominant social network, citing what he considers to be a general distaste for Facebook's advertising practises as a major reason …

Yahoo's CEO Marissa Mayer has spoken out publicly for the first time since taking over the company. She is one of the most powerful women in the industry and her views are always heard worldwide. Jon Fortt reported on her speech saying “No bombshells from Mayer, but she did talk …

Microsoft have started an attack on Google, devising a marketing campaign which is focused on a recent change in the way Google operates the part of their search engine devoted to shopping results. These revisions require merchants to pay Google to get their products listed in the shopping section. Microsoft …

Apple have removed failed maps boss Richard Williamson from the team as CEO Tim Cook looks to reshuffle the ranks in the company, moving forward. Apple are a strong company, they don't often have to deal with a high profile ‘disaster', however their IOS6 maps has been one of their …

With the release of the new Microsoft Surface tablet, a lot of focus has been placed on the Windows Store. I have been playing with a Surface myself now for a week and I have to say, I am actually quite impressed with it. Sure, it is a little ‘clunky' …

Many of the news headlines lately have been detailing the war between Samsung and Apple. As these are the market leaders, it is understandable. Under the radar however, Nokia and Research In Motion (RIM) are embroiled in their own wireless patent battle. Nokia have said that RIM “is not entitled …

The long standing fight to keep the creator of streaming website TVShack, Richard O'Dwyer, from being extradited to the US has come to fruition, with the man managing to avoid trial overseas, with perhaps a small fine as his only recompense. O'Dwyer will still need to visit the US as …

Up until recently, if you were on a British Airways flight you'd have to wait until you were well in the air before switching on the in-flight entertainment. Now though, the firm has cleared its usage during take off and landings. This has been in the works for some time, …

Google Chrome for Android and iOS currently fall short of their desktop equivalents, if not in performance then certainly version numbers. This will change over the next year as the Chrome team expect to start aligning all platforms by “early next year”. When asked why Chrome for Android currently sits …

Apple will be releasing their new iMac on Friday 30th November. The new iMac computer will have a 21.5 inch screen and a new ‘Fusion Drive'. Apple confirmed the price in America as between $1,299 and $1,499. They will also be releasing a new 27 inch model in December with …

A case has moved to the High Court which could impact how social networking sites deal with information sharing in the future. Facebook Ireland Limited finds itself at the centre of a mini-storm that could have far reaching consequences. KitGuru takes a high altitude balloon to see how the front …

Market research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech have said that iOS is now the top selling smartphone operating system in America, pushing Android phones into second place. Kantar said yesterday that iPhones now hold a 48.1% share of the U.S. smartphone market, compared against 46.7% for Android. The iPhone 4S outsold …

While Brits are content with sending family gold off to a smelter in order to reap some much needed cash for the Xmas/new Year period, AMD is think about hocking assets on a significantly larger scale. If you were AMD Chief Executive Rory Read and wanted an extra $200m – …

Valve's ‘economist in residence' Yanis Varoufakis, has opened up in a blog post translated by Neogaf user alexanderos, that gives us a little more information on Valve's hardware developments, including the reasoning behind them. “At the time period between March till June I went back to Valve and we begun …

Every six months or so, a lot of Facebook users that haven't done so before, copy and paste legalise onto their wall, thinking that it will protect their content from use by Facebook in advertising and marketing – unfortunately for those involved, it doesn't make any difference. The legal sounding notice purports …

In the last month and a bit, Google has co-launched the attractive $249 Samsung Chromebook and a lower end $199 Acer C7 Chromebook. What these, and all previous Chromebooks have had in common is that they had no touchscreen capabilities, but if reports have their way this will soon change. …

In one of the more amusing science stories to hit the net recently, it would appear that NASA's Cassini infrared spectrometer has recorded shapes similar to the profile of the famous Pac Man character highlighted on Saturn's two moons, Tethys and Mimas. Linda Spilker, a scientist working on the Cassini …

Nintendo said yesterday that they had sold 400,000 Wii U game consoles in the first week of sales. This number is lower than the 600,000 Wii consoles sold in the first week of availability when it originally launched. The President of Nintendo America, Reggie Fils-Aime spoke in an interview with …

You can supply systems to people in a number of ways. In the early days, everything followed the Apple pattern. You bought a computer with certain features and capabilities – and that was that. However, in the PC space, we have grown used to the idea of upgrades and self-builds. …

Starting in mid December, anyone wanting to take part in trading items on Valve's Steam, will need to have Steam Guard activated. This currently optional layer of protection is being implemented, presumably to prevent hackers taking advantage of the system. This news was spotted by a Redditor, with other commenters …

While our technologically minded cousins across the pond might have their Dr Pepper, their Mountain Dew and their “caw-fee,” our little island nation is more content to sip contentedly on a cup of fine chai. However, while coffee brewing has become heavily mechanised in the past couple of decades, with …

In what sounds like the creation for the perfect tech, buddy movie, dream team, philosopher Huw Price, astrophysicist Martin Rees and co-founder of Skype Jaan Tallinn, have come together to work out the chances of technology turning on its masters and doing a Matrix on us. “In the case of …