Samsung, the world's number 2 handset maker are expecting to sell up to 25 million smartphones this year which has exceeded their earlier estimations of 18 million units. JK Shin, the leader of Samsung's Mobile Communications division has told reporters at the IFA trade show in Berlin that the 2010 …
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HP acquire 3Par: Dell lose out
The ongoing battle to buy 3Par has finally ended after a bidding war erupted between HP and Dell. HP have agreed to pay $2.35 billion and Dell didn't counter the final bid. This is a $33 per share cash offer and it has been agreed by boards of both HP …
Read More »Nicked: Girl who threw puppies into river
We reported on a rather sick story this week of a girl who was filmed throwing puppies into a river. An Internet bounty was issued to catch her, and the good news in today is that she has been caught. Today police in the Bosnian town of Bugojno accounced that …
Read More »Toshiba recall 41,000 computers over burn risk
Toshiba has announced the recall of around 41,000 computers across the globe, due to potential overheating and related burn risks. The models they are recalling are the Satellite T135, Satellite T135D and Satellite Pro T130 notebook systems according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Toshiba are offering customers a …
Read More »Cryo Mercia Laptop System Review
Cryo Computers are a UK system builder at the top of their relevant market, I have reviewed many of their systems in the past, including the stunning carbon fibre Cryo Nano and the watercooled, overclocked high end 980X based Nemesis SE. If you want a sexy custom system build then …
Read More »KitGuru is almost 3 weeks ahead of the mainstream IT magazines ?
We all know that the web is fast. Certainly faster than paper. But it's not often that we actually get a chance to put down markers and measure the difference. KitGuru received an email blast this morning from the biggest IT publisher in the UK and it made us do …
Read More »Apple TV now $99 – new focus on rentals and streaming
Apple have announced a much smaller and cheaper version of the Apple TV set top box. This new release also heavily promotes the introduction of rentable TV shows, a move that many people have wanted to see from quite some time. The new Apple TV is smaller than a quarter …
Read More »Running out of date games? automatic updating software now available
UK game retail outlet GAME have announced the launch of a new service which has been designed to update all PC games – they are calling it Game Downloader. The program is still in a beta state however they are offering it for free through their official website over here. …
Read More »Microsoft Windows Phone 7 released to manufacturing
Microsoft are investing hundreds of millions into their new Windows Phone 7 SmartPhone platform and they reached their release to manufacturing phase yesterday, September 1st 2010. Microsoft are keen to take mobile market share from big players Apple and Google and the RTM stage means that Microsoft's partners can integrate …
Read More »MSI N460GTX Hawk – triple overvoltage support for 1GHZ+
MSI have been releasing some brilliant products in 2010 and KitGuru was first to review many of them. Today they have announced the new N460GTX Hawk which comes with Triple Overvoltage function which supports adjustments for core voltage, memory voltage and PLL voltage – which allows overclockers to exceed 1GHZ …
Read More »Intel aiming to take over the mobile world
Intel have been spending a huge amount of money lately … $7.7 billion dollars on security company McAfee and recently $1.4 billion on Infineon. It is clear they are focusing on the mobile marketplace with these purchases, especially when the MeeGo mobile operating system partnership with Nokia is taken into …
Read More »Arctic Sound P321 USB Gaming Headset Review
Arctic are a very new player in the gaming peripheral market, competing with much larger manufacturers like Logitech. We recently looked at their top-end pair of headphones, the P531 which really impressed us as it performed very well, was comfortable to use and carried a surprisingly low price tag. Today …
Read More »Dangerous 64 bit Rootkit spreading
A new version of dangerous rootkit Alureon is back – this time in the shape of a 64 bit edition. We are always dismayed to hear about new security issues, but this one looks to be particularly nasty as it has been designed to specifically target the ever expanding 64 …
Read More »Apple may release new iPhone 4 with revised antenna
For the last couple of months, Apple have been taking a high priority in the press with the iPhone 4 antenna issues. The solution was to give everyone who experienced issues a free case. Telcel, a Mexican mobile carrier have said that after September 30th Apple are releasing revised iPhone …
Read More »Internet bounty issued for woman throwing live puppies into river
The world can be a very cruel place and with the growth of the internet, videos and newstories can spread like a virus. One such video which is causing a great deal of distress for people is the footage of a woman dressed in a red sweatshirt, throwing six squealing …
Read More »Apple Live Keynote Stream, limited only to Apple devices?
Apple have announced that they will be live streaming their video of the September media event across the web. This exciting news has somewhat been dulled however by the fact that the stream appears to be only viewable on OS X 10.6 or an iOS device, such as the iPad, …
Read More »Microsoft release new transforming ‘high tech gray’ xbox 360 controller
Microsoft are planning to release a new Xbox 360 controller which features a transforming D-Pad in November. This has been due to feedback from a sizeable portion of the user base. The most noticeable changes are with the design – the new controller ditches the white appearance with multicoloured buttons, …
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