GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards and other computing hardware solutions announced a new overclocking competition in conjunction with HWBOT.org called the “AMD Highest Clock (ever) Contest!” Running from January 1st to January 31st, the contest is split into 2 stages, Max validation and SuperPI 1M. …
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Noctua NH C14 Heatsink Review
Regular readers of KitGuru will already know that the Noctua NH D14 is always at the center of our high end system builds, especially when it comes to overclocking articles. Today we are looking at the NH C14, a dramatic design combining two 140mm fans, in a stack based air …
Read More »Sapphire release first APU ‘Fusion’ motherboard
Sapphire have just announced their first mainboard based on the new Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) architecture, from Sapphire. They have been working closely with AMD to produce this board, which is called the ‘Pure White Fusion E350M1W'. This is a mini ITX mainboard which features the E350 Zacate APU from …
Read More »Firefox surpasses Internet Explorer in Europe
Following on from our news yesterday, we wanted to follow up with some ‘European' specific information on the browser wars. Internet Explorer leads the way in most parts of the world, however it appears that Europe are adopting Firefox faster than anywhere else. Web Analytics firm StatCounter show that it …
Read More »Windows Graphic Rendering Security Vulnerability
Microsoft have announced a new security vulnerability which is related to the Windows Graphic Rendering Engine. Apparently it can be used by an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the logged on user. Angela Gunn, senior marketing communications manager of Trustworthy computing at Microsoft said “Today we …
Read More »Geek.com investigates XBox disk scratching, Microsoft prepares response
KitGuru's earlier story about XBox 360 disk scratching being reported by customers seems to have resonated with press and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic. Uber tech site Geek.com has now taken an interest. Here's a quick update from KitGuru. When you consider what you get, what it does …
Read More »Is Internet Explorer dropping into oblivion in 2011/12?
It looks as if Firefox, Opera, Safari and all the other high profile browsers are really hurting Internet Explorer, badly. Microsoft lost a 1.4 percentage point of usage shares in December, which is the biggest one month decline in more than two years. Chrome seems to be hitting Internet Explorer …
Read More »Gigabyte to showcase first AMD Fusion Mini ITX MB @ CES
Gigabyte will be showcasing their new GA-E350N-USB3 Mini ITX motherboard at CES. This features upcoming AMD Fusion Technology. The motherboard features Direct X 11 support, Superspeed USB 3.0, SATA 6 Gbps as well as HDMI out and a host of Gigabyte features such as Ultra Durable 3 Classic, 3 x …
Read More »Apple’s Market Cap is now $302 billion
It is hard to escape a single day without a news post on Apple. We are as guilty as everyone else, but for a very good reason. This company are one of the largest on the planet. They have passed their latest milestone, with their stock climbing to $330 a …
Read More »Asus to release Kinect clone ‘WAVI Xtion’ for PC audience
If you have been eyeing the Kinetic for the Xbox 360, but aren't willing to move to a console platform, then ASUS might just have the product you want in 2011. Their Kinetic clone will be called the WAVI Xtion and they are planning to showcase it at the CES …
Read More »Android smartphones winning over the public
Apple could be facing their biggest threat in 2011, from Google. Even though Apple's share of the U.S. Smartphone market is still ahead of Googles, more customers in the last six months have choosen a device powered by Android OS. Nielsen, the polling company have said that an Android handset …
Read More »Nintendo 3DS pictures hit the web
Pictures claiming to be the upcoming 3DS handheld console from Nintendo have been circulating on the internet today. The images, which first appeared on a gaming forum, show the 3DS in a black shell. The latest images show the start, home and select buttons level with the plastic under the …
Read More »Hotmail bug hits over 17 thousand users
KitGuru reported yesterday that Hotmail was giving a lot of people problems, with over 500 pages now of complaints on their support forums. Microsoft spokeswomen Catherine Brooker said “At this point it appears to be a limited issue, and Microsoft is working with individual users who are impacted. We apologize …
Read More »Internet Explorer 9 beta, over 20 million downloads
Microsoft have issued download statistics for Internet Explorer 9 beta. A staggering 20 million+ downloads in three and a half months. This figure is a record breaker for a Microsoft beta release according to the companies blog posting recently. The beta launched on September the 15th and now accounts for …
Read More »AMD Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition Review – overclocking performance
Almost two years ago, AMD began to push its successful Dragon Platform for desktop systems. The fastest chip in the line-up was the Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition. Today, AMD releases the latest in a long line of Black Edition CPUs, in the shape of the quad core Phenom …
Read More »Hotmail email disaster: over 476 pages of complaints
Microsoft seem to be involved in a New Year disaster, with their forum containing over 476 pages of complaints about lost and deleted emails which date back to early November. Many users are complaining that the majority of email in their inboxes was sent to their deleted mail folders instread. …
Read More »Apple V Android: which is better?
This debate is picking up steam on many forums this month and what we found most interesting is that two veteran high tech visionaries, both hired by Google have both written on their blogs about how they see the Apple v Android competition to be shaping up in 2011. What …
Read More »iPad 2 case images leak, site gets takedown demand
Leaked images of the iPad2 hit the news site 9to5 Mac and the trading site Alibaba. Sadly however they were quickly pulled so they are no longer available to view. An unnamed company contacted the site with takedown notices for the case pictures and according to Padgadget who spoke to …
Read More »Lenovo to show tablets at CES
Lenovo are due to show their first tablets at CES to try and chip away at market share, currently under domination by Apple with their hot selling iPad. Lenovo have said that they will show two consumer tablet products at CES, held between January 6th and 9th at Las Vegas. …
Read More »Intel Core i7 2600K and Core i5 2500K review
The release of Intel's second generation of Core Processors has been a hot topic of conversion among the enthusiast audience now for many months. They have a total of twenty nine new chips reaching retail and today KitGuru will be looking at the i5-2500k and the i7-2600k, both of which …
Read More »Can the Intel Core i7 2600k @ 5.1ghz slay its 980x Goliath?
The world's fastest desktop processor is the 6 core, 12 thread, Intel Core i7 980 Extreme Edition which comes purring out of its box at 3.33GHz. Costing more than £800 from UK stores, it's a monster in terms of raw processing power. Upon opening the latest shipment of second generation …
Read More »GTX560 launch date set by nVidia
One of KitGuru's spies saw what she believed to be half a dozen nVidia folk, staggering around at midnight on New Year's Eve, kissing strangers and wishing them ‘a good un'. Followinng close in behind, as the peak of the schnapps-fuelled party wore off, conversation seemed to turn to work. …
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