We dedicate a lot of our time to reviewing PC cases as there are so many different models on the market, making the choice of which one to buy very difficult indeed. Around the £80 – £100 mark there is a huge amount of competition from manufacturers such as Antec, …
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SteelSeries launches wireless XBox 360 headset
At the 2011 Gadget Show at the Birmingham NEC, lots of companies seem to have paid tens of thousands of pounds to show the same kind of product you can find in a high street shop. Strange. However, KitGuru spies were searching high and low for new kit – and …
Read More »Nissan launch new LEAF car: total electric design
Nissan say that the future has arrived. They have released the world's first 100% electric car, which is a five seat family model. It is that revolutionary that Nissan say it will change the way everyone thinks about a car. Gone is the oil, the petrol tank, the gearbox, exhaust …
Read More »G.Skill Sniper DDR3 8GB 1600mhz 1.25v (SR2) Memory review
Recently G.Skill announced their latest Sniper memory which is designed specifically for PC gamers and system modders. They have underwent extensive compatibility tests to ensure high performance operation on a variety of Intel and AMD platforms. This new Sniper series is a new ultra low voltage design which runs at …
Read More »Another hole in Flash open to hack attack
Hackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in Flash Player, according to Adobe themselves. The firm has said that the vulnerability could cause a crash and allow a hacker to tack control of an affected system. The CVE-2011-0611 bug is causing problems for Adobe as it is currently being exploited. A …
Read More »Sony reach ‘settlement’ with Hotz hacker
Sony have issued a statement saying they have reached a settlement with Hotz after he posted the console's private key. In a post on the Playstation blog, Sony Computer Entertainment America said “The parties reached an agreement in principle on March 31, 2011”. Riley Russell, General Counsel for SCEA said …
Read More »Angry Bird tops Appy Awards in London
Angry Birds and Facebook were the winners at last night's Appy Awards in London. More than 30,000 people voted for 50 applications nominated across 10 categories. The winner, Angry Birds has been one of the biggest selling games of the year and it has been released on almost every platform …
Read More »Amazon selling Kindle ‘special offers’ with ads for $114
Amazon have dropped the price of the WiFi Kindle by $25 more dollars by offering a version which includes advertising. This new Edition is dubbed the ‘Kindle with Special Offers‘ has two differentiating functions. It can use Amazon to deliver special offers to you, and it pops up ads as …
Read More »Intel launch Oak Trail tablet chip targeting Apple
Intel have released a new Oak Trail tablet chip which they hope will be used in tablets targeting the market leader, Apple. Intel launched the new ATOM chip, codenamed Oak Trail which is designed specifically for tablet computers. They have also said that 35 tablet and hybrid computers will be …
Read More »Sapphire HD5830 & HD5850 Xtreme Edition Review – CrossfireX
Sapphire have decided to re-release two of AMD's last generation range of cards – the HD5830 and HD5850, but this time around they are offering them with a modified cooler and heavily reduced pricing. When we say heavily reduced, we really do mean it. The HD5850 ‘Xtreme' has been reduced …
Read More »HTC Flyer will sell for £599 – priced too high?
HTC are launching a new 7 inch tablet in the UK, the HTC Flyer, set to target the Apple iPad 2 sales. At £599 it's one of the more expensive tablets on the market. The Carphone Warehouse are already taking pre orders with 3G and Wifi at £599.99 and they …
Read More »Android driver rumours for Fusion indicate AMD mobile push
The rumour mill has been buzzing for a while now that AMD are going to target the Android mobile marketspace for both smartphone and tablet. AMD have been fairly tight lipped about this but we have heard from a reputable source that AMD are adding staff to specifically create Android …
Read More »Women getting hooked on internet porn
According to reports, many women are getting hooked on internet porn as a way of dealing with anxiety. Quit Porn Addiction, one of the UK's main porn counselling services said that one in three clients are struggling with their own porn use. Founder and counsellor Jason Dean said that there …
Read More »Roccat Kulo Stereo Gaming Headset Review
Regular readers will have already seen our review of the Roccat Kave gaming headset that we published a few weeks back. Overall the Kave was an impressive headset which had a number of desirable features, such as dedicated 5.1 surround sound. Unfortunately, this caused it to be quite heavy and …
Read More »F5V Tablet PC released with Core i3 processor
It isn't often you hear of a tablet being released with a full Core i3 processor, but Motion Computing are due to release the Motion F5v Tablet PC which features one of Intel's high powered processors. “Motion is committed to offering our customers a broad range of price and performance …
Read More »Portal 2 to be one of the biggest selling games of 2011?
Valve's Portal 2 for PS3 and Xbox 360 is already holding the top two game spots at Amazon, knocking down the very popular Pokemon black and white DS games. Portal 2 is due to be one of the biggest sellers this year, but the pre order success on Amazon is …
Read More »Toshiba Android tablet hitting retail to challenge iPad 2
Toshiba are joining the hordes of manufacturers bringing a new tablet to market. None of them have yet even dented a hole in iPad sales, but perhaps Toshiba will have better luck. Best Buy have already listed the Acer Iconia Tab A500, and they have also just placed a ‘coming …
Read More »Firefox 5 due for June ’11 release
Mozilla are pushing out software faster than people can download it. Latest information released indicates that Mozilla have set a more aggressive timetable that may see Firefox 5 being released by June 21st. The documentation says “In general, each stage of the process (and activity pertaining to a particular version) …
Read More »Competition Weekend Frenzy @ KitGuru!
This weekend, its a competition frenzy @ KitGuru. We have some incredible prizes, which are yours for the taking. We have partnered up with Multiplay for the chance to win a 32GB iPad 2. How do you win an iPad 2? It surprisingly easy – find out over here. NZXT …
Read More »NZXT giveaway: Phantom & Bunker!
NZXT have partnered up with KitGuru to give away several exciting products. NZXT are willing to ship these worldwide, so anyone can enter! NZXT: Phantom High performance chassis offers exhilarating design with unrivaled combination of cooling advantages, extensive expandability, and innovative screwless installation Extensive cooling capabilities include 7 fan cooling options …
Read More »Larry Page returns as Google CEO, starts a shake up
Google co founder Larry Page has returned as CEO of the company. He has been making a lot of decisions, such as promoting seven new executives to run the most important divisions, reporting directly to him in an effort to cut down on the time it takes to make important …
Read More »Steve Wozniak would return to Apple, if asked
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said in an interview that he would consider going back to Apple in an active role if the company asked him. During an interview in England this week he said ‘I'd consider it, yeah', when asked if whether he would like to play an active role …
Read More »Intel to launch Pelican Lake shrink on 7nm in 2016
While the whole world plus dog is still looking at the ripples made by the Sandy Bridge recall, Intel is jogging on at a tremendous rate of knots. KitGuru dons a bee-keeper suit and enters the FAB-u-lous world of CPU technology. In January, everyone's jaw dropped as Intel asked the …
Read More »PNY GeForce GTX570 Enthusiast Edition Review
Today we are looking at the PNY GTX570. This card is a reference NVIDIA design equipped with 1280MB of GDDR5. The PNY GTX 570 offers full DirectX 11 support and ships with the core clock speeds of 732 MHz and the 1280 MB of GDDR5 is clocked to an effective …
Read More »Startech InfoSafe 4x 3.5″ (RAID) External Hard Drive Enclosure Review
External hard drives have grown in popularity in the last year, allowing users to expand storage capacity with minimal effort and at a very low cost. The external solution is ideal for ‘offline' data backup or to share media and data files quickly across multiple machines. Today we are going …
Read More »Evercool release new Transformer 3 CPU cooler
EVERCOOL is going to launch their new Transformer 3 CPU cooler. After launching CPU coolers Transformer 4 and Transformer 6 in the last couple of years they are going to launch Transformer 3 in 2011. This cooler has a silver look that is the special feature of Transformer series. The …
Read More »Commodore 64 re-released with updated tech
The Commodore 64, one of the biggest selling computers of all time is back, with a similar design but updated with some new technology to bring it kicking and screaming into the new millennium. A Florida based company recreated the computer and are selling it from this week. The company …
Read More »Microsoft release BING for iPad: rave reviews
Yesterday, Microsoft released BING for the iPad. So far it is getting rave reviews from the public who have downloaded it, and even critics are feeling inspired by the software implementation. Bing for the iPad is similar in structure to the iPhone version, however there are many differences incorporated. The …
Read More »iPod touch photos showing capacitive home button leaked
Images of an iPod touch with a non physical home button have leaked on the internet. Many are claiming that this is an upcoming model of the iPod with a capacitive home button. Apple have sold over 55 million iPod Touch players since they were introduced in 2007. Four generations …
Read More »Microsoft to patch 64 vulnerabilities
Microsoft had a relatively easy March, having just three bulletins fixing four vulnerabilities. April is a different story, with 17 bulletins being issued, with 64 different vulnerability fixes. This ties with the ‘most bulletins' since December 2010 and takes the top position for the number of flaws fixed. Nine bulletins …
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