We have reviewed a wide selection of products in the new AMD budget range, but today we look at something special, the ASUS F1A75-I Deluxe. This is a premium mini ITX motherboard which offers a capable foundation for a new media center system. Asus have a reputation for creating some …

Researchers in America have created the most indepth and realistic simulation of the evolving universe. This will help astrophysicists to better comprehend subjects such as dark matter, dark energy and galaxy formation. Leading scientsts from the New Mexico State Univeristy in Las Cruces and The University of California, Santa Cruz …

Data tracking firm Statcounter have released information which show a huge rise in adoption for Google's Chrome browser. Usage share has increased by eight percent since the start of the year, to a claimed 23.16 percent marketshare. With the expansion of Chrome, the figures show a decline for Firefox, dropping …

Microsoft have strong backing from leading phone manufacturer HTC, who have went public with their support. Reports show that the faith in Microsoft isn't misplaced as 30% of their total sales are generated from Windows operating systems. Critical reception of Windows Phone 7 wasn't as positive as Microsoft had hoped, …

Those of you who like gaming online may like the idea of playing Dungeons and Dragon's via Facebook. This is the latest step in Facebook's strategy of becoming the ‘one stop for all', when online. The first name in roleplaying games is taking another step in its storied pop culture …

As many regular readers will know, Samsung and Apple have been at loggerheads now for months, over patent infringement concerns. Apple have successfully blocked sales of Samsung's Galaxy products in a few countries, but the legal wrangling continues. The latest news would indicate that Samsung are willing to put forward …

This week Tim Cook gets his chance to step into the limelight, after replacing Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple. Tomorrow the company are holding a large media event to showcase the new iPhone. Whether you like Apple or not, you have to give them credit for being able to …

The onerous march of Intel's roadmap is the kind of thing you can set a very slow watch by. While it might make the occasional defensive move against a launch by AMD, in general Intel is used to marching to the beat of its own, metronomic, beat. In pushing too …

There are hundreds of aftermarket CPU coolers available on the market from an ever growing number of manufacturers.  This means companies are having to differentiate their products from the competition, much like Be Quiet! with their extremely attractive Duo of CPU coolers. Today we are going to look at the …

Once upon a time, Apple was in the habit of developing an armada of hardware itself. Jobs and Co loved the idea of being full-blown designers where each and every component could be unique, stylised and better than everyone else's bits. Apple's drive to mass market status saw that strategy …

MSI have been releasing a steady stream of well priced, performance oriented graphics cards and motherboards this year, and today we are looking at their Z68A-GD80-G3 which supports the next generation of PCI Express graphics cards. We have always had good experiences with MSI motherboards, their MSI X58A-GD65 has been …

A picture of the upcoming ASrock X79 board has made appearance on the internet, via various Far East websites. We snagged the picture for our readers today. We have reviewed many ASRock boards this year, and many of them have won our highest accolades. They are certainly a force to …

Gaming Guru Max Smolaks recently managed to get a hands on with the upcoming Mass Effect 3. His opinions are well worth checking out on Kitguru Gaming. The young, virile Max is a tough man to please, however it looks as if the development team have finally got to grips …

Dell have launched a new ultrathin laptop in China today, called the XPS 14z. This is going to filter out into Europe and the US over the coming months. Dell say that the XPS 14z is the worlds thinnest machine which has a slot for an optical drive. It is …

The iPhone 5 phenomenon is already in full flow, with reports circulating daily on the upcoming Apple smartphone. The latest news to hit is that AT&T in the US are already stocking third party iPhone 5 cases, days before Apple are due to release the phone. MacRumors claim that a …

Intel have launched a couple of new Cedar Trail processors this week, these are CedarView D core for ultra low voltage implementations. The Atom D2500 and D2700 are dual core models. According to reports the datasheet and S-spec update documents show that two new CedarView-M N2600 and N2800 processors are …

The upcoming Kindle Fire tablet has sparked a high level of interest, since it was introduced by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos earlier this week. Reports however have pointed out that they may implement a tracking system to monitor user's browsing habits. The new browser called ‘Amazon Silk' will use the …

NZXT have released a special pink version of the Phantom in bright pink. Before you all start running and screaming we actually think it looks rather pretty. It will certainly stand out at a lan event ! The press release reads: “NZXT proudly presents the Phantom Big-Tower in pink, which …

HIS today launched new 6970 EyeFinity Ready-to-See graphics cards, the perfect solution to enable AMD's EyeFinity game play on up to three screens! The HIS 6970 RTS uses innovative technology to enable AMD’s EyeFinity via HDMI. Gamers no longer have to connect the DisplayPort output or use the active DisplayPort …

A few weeks ago we were sent a SATA II MemoRight 115GB SSD for review and as we expected it got nailed in the performance tests when compared against the latest SATA III SandForce SF-2281 powered drives. MemoRight intervened and asked us to review their latest performance oriented SATA III …

We recently received a case from a company called Raidmax who have apparently been around since 1988, in some shape or form.  They have quite a large range of products which includes cases, power supplies and a CPU cooler. Today we are going to look at the Raidmax Blackstorm Mid-Tower …

It seems every story this week has centered around litigation issues. This time its Microsoft in the spotlight as another antitrust case could be in the making, regarding the upcoming Windows 8 operating system. Linux users have already been airing their opinions about Windows 8, especially the secure booting feature. …

When it comes to Apple's new iPhone, the rumour mill never seems to stop churning out a constant and diverse series of, well, rumours. KitGuru spies have discovered something that may well give a strong clue as to what we should expect next. The largest Apple compatible products distributor in …

T-Mobile USA have attempted to prevent a preliminary injunction by Apple against Samsung, to stop sales of the Galaxy 10.1 tablet and Galaxy S 4G smartphone. They claim that the sales damage would be high. T-Mobile said in the brief to the United States District Court of Northern District of …

Apple announced sales declines in recent months for their iPod devices. It makes sense that a wide audience are using their iPhones for media playback. According to reports from TUAW, Apple may kill the iPod Shuffle and iPod Classic devices. Their unnamed sources claim that both devices may be killed …

Samsung are currently locked in legal battle with Apple over patent infringement, however it looks as if Samsung are preempting an attack from Microsoft by offering them a royalty fee for every Android device they sell. Google won't be happy with the way some things are panning out so far …

Amazon have announced their new Kindle Fire tablet, which is set to launch at a low price point of only $199. This extremely competitive price point is lower than initial expectations and follows the Amazon strategy of allowing the audience to buy the hardware at a cutthroat price, only to …

Kitguru often focuses on the ultra high end hardware, but today we are building a system around the Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Z68 motherboard, a new product which aims to deliver the best price point possible. At a shade under £85 we wanted to test this new mobo with the award winning …

Apple have failed in their efforts to trademark the term ‘multi touch'. The US Patent and TradeMark Office has rejected their claims for ownership. The USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board have issued an indepth 18 page review of the Apple appeal. They concluded with this statement “Simply because the …

Facebook have been under fire this week for tracking logged out users. The company released an 'emergency' patch to remove this tracking feature. It would appear that Facebook claim it is a ‘bug'. Nik Cubrilovic said that he found out that Facebook were loading personally identifiable cookies from logged out …