Today we are going to look at a very impressively designed drive caddy which can convert both 2.5 inch mechanical and solid state drives into RAID arrays. It is also built to withstand serious abuse and to fit inside a standard 3.5 inch drive bay. If you have several older …
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Cyber Snipa Sonar 5.1 Championship Gaming Headset Review
There seem to be an ever increasing number of brands trying to take a slice of the gaming headset pie, especially at the value end of the market where consumers are less ‘brand' conscious. We hadn't actually heard of Cyber Snipa before they sent us a headset for review but …
Read More »AMD launches new A-Series Llano APU, shares Vision for the future
KitGuru spent the day with AMD in Berlin, learning about the latest addition to their Fusion APU range, the A-Series. There was a lot of hype surrounding Fusion when it launched back in January. We tested some products based on the E-Series Fusion platform and were left with generally positive …
Read More »Win 20GB of 1600mhz & 2000mhz DDR3 Gaming Memory with ADATA!
Kitguru has some of the best competitions on the net, we have given away video cards, computers, power supplies, and even a brand new iPad 2 in recent months. Today something very useful for your next system build, or even for a current upgrade. Our good friends over at ADATA …
Read More »Microsoft release Windows Kinect SDK
Operating system software giant Microsoft have just released a Windows Software development kit for the successful, hot selling Kinect motion sensing controller. Microsoft have been selling millions of the Kinect controllers over the last months and it is a runaway success story on the Xbox 360. Instead of locking it …
Read More »Enermax MaxRevo 1350W Power Supply Review
There are no shortage of quality 80 Plus Gold Certified power supplies on the market today, but when a new model is released from Enermax it always deserves a closer look. The MaxRevo range is their new flagship series of power supplies with three hardcore flavours – 1200W, 1350W and …
Read More »Lulzsec post details of 62,000 hacked accounts online
It seems we can't go a day without mentioning Lulzsec, as the proficient hacking group continue to compromise websites and online businesses. Yesterday they posted the information of 62,000 hacked email accounts and the information relating to passwords makes for some interesting reading indeed. Looking through the list last night …
Read More »Blackberry Playbook launches in UK, are you buying one?
There are not many alternatives to the Apple iPad in the UK, unless you factor in all the ‘no name' brands available online and from retail outlets. The Blackberry Playbook was officially announced in the UK yesterday and we decided to walk around a well known high street in the …
Read More »Macbook Air sales continue to climb as PC market declines
Generally when Apple are mentioned, people discuss the runaway success of the iPad, but recent predictions from J.P. Morgan indicate that Apple would turn the Macbook Air platform into a $3 billion a year business with the release of the iCloud software. Mark Moskowitz wrote in a note to investors …
Read More »Dirt 3 competition winners
We would like to thank everyone for entering the Dirt 3 competition and we had many entries in the last couple of weeks. The five lucky winners are David Holt ‘Bruno' Padre Schlauch Kurt san juan Edmund Trent Please check your email for the key to get your game online …
Read More »RIM struggling: profits fail to reach reduced estimates
Research In Motion reduced their profit forecast 2 months ago however they showed earnings results yesterday that were worse than even the lowered analyst expectations. RIM are one of the pioneers of the smartphone market, making one of the first smartphones ever released. In recent years however they are struggling …
Read More »Decision made on AMD CEO – our Oracle speaks
“Beat the bushes to startle the snakes” is an age old maxim and, in the case of KitGuru's earlier story about the possible merger of AMD with nVidia – we seem to have stirred up a response to the question, “Who will be AMD's new CEO?” While there is definite …
Read More »Apple prepares to block iPhone users from filming concerts
News just in from the interwibble indicated that Apple is in the process of instigating 1984-style controls on what you can do and when you can do it with an iPhone. Big brother is watching you – and preparing to zap you with evil infra-red rays. KitGuru steps into room …
Read More »Jen Hsun Huang new CEO of AMD?
Rumours are flying thick and fast out of California today about something that the industry has considered impossible for two decades. A merger of two companies that have been sworn blood enemies. Could it be true? KitGuru genuflects and prepares to utter sacrilegious words. Lordie, lordie. nVidia invented the modern …
Read More »Antec launches soundscience halo 6 LED bias lighting kit
The folks over at Antec believe that they are able to offer professional-grade, back-lighting which reduces eye fatigue, increases image clarity. Here's their take on the new product – brought to you by the KitGuru Dutch News Bot over in Rotterdam, Netherlands. In its 25th anniversary year, Antec today announced …
Read More »Citigroup hack was worse than initially stated: 360,000 accounts
Citigroup, the US giant bank corporation has told clients that around 360,000 credit cards were compromised by a hacking attack last month, this is twice the number that was originally stated. Citigroup said late last night that the security hack has hit 360,083 North American Citi branded credit cards, after …
Read More »Chromebooks from Acer and Samsung now on sale
Both Acer and Samsung were slow off the mark, with Kogan releasing the first Agora Chromebook on June 7th. Both market leaders however have released new laptops based around Google's Chrome operating system. The Agora machine was being marketed at a very respectable £269 inc vat. Google have revealed that …
Read More »Nintendo say Wii U will have no DVD or Bluray playback
The WII U won't make for an ideal media console as it won't support either DVD or BluRay technology, according to Nintendo. Currently the Xbox 360 supports DVD and the Playstation 3 both DVD and Bluray discs. Nintendo spoke to analysts at a question and answer sessions at the E3 …
Read More »AMD release new Catalyst 11.6 driver
The latest AMD driver was released last night – Catalyst 11.6, which is the first driver release which supports the new Llano based APUs. The latest driver highlights some new additions, such as the feature called ‘Steady Video'. This helps with stabilisation for video content which we first noticed in …
Read More »Asus won’t compete with UK gaming system builders
One of the most shocking things on show at Computex 2011, was the a complete ASUS ROG (Republic of Gamers) desktop system. While no one in the local channel much minds if Asus produces EeePCs, tablets or regular laptops – the idea of a $12Bn giant starting to make gaming …
Read More »Facebook’s upcoming photo application ‘leaks’ online
Facebook are due to release a photosharing application, according to documents which have been seen by TechCrunch. This new, upcoming application will enhance the experience for the end users, allowing tagging and sharing of photos via Facebook and it also appears to build in functionality which has been integral in …
Read More »Is Adobe Flash a major security problem?
Steve Jobs has called Adobe Flash a security risk. This is part of the reason he refuses to support it on any of the Apple devices. For the second time in nine days Adobe has patched a critical vulnerability in Flash Player which the hacking community was already exploiting. We …
Read More »Lulzsec take down CIA site
Lulzsec, one of the highest profile hacking groups have continued their campaign of site takedowns by breaching the US Central Intelligence Agencies homepage. Lulzsec announced the attack with a comment on their twitter page which read “Tango down – cia.gov – for the lulz.”. Lulzsec seem to be unstoppable right …
Read More »New AMD marketing slogan revealed
In these days of micro-managed-mega-branding, corporations search far and wide to come up with the perfect positioning statement. Something that will stir the hearts and minds of all who see it. Searching through the Computex B-roll, it seems that our happy snappy chappies captured the next evolution of AMD's messaging. …
Read More »YOYOTech slashes GTX580 price by almost £60
We're not in the habit of flagging individual deals from resellers, but every now and then you come across something that's so far outside the norm that you need to step back, check the facts and let your jaw drop slowly down. This seems to be one of those moments. …
Read More »Powercolor HD6850 Single Slot CrossfireX Review
One of AMD's most active partners in recent months has been PowerColor. They have been releasing a wide selection of quality HD6000 series cards with custom PCB and proprietary cooler designs. Today we are looking at an affordable CrossfireX configuration which will work perfectly inside a chassis with limited physical …
Read More »Intel-Based Set-Top Powers Comcast’s Next-Generation Xfinity TV Experience
Today at The Cable Show, Intel Corporation announced that its Intel CE media processors are helping power Comcast’s next-generation Xfinity TV experience which uses a new guide and user interface to make the television more interactive, personal and social. The Intel-based set-top box, designed and developed by Pace, enables Comcast …
Read More »USB 3.0 off to a slow start but growing, thanks to AMD
USB 3.0 has been promoted heavily in recent months, but sales figures so far are not encouraging. According to market researchers In-Stat however this is due to change, very soon. They are forecasting huge growth in the next year saying that close to 80 million peripherals should ship in the …
Read More »more info leaks regarding iPad 3 2048×1536 display
Yesterday we reported on the upcoming iPad3 display, as our sources indicated Apple were making the move in 2012. More information was shared yesterday that highlights a possible move, due to the twitter.framework within the iOS SDK having huge images, over twice the size needed for the current iPad display …
Read More »EA under fire for cashing in with Battlefield 3 pre-orders
Electronic Arts have had to issue a statement after they have came under fire for making a special edition of Battlefield 3 available to Game or Gamestation shops. The problem occured when EA announced that they were releasing a special version of the game with the ‘Physical Warfare Pack'. This …
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