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Monthly Archives: March 2012

Facebook paints a large QR code on its own roof

To celebrate moving into their new company headquarters, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided to hold a hackathon. As a result some employees took to the roof and painted a massive 42 foot wide QR code. After a night of hard work (and hoping they had got the dimensions right) they …

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How much do Apple make on the iPad 3?

The Apple hype machine keeps on rolling, and with every new release of the iPad we have publications who buy them, just to tear them apart and to show everyone what is inside. A huge portion of the iPad 3 comprises the new battery system to compensate for the added …

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Opera Mini 7 hits Android today

Taking a page from Etta James, Opera Mini 7 is “a thrill to press your cheek to” for Android users. Today, Opera Software launched the Opera Mini 7 web browser in a final version for the Android platform. This must-have app is your web surfing soulmate. 160 million monthly users …

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Sharp announce partnership with Foxconn

Sharp have announced an alliance with Foxconn today. Four Foxconn subsidiaries will obtain 9.88% stake in the company and become the largest shareholder of Sharp. Foxconn also get shares in Sharp Display Products, which was a joint venture between Sharp and Sony to produce large size panels and modules. Sharp …

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XFX HD7850 Black Edition Review

Last week we reviewed the excellent Sapphire HD7850 Overclock Edition and XFX have sent us their competing part – the XFX HD7850 Black Edition. This card features a even higher overclock, to 975mhz on the core with a custom two fan metal cooling solution. The big question, is this better …

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Apple offers ‘Sorry, cannot offer 4G’ refunds

Always big on the customer service, Apple has decided in Australia that advertising The New iPad (3) as being 4G, while it is not in fact compatible with the local 4G network, was a mistake. Will the UK follow suit? In a nod to global corporate speak, Apple has decided …

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Rovio acquires Futuremark Games Studio

Following its first swallow-up in June of last year when it acquired Kombo Animation Studio, Angry Birds creator Rovio has just aimed its slingshot and hit dead on at an even bigger target – none other than Futuremark's “Games Studio” division. A formal announcement has been given on Rovio's website …

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KitGuru Gaming – Weekly Round Up

For those tech readers who don’t always get time to check out our game related content at Kitguru gaming – here is a round up of content published in the last week. “Is the Smithsonian's Video Game Exhibit Missing a Critical Element?” Although the exhibit received a lot of attention, …

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Channel sources predicts dire Q2

Things are looking horrific for the UK PC market in Q2. Even if the Intel 3rd Generation launch goes really well, it might not be enough to save some companies. KitGuru taps its sources and delivers the bad news. The PC market is seasonal anyway. Christmas etc all bring a …

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Chinese factories stuck with useless iPad inventory

In business, it's important to get your products out first when there is an opportunity. Arriving at the FA Cup Finals one day late, with a hot dog that's 10x better, is a poor decision. However, it's also possible to go too soon. Right now, an array of Chinese factories …

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Apple v Dell – who is worth 19 times more now?

Sometimes a CEO will open his mouth and make a controversial statement. Sometimes these statements get marked down in the annals of history, remembered decades later. Sometimes these statements can come back and bite the CEO on the ass. Michael Dell knows that feeling very well. In October 1997, Dell …

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BMW recall 1.3 million cars due to battery malfunctions

BMW are recalling around 1.3 million cars worldwide as a result of battery malfunctions which they say in extreme cases could cause fire. The company issued a statement which said that the battery cable cover inside the trunk may be mounted incorrectly. The problem may cause malfunctions including the ability …

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FAA to reevaluate policies on in-flight electronics

One of the most, if not most, annoying things about travelling by air is the fact you must switch off any personal electronic devices before takeoff until you reach cruising altitude. Nick Bilton of the New York Times recently got in contact with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and learnt that they …

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Samsung’s E Ink, LCD mashup coming in 2013

Electrowetting display technology will bring in the best of both E Ink and LCD displays

Imagine a display that offers much of the readability in sunlight and battery life of today's E Ink displays yet also offers refresh rates and colours equivalent to LCDs currently available, thanks to Samsung and Liquavista that dream will soon become much more than a dream. Following Samsung's acquisition of Liquavista last …

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Macbook Pro may get high res ‘retina display’

New, double resolution images have been found in the second developer build of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. This means that new Macintosh computers could very well ship with a Retina display, or HiDPi mode. We have all seen how the ultra high resolution panels have improved the iPad 3, …

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Thermaltake Overseer RX-I Case Review

Thermaltake has been making cases for several years but they also have many different product lines such as power supplies, CPU coolers, fans, keyboards and mice.  Today we have the opportunity to review one of their new full tower cases.  The case we are going to examine is the Thermaltake …

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Windows 8 – disaster for desktop users?

Windows 8 hasn't been getting the warm reception from the enthusiast desktop PC audience that Microsoft would have hoped. Many people who have tried the consumer preview are very unhappy with the new interface and can see very few benefits to ‘upgrading' from Windows 7. One of the main sticking …

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Pirate Bay Links censored in Live Messenger

The battle against Pirates Bay continues, with many ISP's blocking access to the site now. Microsoft are joining the censorship by stopping people sharing links to the site with others. Windows Live Messenger now refuses to pass on links, claiming they are unsafe. It looks as if Microsoft are now …

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Microsoft try to take down Zeus Botnets

Reports indicate that Microsoft, with an escort of U.S. Marshals seized control of command and control servers on Friday in two states in America. This is an ongoing campaign by Microsoft to take down botnets involving 13 million computers infected with the Zeus Malware. Microsoft announced last night that “some …

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Nvidia’s Kepler coming to a smartphone near you?

Over the weekend Nvidia dropped the NDA on it's Geforce GTX 680 graphics card based on their new Kepler architecture. Which in the case of the GTX 680, Kepler beats the AMD competition, the 7970 on many levels with some degree of ease. As a result of a successful launch (excluding a …

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