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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Adobe want to charge devs for ‘premium’ Flash features
Adobe have released Flash Player 11.2 today and they have a new plan to make the company some extra money. They want to charge developers for using ‘premium features'. According to a report on CNET, the plan by Adobe will call upon the developers to share 9 percent of their …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Kinect for Windows 1.5 features 10 joint skeletal tracking
Microsoft have had great success so far with the Kinetic accessory which was originally planned just for the Xbox 360. PC owners can expect a sizeable update when Version 1.5 hits the Windows platform. Microsoft's Craig Eisler posted in his blog this week, offering a peak at the upcoming additions …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »No Core i3-branded mobile Ivy Bridge parts at launch
After many months of Ivy Bridge talk and still another month or so to go before its supposed launch date, it's been discovered that there doesn't appear to be any Core i3 models coming out for notebooks; rather, Ivy Bridge mobile parts will be confined to Intel's Core i7, Core …
Read More »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, …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Apple Birds Space – will eat up all your time!
My new iPad 3 turned up a few days ago and since then I have been addicted to the new Angry Birds Space game. If you have grown sick of the Angry Birds concept over the last year, then the new title brings a new dimension to the standard gravity/physics …
Read More »Apple CEO Tim Cook jets into China for PR mission
Apple CEO Tim Cook has traveled to China to talk with government officials as he tries to clear up a raft of problems in this heavy growth market. Cook has never been to China, since taking over from the late Steve Jobs last year. He is keeping to a guarded …
Read More »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 …
Read More »WIN a MSI Z77A-GD65 Motherboard with Aria & MSI!
Aria are holding another competition to win a new Z77 motherboard direct from MSI! There's also 300x Runner-up prizes of £25 Cashback!! You can find out how to enter over here on the ARIA forums
Read More »NZXT Phantom 410 Review (Special ‘Gunmetal’ Edition)
The NZXT Phantom 410 has been on the market now for many months but today we are looking at a special coloured version of the case. NZXT have decided to re-release this popular case in duotone colours – Black/Orange, Black/White and White/Blue. We get a very special version however for …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Game pulls the plug on website – no more orders
Game have offically shut down now, and have pulled the plug on their website, showing a ‘is down for maintenance' message. They say on the page “MJA Jervis and SD Maddison have been appointed as Joint Administrators of The GAME Group plc, Game Stores Group Limited, Gameplay (GB) Limited, Game …
Read More »Samsung’s E Ink, LCD mashup coming in 2013
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 …
Read More »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, …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »ThermalTake Toughpower 1500W Modular Power Supply Review
Thermaltake make a wide range of power supplies targeting all sectors. The ToughPower 1,500W Modular supply is firmly aimed at the hardcore gaming enthusiast sector who need to power multiple high end graphics cards. The ToughPower 1,500W can deliver up to 1,600Watts at peak load and is 80 Plus Silver …
Read More »AMD picks up UK channel award – from the channel
It can't be fun trying to compete with a company like Intel. If you look at the $50Bn worth of engineering, marketing and sales muscle the sponsors of tomorrow has at its disposal, then look over at AMD's $6.5Bn revenues, you you get an idea of the scale of the …
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