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Enermax Fulmo GT Full Tower Review

The computer chassis market is one of the most competitive in the tech industry with many companies fighting for market share. Today we are looking at the Enermax Fulmo GT … a high cost case which offers ultimate cooling performance with multi GPU support. When I first got involved in …

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Estimates pitch the new iPad at $310 to build

Analysts at UBM TechInsights have done some extensive component research and have estimated that the total BOM (bill of materials) for the 16 GB 4G LTE model of the new iPad to be $310. This makes it the most expensive iPad to manufacture to date with the iPad 2 and …

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Foxconn revenues drop 13 percent in February

Foxconn have been dealing with a publicity nightmare in the last year, requiring key partners such as Apple to step in to mop up the mess. The situation was so bad that Apple made a big deal of joining the FLA. In regards to revenue, Foxconn have reported a rather …

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Apple iPhone struggles in China against Samsung

Apple may dominate in many parts of the world, but in China the iPhone is struggling to catch up against Samsung's range of smartphones. Samsung hold almost 25 percent of the market for smartphones, according to Gartner Inc research. Apple have managed to land two sales partners now but figures …

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Windows Mobile Marketplace shutting down in May

Microsoft has recently sent out emails to Windows Mobile 6.x users stating that the marketplace will soon be shutting down in early May. Windows Mobile 6.x is not to be mistaken with Microsoft's current Windows Phone 7 platform. Starting from the 9th of May users rocking Microsoft's old mobile operating …

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MASTERS OF OVERCLOCKING: Final Result!

As many of our regular readers will be aware, this weekend played host to the regional final of the Overclocking Masters competition where we teamed up with Asus, Kingston Technology  and Multiplay to celebrate the dark art of overclocking.  The nine finalists traveled from all over the country to attend …

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MASTERS OF OVERCLOCKING: Behind the scenes

While Henry Butt prepares his master-report on the glorious overclocking goings-on from the inaugural MASTERS OF OVERCLOCKING finals, we stick a digital SLR behind the scenes to bring you a little more background on the event itself. While the main focus of the MASTERS OF OVERCLOCKING event was to see …

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MASTERS OF OVERCLOCKING: Finals Begin!

Finally, the BIG day has arrived. After strong competition from across the country, the first ever ASUS: MASTERS OF OVERCLOCKING event in conjunction with KitGuru took place today at a secret underground facility north of London. If overclocking tickles you in a special place – read on! Sure, Asus may …

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Archos G9 tablet lineup get suited up with ICS

If you're an existing Archos G9 Android tablet user you may or may not have been pleasantly surprised with a certain update that graced your tablet yesterday. Archos has started rolling out over-the-air updates for its G9 series tablets that will suit them up with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich …

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OCZ SSD array can move a DVD in under 2 seconds

Computers are fast and they keep getting faster. We constantly see the tremendous pace of progress all around us, but sometimes you see a demonstration that really opens your eyes. At CeBIT 2012, OCZ was demonstrating a load of new technology, including a very swift SSD set up. KitGuru takes …

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Apple and book publishers in hot water over e-book pricing

The U.S. Justice Department has recently warned Apple and five large book publishers that it has plans to file a lawsuit unless they change business practices for alleged price fixing of e-books. This comes about after the European Commission launched a antitrust investigation on the same issue late last year. …

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MSI drops price on Z77 mainboard by 7%

The bizarre events of the NDA-blowing launch and sale of Intel's new chipset mainboards has moved onto a new stage. Price discounting. KitGuru makes screen grabs and calculations. From the time Futuremark picked up four Intel z77 chipset mainboard reviews, this story has continued to break and change. The latest …

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VTX3D Radeon HD7970 X Edition Review

We reviewed the reference AMD HD7970 flagship card in December last year and we were suitably impressed. A few weeks later XFX sent us their XFX R7970 Double Dissipation graphics card which featured a custom cooling solution. Today we look at the latest version of the card from partner VTX3D …

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Looking for a cheap iPad? ebay flooded with deals

The release of a new Apple product means that customers rush to sell their perfectly fine, but ‘out of date' product. Ebay has already seen a raft of tablet computers for sales in the last couple of weeks, but now that the mainstream public are fully aware that a new …

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Internet Explorer 9 next to fall at hacker contest

Microsoft may tout Internet Explorer as very secure code, but it was the second browser to fall at the annual hacker competition which is designed to test resistance of internet software to real world attacks. Arstechnica have published a story detailing the fail for Microsoft. Attackers were able to take …

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iPad 3 ships to some customers. UK now showing 2-3 weeks delay

Apple's iPad 3 is the hot news right now with stock said to hit retailers for official launch very shortly. Some customers are said to have received shipment notifications for preorders of the new tablet with deliver scheduled for March 16th. Appleinsider reported that one of their readers received a …

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Aria sells MSI mainboard after Intel Z77 reviews leak out

Most times modern technology will launch under strict guidelines from manufacturer. Bigger launches have more rules and the possibility of serious consequences for flaunting them. All mainboard vendors were showing Z77 designs at CeBIT this week, but only MSI boards seem to have been reviewed or sold. We investigate. Like …

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Apple brings 1080p video support in iTunes 10.6

Coinciding with yesterday's launch of Apple's third-gen iPad lineup and the new Apple TV with support for 1080p HD video, a new version of iTunes has also been released, 10.6 which rolls in 1080p support for both movies and TV shows to suit the new Apple TV device. iTunes 10.6 …

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Magazines and audiobooks coming soon to Google Play

Yesterday Google announced its new Google Play brand which integrates Android applications, music, movies and books all into one service. Now magazines and audiobooks may be on the way to help turn Google Play into a more developed and expansive ecosystem. This development came about as an audiobooks page was …

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Facebook secure $8 billion before public offer

Facebook have managed to secure $8 billion just before they launch into the initial public offering. This is according to documents which were provided to US regulators. The company have secured a $5 billion revolving line of credit over three years from a bank consortium including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, …

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