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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. “Upcoming RPG Written by NY Times Best Selling Fantasy Writer” A recent press release announced the latest addition …

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Blackberry faltering but still Obama’s favourite

Research In Motion used to dominate the market, but in recent years they have been struggling to compete against Apple and the raft of Android phones available to consumers. In the last year their sales figures have been continually dropping and the CEO's have stepped down. Even in their homeground …

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Chinese leave paper iPad’s on graves to mourn their dead

One of the more bizarre stories today reported by the China Xinhua news agency shows how important Apple devices are now in the minds of the Chinese culture. The official state media group say that Chinese people are leaving paper replicas of Apple iPads and iPhones as ‘offerings at the …

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Motorola facing antitrust probes

Motorola Mobility are facing two investigations by the European Union's competition watchdog. They claim that the company, which is being bought by Google could be unfairly restricting competitors from accessing essential patents. The formal investigations have been announced after Microsoft and Apple complained to the European Commission that Motorola Mobility …

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App that tracks women near you is blocked

One of the most curious things about living in the 21st century, is that when people use computers to aggregate publicly available information into a usable format, the world plus dog seems to cry ‘Foul!' and that's certainly the case with the ‘Girls Around Me' app from Russia. KitGuru pretends …

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Samsung opts to build $7Bn factory in China

The Korean need for national pride is about as strong as the Chinese need to be the world's factory. So what happens when the immovable object (Koreas desire to do everything itself) meets the irresistible force (China's need to do it for you)?  With the launch of Samsung's next chip factory now …

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3D solar panels can produce 20 times more energy

This 3D trend is perhaps getting a bit crazy; movies, consoles, printers. You name it, there is probably a 3D version in the works. But here is one 3D-inspired object that could actually be useful in reality. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed that a 3D solar …

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Anonymous Target Home Office

Anonymous group have posted on twitter to invite people to support an attack on the Home Office website in support of anti-extradition protests. The attack is listed under the Op Trail At Home #optrialathome and is directly supporting protests for Chris Tappin, Richard O’Dwyer and Gary McKinnon. The banner ask …

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Air Display gets update for HiDPI OS X mode on iPad 3

Avatron have updated their Air Display software, available now on the App Store for $9.99. This allows users to set up the new iPad as a 1024×768 HiDPI display to display high resolution elements and text available in OS X Lion. We know the new iPad display runs at 2048×1536, …

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How To Stop The Drugs Trade The Columbian Way

In the world economy Cocaine ranks amongst one of the highest grossing commodities at approx $78 billion a year, and even thought it’s not traded on the stock exchange, it sure as hell used there! So how do you stop an economy that’s so large it could pay most 3rd …

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Dell to buy Wyse Technology for Cloud Software development

Dell has agreed to acquire Wyse Technology, a move which could help them support their business sector customers. The deal has not yet been closed but is expected to in the second quarter this year. Wyse Technology was founded in 1981 and originally created desktop terminals which could replace desktop …

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VTX3D lets Radeon pricing have it with both barrels

While loyal customers of Dabs are being asked for more than £200 for a Radeon HD 7850, eBuyer has its HIS pricing down to around the £190 mark. Interesting, but not really good enough. KitGuru dons a Sherlock costume and goes in search of the Killer Prices. While the GTX680 …

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Google to sell tablets directly to customers?

We have already heard rumours of Google and Asus combining to sell a $199 Nexus tablet and Google may now be resorting to old ways to distribute products. Rumours have it that Google will open its own online store to sell tablets directly to customers. Just like the Nexus One, …

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12 year old American develops amazing 1080, progressive

Technology is cool, but every now and then KitGuru loves flipping around the web and finding other sources of news and entertainment that may well put a smile on your face. Today is no exception. America, like the UK, relies on innovation. In recent years, that has centred on entertainment …

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Samsung expect High growth for notebook shipments

Samsung are focused on achieving record sales in 2012. They want to increase by 30% on year growth with notebook shipments. Samsung have had problems driving their PC business outside of South Korea, even though the handset market is very different for them worldwide. They have a staggering 50 percent …

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China now has over a billion mobile subscriptions

China is by far the largest country, weighing in at 1.35 billion people in an official estimate taken at the end of 2011. So it comes as no real surprise that China has just crossed the big billion threshold for mobile phone subscriptions. According to China's Ministry of Industry and …

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Foxconn cut working hours but staff worried

With Foxconn under the spotlight for poor working conditions over the last couple of years, it appears they have adapted to change staff hours. Foxconn have decided to cut overtime for the 1.2 million people who work for them while promising compensation that will protect the employees against losing income. …

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Sapphire HD7870 Overclock Edition Review

Last week we reviewed the overclocked XFX HD7870 Black Edition graphics card, and today we look at the Sapphire HD7870 Overclock Edition. This card features a custom cooler, with twin fans and overclocked out of the box settings to appeal to the enthusiast audience. Sapphire discrete video cards have scored …

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Game bought – jobs saved

When Game stores first launched in the UK high streets, they brought with them ‘death for the little guy’. Now, in turn, the overall workings of the game-buying market have created a situation where Game’s existence seemed to be at an end, until a white knight rode in. KitGuru leaves …

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Taiwanese manufacturers get China boost, but not IT

While Katie Melua might have sung about the nine million bicycles that can be found in China’s capital city, she did not mention anything about the rate of import. Right now, Taiwanese IT manufacturers are looking over at their cycle-making cousins with an unhealthy shade of jealousy. KitGuru dons the …

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Sony confirms Android 4.0 update for 11 phones

Sony's Xperia Ray will be getting its Android 4.0 update in April alongside the Xperia Arc S and

Last year, then Sony Ericsson and now Sony, confirmed that all 2011 Xperia smartphones will be getting an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. This vital piece of information has yet to change but the update schedule for different devices has been changed up a bit. Sometime in the …

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