It may look a little like a high end Apple laptop, but its not. Razer are giving away their stunning one of a kind Star Wars: The Old Republic gaming laptop which is valued at around $15,000. This sweepstake contest has already been hit hard by the public who are …

Microsoft have enjoyed huge success over the years with their software, including Windows operating systems and Office. Earlier this month however we reported that they wanted to be ‘revinvented as a Devices & Services‘ company. This is a challenging move for the Microsoft Corporation as they have yet to experience …

Google has today sent out press invites to an Android event scheduled for October 29 in New York. No clues were given as to what the event will include but we can take some pretty good guesses. Firstly we have the possible LG Nexus 4, a device that has been …

Most of KitGuru's readers are probably not schooled in the whole art of nuclear warfare – which is a good thing. Those who grew up prior to the eighties would have been presented with many documentaries on the threat posed by the USSR and its advanced nuclear weapons programmes. Reading …

With Windows 8, Haswell, GTX700 and Radeon 8000 all coming soon, it's work pausing every now and then to realise that the vast majority of business users are not batting in that league. They have a very different set of requirements – sometimes as simple as ‘Need a PC for …

Leader of the UK's Pirate Party, Loz Kaye, has been speaking out about the extradition of hacker Gary McKinnon, after it was blocked yesterday by home secretary Theresa May. As you might imagine, he's pleased. “Today's decision is welcome, if long overdue. It's frankly a scandal that Gary McKinnon has been …

The Pirate Bay has announced the next step in its fight against authority take downs, by ditching its servers in favour of, “ascending into the next stage, the cloud.” “So, first we ditched the trackers. Then we got rid of the torrents,” begins the post on the website's blog. “Now? Now …

Beyond Technologies and ThermalTake are offering people the chance to win a stunning, Limited Edition Silver Level 10 Chassis with every purchase of the new Level 10 M Mouse in the United Kingdom. If you missed our review of this fantastic new mouse, then make sure to head to this …

While Foxconn facilities manufacturing Apple products might have drawn the most ire from the world at large in the past couple of years for the way the employees are treated, it looks like those making Nintendo parts have also been cutting corners – by using underage workers. Foxconn has apparently …

A new record has been set for the crowd funding of a game on Kickstarter, as Project Eternity ends its run on the site just shy of $4 million (£2.47 million) – over 3.5 times its original $1.1 million goal. As the game entered its last hours of funding, the …

Yesterday from both Milan and Taipei, ASUS has made the PadFone 2 official. The smartphone/tablet hybrid has been improved significantly from the first stab at this rather niche product type and includes a healthy array of specifications. The phone itself has a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, 2 GB of …

A few weeks ago there were rumours of a HTC device with a 5 inch, 1080p display and we're glad to say that these rumours were indeed correct. HTC has just announced the J Butterfly for the Japanese market. The device is the first production smartphone to have a 1080p …

It seems there is an application for everything now and my friend who is expecting a child, was using this application this week. Bounty.com a website devoted to helping new and expectant mothers have launched an application for iOS and Android. It has been endorsed by Tommy's, the pregnancy charity …

We have reviewed several USB 3.0 enclosures recently, this time is the turn of a 2.5″ device from ICY BOX. With the price of SSD's falling constantly, a 2.5″ HDD enclosure has never been more tempting. With a 60 GB SSD recently being retailed at under £30, it certainly wouldn't …

While some of the big players in the market, like Kingston working with Overclockers and eBuyer, have peppered the £100 mark with some 240/256GB SSD deals, those have been for the older SATA II technology. Old stock depleted, cluster bombs of SATA III product are now targeting the same area. …

Thermaltake enjoyed plenty of success with their Level 10 computer chassis and it was only a matter of time before they expanded this range into other categories. The partnership with BMW Group DesignworksUSA has produced a new product – the luxurious, eye catching Level 10 M Mouse. There is no …

G.SKILL is hosting a giveaway event on facebook, starting from today until 31st Oct, all users from all countries are allowed to be in the draw! Enter over here!

Foxconn Technology Group said they found that interns as young as 14 years old had worked at a facility in Yantai in China. A company investigation located the underage staff, who ranged in ages 14-16. They worked at the campus for three weeks, according to an emailed response send to …

Apple are holding an event next week, the time when they are expected to announce the iPad Mini device. Latest reports from 9to5Mac indicate that Apple are going to announce a new range of Mac Mini computers. The new range are said to include new processors and storage options and …

Google has been ordered to make changes to its privacy policy after several EU organisations found it to be breaching European law, by not providing enough information to users on the amount and categories of data being collected about them and used for advertising purposes. The search giant revamped its privacy policy …

Forget 3Dmark, forget Unigine Heaven, forget any of the Crysis games, real men use Catzilla to benchmark their PC. Or at least they will do when the new benchmark from AllBenchmark is released in November. Still, we can have a bit of a look at what we're talking about thanks …

A new study by the American Assembly at Columbia University has presented more evidence against the copyright lobbyists' claims that pirates are the biggest music ‘thieves,' suggesting instead that those that download the most music illegally, tend to buy the most music as well. The research analysed the music listening habits of …

A week ago today the Android 4.1.2 update started to roll out to the Nexus 7 tablet and now the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S are getting the same treatment. This latest version of Android is a rather minor update and brings improvements to the expandable notifications introduced in Jelly …

We reviewed the Asus P8Z77-V LX back in July this year and it earned our Worth Buying award. While we had no concerns with the capabilities and performance of the board the issue we had at the time was that the competing Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H was around £12 cheaper. ASUS have …

One of the iconic heads of British game development in the 80s, for platforms like the Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum, Mike Singleton, perhaps most well known for games like Lords of Midnight and Midwinter, has passed away, prompting heaps of tributes from fellow developers and fans alike. The tweets …

If you thought the recent and continuing patent struggles between Samsung and Apple were anything to go by, the strained relationship has spread much further than the companies' mobile divisions. Apple has depended upon Samsung for many components in its various iDevices but it appears that will change with the …

Network devices are a fairly common addition in most households. As the numbers of devices requiring internet, such as Phones, Tablets, Laptops, Games Consoles, Smart TV's etc expands, we are all looking for more ways to improve our wireless coverage or to get an internet connection to the other side …

Originally launched as ‘Gaming Armour', NZXT has enjoyed the most success with its stylish Phantom chassis over the past couple of years. Now it's ready to re-vamp a classic, KitGuru wonders whether to be scared or excited. With a built-in 4-channel fan-controller, alongside an SD card reader and lit back …

Woolworths, the largest supermarket chain in Australia are ditching the Blackberry phones used by their staff, in favour of the Apple iPhone. Woolworth's head of customer technology Chris Stanley said that the staff would receive new iPhones shortly. The Australian.com.au wrote a detailed report on the change over. This blow …

It's not often a technology company launches a product that is openly labelled ‘Flashy', but when LEDs have been built in from the ground up – maybe it's an idea. The product info says ‘Turbo Powered PSU', so KitGuru brought along a tin of fresh-Porsche smell, just in case. The …