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 …
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 …
Read More »SteelSeries Kana Gaming Mouse Review
It seems like every month that we are looking at a gaming peripheral from a company targeting the gaming sector. Even though some of these companies have created very impressive products like the new Corsair Vengeance range, many gamers will opt for a tried and tested brand instead, such as …
Read More »RIM lose Canada to Apple for the first time
Research In Motion have been knocked off the top spot in hometown Canada for the first time, to be replaced by Apple's, with their iPhone. The maker of Blackberry smartphones shipped 2.08 million Blackberry phones last year in Canada compared to Apple's 2.85 million, according to data complied by Bloomberg …
Read More »Hardware.info gets 4-way 680 action up and running
Without doubt, Koen ‘Big Daddy' Crijns is one of the nicest guys in the technology industry. Widely respected in his native country of Holland, Koen left ComputerTotaal magazine as reviews editor around 10 years ago and never looked back. Earlier today, he dropped a cool link into KitGuru and we …
Read More »Facebook buy 750 IBM patents to strengthen position
Facebook have bought 750 patents from IBM to help the company battle against potential patent infringement allegations. The information came from an unnamed source close to the situation who spoke to Bloomberg. The patent purchasing is said to cover various areas such as networking and software. This acquisition will increase …
Read More »Kingston SSDNow V+200 90GB Review
The Solid State market has been thriving in the last six months. Part of this growth has been caused by the Thailand floods which raised the prices of mechanical drives. If you are in the market for a new Solid State drive, but only have £100 to spend then the …
Read More »MSI Afterburner powers NVIDIA 600 series
Today leading international mainboard and graphics card maker MSI officially announces the new GeForce GTX 680 graphics card featuring the latest 28nm GeForce GTX 680 GPU and 2GB of GDDR5 memory. The GeForce GTX 680 graphics card is outfitted with the latest GPU that not only meets PCI Express 3.0 …
Read More »Palit releases the ‘game-changing’ GeForce GTX 680
Palit Microsystems Ltd releases the powerful new Palit GeForce GTX 680 and its delivers more than just state-of-the-art features and technology. It gives you truly game-changing performance that will transform the way you experience all your favorite titles-now and in the future. Armed with 1536-core GPU that clocked at 1006MHz …
Read More »Toshiba previews 13.3 inch Android 4.0 tablet
If you walk into an electronics store these days you (should) find a bunch of tablets on display near the laptops. If you're curious as to what is offer you'll find tablets mostly with screens roughly 10 inches in size such as the Asus Transformer Prime or the Apple iPad. …
Read More »Julian Assange to run for Australian Senate
WikiLeaks' founder and leader, Julian Assange, is reportedly planning to run for a seat in the Australian Senate next year. However Assange is currently being held in England on bail ahead of a possible extradition to Sweden over allegations that he sexually assaulted two women. “We have discovered that it …
Read More »Tesco gets shafted (and passes it on to you)
Tesco has poured millions of pounds into its Price Check advertising. The idea is simple, people who shop at Tesco are better off – so do all your shopping at Tesco. KitGuru folks seem, largely, to be located closer to Sainsbury's or Waitrose. Also, we do a lot of Yaale.com …
Read More »Xigmatek Venus XP-SD1266 Cooler Review
Last month we looked at the Xigmatek MidGard II chassis and today we are featuring another product from Xigmatek, the Venus XP-SD1266 CPU Cooler. The Venus XP-SD1266 has a nickel coated copper base and features six 6mm heatpipes to draw heat away from the processor. This tower style cooler relies …
Read More »Microsoft want to drive phone prices down
Microsoft have a plan which targets China. The plan is to overtake Apple, by offering a wide range of handsets at lower prices. Passing Apple will be the first step in a longer term goal of market dominance. Simon Leung, Microsoft's Chairman and chief executive officer for the Greater China …
Read More »Commodore Amiga Mini PC released – Core i7
If you are as old as me you will remember the days of the Commodore Amiga and the Atari ST, it brings back fond memories for me. Commodore are releasing a ‘new' computer in a small form factor PC chassis, called the Amiga Mini. The system comprises an Intel Core …
Read More »Apple’s iPhoto app, 1 million downloads in 10 days
Apple's iPhoto application has proven popular with the audience, achieving over 1 million downloads in the last ten days alone. This new iOS application was released beside the new iPad 3 a short while ago. According to The Loop, those are genuine user downloads, not multiple downloads from the same …
Read More »Adobe prepares to launch its 6th Photoshop – Beta?
You read a ton of claims every day. Adverts, articles, fans and haters alike – everyone has an opinion. But when Adobe says that Photoshop is the world’s best image editing software, it is hard to disagree. Now, as the beta programme for version CS6 begins, KitGuru gets misty and …
Read More »Sapphire HD7850 Overclock Edition Review
We have been hard at work for the last week reviewing many new 7000 series cards from AMD's leading partners. In this review today we are looking at the new Sapphire HD7850 Overclock Edition which features a custom cooling solution and out of the box clock speed enhancements. Sapphire are …
Read More »Possible Samsung Galaxy S III specifications and image leak
Many of the Samsung Galaxy S III “leaked” specifications and pictures in the last week are obvious fakes but GSM Helpdesk has come across some information plus an image which at first seems a bit more legitamate then usual. At first all seems well, until you realise it looks awfully …
Read More »GAME gone? Administrators ready to pounce
We have been mentioning the worsening crisis at GAME for quite a while, but it now seems that the worst is starting to happen. Word into KitGuru is not good. So what's the situation and where will GAME go from here? KitGuru posed the question, ‘Can Channel Island ruling save …
Read More »Samsung and RIM sued over emoticon patent
Emoticons are useful for one thing only; to portray emotion through text, or to fool people by putting a 🙂 when you really feel :@. Emoticons are the one thing that gets texting or instant messaging close to the emotional connection level of a phone call or face to face …
Read More »Amazon business model will lead to its death claims channel
It says something about the monolithic sales organisation and its ability to penetrate any market it sets its sights on, that a search on Wikipedia for ‘Amazon' gives you the web site before it gives you the billion-year-old jungle. But just as the future of the rain forest is constantly …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 – worst game ending ever? sign the petition!
We reported before that Mass Effect fans were very unhappy with the ending of the latest title. Additionally, it would appear that Bioware have 689,527 angry customers on their Facebook site. Was the ending that bad? Did you play the game yourself and feel shortchanged? Game writer Karin Skoog has …
Read More »Angry Birds activity parks to launch worldwide
Angry Birds has been one of the most successful games in recent years, selling millions of copies across multiple platforms. It seems as if the developer Rovio have plans to take over the world as they want to enter into the ‘playground' sector. They are teaming up with playground specialist …
Read More »KitGuru Gaming – Weekly Round Up
If you have missed our gaming coverage, then below is a recap of some of the more interesting editorials we have published in the last week. “IGN and the GAME British Academy Stream Annual Video Game Award Show this Friday” Check out the nominees for the video game award show. …
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