We wanted to welcome aboard Steve Dougherty, who until recently worked for one of the world's highest traffic websites, Tweaktown. Steve was the Content Editor and Publications Manager for Tweaktown dating back to June 2003. In his time with the organisation he has written almost 10,000 articles. Steve has joined …

USB 3.0 has been growing in popularity over recent months, and we have seen many manufacturers, such as Kingston and Corsair releasing a steady stream of high performance drives. Today if you buy a computer you can be assured that there will be at least one USB 3.0 port. If …

The netbook market was hit hard in 2011 by the growing adoption of tablets. Latest research from the PEW Research Center has revealed their latest figures, which indicate that 19 percent of adults in America are now using a tablet of some kind. The main bulk of the growth in …

So far Apple have been spearheading Intel's new, exciting Thunderbolt technology. Although we noticed a proprietary connector using the same technology on our recent review of the Sony Z Series superportable computer. The latest news is that Asus, Lenovo and Acer are planning to release ultrabooks in Q2 with Thunderbolt …

Whether you love them or loathe them, Apple have always adopted good screens into their products. Recently I made a walk around in PCWORLD and was immediately impressed with the quality of the screens on the Apple Macbook computers. It hasn't came as a surprise that analysts claim a lot …

The founder of Megaupload has been held in custody in New Zealand as he denies charges of internet piracy and money laundering. He said the authorities were trying to make him look as bad as possible. Anne Toohey, the prosecutor said that Kim Dotcom, a German national, who is also …

Research In Motion co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis have both stepped down, after many years holding the reins. The company has been struggling in the last year to compete in the mobile phone sector and a new leader has been put in place to reverse the fortunes. Thorsten Heins, …

Proving your overclocking skills and winning great prizes could not be simpler. KitGuru is working with Asus, Kingston and Multiplay to help launch a new kind of overclocking competition – and you can enter in as little as 5 minutes! CPU-Z is a free utility that's quick and easy to …

Today we are looking at the Arc MIDI chassis, which is one of newer offerings from Fractal Design. We have looked at other cases from Fractal Design in the past and they have proven to provide high build quality at an affordable price. The new Fractal Design Arc Series of …

While Nvidia prepare to release their next series of cards we are looking at a custom GTX 580 board from KFA2 which can support up to four screens via a single card, with the promise of excellent gaming performance across three screens. It ships in an overclocked state and incorporates …

Well to say this competition was popular, would be an understatement. We had many thousands of entries for the chance to win a brand new 32GB iPad2. Unfortunately while a lot of people are going to be disappointed, we have one lucky winner. Beckyleigh Forester from Stoke on Trent in …

Intel have a lot riding on the success of the Ultrabook platform this year, and they seem to have the backing of Acer. They are planning to release their second generation Ultrabook models in Q2 this year and are bringing even more models to market in Q3. Company chairman JT …

I have to admit, I have enjoyed all of the Resident Evil movies. Sure, they are tongue in cheek and a little stupid at times, but if you like fast action, high octane fighting and undead carnage then they are good entertainment. If you happen to have the hots for …

Microsoft have announced record quarterly revenue for the quarter ending December 31st 2011. This is a 5 percent increase on year on year. Operating income, net income, and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $7.99 billion, $6.62 billion, and $0.78 per share, compared with $8.17 billion, $6.63 billion …

Many of the websites which were shut down by well known hacking group Anonymous were back up and running today. Megaupload.com leaders were arrested, with the site subsequently shut down and Anonymous acted in retaliation taking down the FBI websites and the U.S. Department Of Justice. A law enforcement officer …

Overclocking is fun, it gets you levels of performance that either doesn't exist or you're not willing to pay for – but it also carries an element of risk. If you get it wrong, you could fry your circuits. Chip champ Intel has a solution for this. KitGuru prepares to …

Cooler Master are currently running a competition for one of the best cases available on the market today – the mighty Cosmos 2. In fact the only problem with the Cosmos 2 is that it will literally break your back trying to move it. Our tip? Once you build the …

Sony Ericsson have had a tough run up to the end of the year in 2011, claiming that market competition and the disaster in Thailand have damaged their earnings. In the three months ending December 31st Sony Ericsson sales were €1.29 billion, down from €1.53 billion in the same quarter …

McAfee, creator of world renowned Anti virus software have said that there is a flaw in one of their products which could cause vulnerability issues for the PC, potentially leaving the machine open to distribute spam. The company, who are now a part of Intel Corporation, disclosed the flaw in …

As we reported yesterday, many leading websites shut down for a day to protest anti piracy bills now in Congress. On the website on Thursday morning was a message which read “Thank you for protecting Wikipedia. We're not done yet.” When clicked, the message took the reader to a thank …

Today we are going to look at a CPU cooler from Evercool, their latest low profile solution, the HPL-815. The HPL-815 should fit well in the HTPC market. The fan used on this cooler is a mere 15mm thick and spins between 1,000 and 4,000 RPM. When spinning at 2,200 …

The U.S. market is dominated by Android powered smartphones, however according to research from Nielsen Apple iOS was able to take back some percentage points in the last quarter. Nielsen say that 44.% of consumers who bought a smartphone in the last three months bought an Apple iPhone. That number …

Today we are looking at one of the first prototypes of the 17.3 inch MSI GT780 gaming laptop which features a new chassis design, Quad Core Intel i7 processor, 1.5TB of Raid storage with Nvidia GTX 570M discrete graphics. Is this as good a machine as the excellent Asus G74SX …

On of the biggest PC manufacturers ever in the UK, Elonex, stopped making traditional desktop PCs many moons ago when its founder discovered that he was making significantly more money from patents he owned in/around the modern day email system.While China and the rest of the Far East has become …

G.Skill International Enterprise Co Ltd., a worldwide leading manufacturer of extreme performance memory and solid-state storage, today announces the establishment of Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) service center for end-users in Netherlands, Europe. Align with G.Skill’s business strategy for growing customer segments, G.Skill’s RMA service center established aims to provide more …

We recently looked at some headsets from Corsair's new Vengeance gaming peripheral range which impressed us … thanks to their solid build quality and excellent in game performance. So we were looking forward to test other products from their gaming peripheral range. Today we are going to look at the …

Electronista have filed a report on the upcoming range of Windows 8 tablets. They have got a hold of the hardware requirements document which details some of the conditions for Windows 8 tablets. They say “Every slate will need at least a 1366×768 display with five-point multi-touch, ruling out the …

After a buying a shiny new Apple phone, the first move for many people is to buy a protective case. After all you don't want to be dropping that expensive investment on the concrete. It is much easier to replace a protective case than the phone itself. With this in …

Alienware yesterday announced one of the most surprising new additions to their range, the console styled X51 system. This small form factor PC is certainly eye catching and is going to be priced at only $699 in the US. As expected, this is for the base model configuration, so adding …

Jerry Yang, the co founder of Yahoo has resigned from the board. He founded the company in 1995 and has been the chief executive from June 2007 to January 2009. His resignation hits two weeks after the company hired former Paypal executive Scott Thomson to take over as CEO. Yang …