Cave dwellers must have noticed that some of the sands that were melted by fiery heat, ended up quite see through. Glass has come along way since then, but just how much technology can you integrate into a sheet of the stuff? We fire up the trusty VideoScope and focus …
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ASRock X79 Extreme9 Motherboard Review
ASRock have been releasing a wide range of quality motherboards in the last year and can now firmly be recognised as one of the major players in the industry. Today we are looking at their top of the line X79 motherboard, entitled the ‘Extreme 9'. This board is fully loaded …
Read More »Intel to stop production of 25 desktop processors
Intel have notified their partners that they are stopping the supply and shortly the production of 25 (or more) desktop models. Taiwanese sources spoke to Kitguru a short while ago to confirm reports published on Digitimes today. Intel have said they are stopping the supply of Celeron 450/430, Celeron E3500, …
Read More »Google strengthen position by acquiring 217 more IBM patents
Google have acquired 217+ IBM patents in the run up to the end of 2011. The patents are varied and one has attracted the attention of the press, as it may offer the company another tool for their social networking development. Several publications, including Mashable are discussing the new IBM …
Read More »Angry Birds maker releasing new games in 2012
Angry Birds has proven to be one of the most popular games in 2011, with millions of people snagging the game for their new iOS and Apple devices. The sales aren't showing signs of slowing down either, with reported claims of 6.5 million downloads on Christmas Day alone last year. …
Read More »App downloads break record: 1.2 billion in last 7 days of 2011
Christmas day in 2011 has been marked down as the biggest day for global device activations ever and according to Flurry, an app store analytics firm this caused record levels of app store activity between December 25th and 31st. Over 1.2 billion applications were downloaded in this single week period. …
Read More »RIM to cut prices of PlayBook tablets
Research In Motion are going to cut the prices of their flagging PlayBook tablet. Sales have not been good in 2011 and they hope the price drop will reinvigorate sales. The price for the tablets will drop from February onwards. In a rather unusual move, all three tablets can be …
Read More »MSI’s Flagship X79 Big Bang Xpower II Emerges
MSI, world's premier graphics card and mainboard manufacturer is excited to announce the availability of it's premium overclocking mainboard for the Intel X79 chipset, the Big Bang-XPower II. Built on the legacy of the world-record holding Big Bang-XPower, it promises equally impressive results for both CPU and graphics card overclocking. …
Read More »Internet Explorer still dominating market share
Internet Explorer is still leading the market share charts according to research organisations StatCounter and Net Applications. It still holds a 51.87 percent market share according to Net Applications and 38.65 percent according to StatCounter. Enthusiast users tend to change browser, while the mainstream audience use the primary browser installed …
Read More »Apple may release two versions of iPad 3 – one mid range pricing
As with all upcoming Apple products, rumours on the iPad 3 have been circulating now for months. The latest news we have heard is that Apple will be releasing two version of the new tablet, with one model aiming at the lower price segment, close in price to the Amazon …
Read More »12 inch Steve Jobs action figure to go on sale
Steve Jobs has left an impressive legacy behind, and many people are wondering how Apple will fare over the coming years without the iconic leader calling the shots. To celebrate his life, a company have made a lifelike action figure which may find room on the shelves beside other toys …
Read More »LG to sell 4mm thick 55 inch OLED TV’s in Q3 2012
LG Electronics have said that they hope to start selling the world's largest organic driven television in the second half of 2012. OLED, or organic light emitting diode panels give improved image quality when compared to current mainstream screens available on the market. LG are the world's second largest TV …
Read More »Cooler Master Cosmos II Review
Today Cooler Master are launching their successor to the ever popular Cosmos computer case, an enthusiast favourite now for many years. The Cosmos II is an updated version, brought screaming and kicking into 2012 with a radical new design. The Cosmos II is classed as an ‘Ultra Tower' measuring a …
Read More »Win DDR3 memory Kits courtesy of ADATA!
Well we decided to start 2012 with a competition to win some high quality gaming memory from ADATA. We have 20GB of memory to give away from the company, in the shape of three 4GB kits of 1600mhz DDR3 memory and two 4GB kits of 2000mhz DDR3 memory. We held …
Read More »iPhone 4S tells kid to ‘shut the f**k up’
Apple's Siri personal assistant has been the talking point of many discussions in recent months, but the latest news which was reported in the UK might turn a few heads. Apparently a demo version of the phone bombarded a kid with foul language in a local store. The 12 year …
Read More »iOS applications hacked to run full screen on Apple TV
Apple TV hasn't captured the minds and hearts of the mainstream audience yet, but the latest news will certainly attract the attention of the enthusiast sector. Well known enthusiast Steven Troughton Smith hacked Siri to work on a wide range of Apple phones, and he has decided to turn some …
Read More »Sony cut prices of S Tablets
Sony may not prove popular with some of their customer base, as they are reducing the price of their Tablet S computer by $100 starting today. For those who paid full price a few weeks ago for Christmas it will be a bitter pill to swallow. Sony sent out an …
Read More »Amazon can Kindle brain development
The science of persuading people to buy a product, is both established and well understood. How you beat off an opponent that can afford as much of that marketing stuff as you can, is something else. Now, it seems, Amazon has science on its side. KitGuru prepares to generate some …
Read More »Can AMD get enough wafer slots at TSMC ?
If you service cars and don't have enough of the right tyres, then it can affect production. Same for decorators and the right kind of paint brush. Sure, there could be ways around the supply issue, but it's not ideal. With graphics, it comes down to wafers. KitGuru pulls out …
Read More »New Year Competition Winners! start the year with a bang
We hope you aren't suffering too badly today from a hangover caused by the New Years celebrations. If you are, then perhaps we have the cure today! Are you one of the lucky winners of some of our December competitions? First up, we have the winner from our Intel Founders …
Read More »SteelSeries Diablo III Gaming Headset Review
We have looked at a vast number of gaming headsets from SteelSeries in the past and none of them have failed to impress us. Our favourite gaming headset from SteelSeries is, without doubt, the Siberia V2 which offers great all-round performance and an unparalleled comfort level. This is one of …
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