The prime minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has named social media as “the worst menace to society,” suggesting that it is a tool of liars, that is being utilised to bad mouth the government and support protests in the country. Protests have been taking place due to the proposed …
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Now Take Two wants a taste of the used game pie
Microsoft has made it quite clear that it's taking a pickaxe to the used game industry and it's mining a chunk of change from it before dismembering it over the next few years. At least that's the plan, but not everyone is keen to let the software giant have all …
Read More »eBuyer offers Dell network laser printers for FREE – apparently
Anyone of a certain age will remember the Baked Bean wars of the 80s, where rival supermarkets began all out war – based solely on the price they could achieve for a tin of baked beans. It got so bad that legal changes were made to try and prevent such …
Read More »Biostar launches Z87 board with full set of features
Hot on the trail of Asus, Gigebyte, Asrock and MSI, Taiwanese manufacturer Biostar has unleashed its own set of Intel Z87 chipset mainboards. Looking through the specs, it seems that Biostar wants to make sure it has ticked every possible feature box. KitGuru pulls out a magnifying glass to check. …
Read More »Nokia Lumia 925 pre-order at Carphone Warehouse
Carphone Warehouse announced at the weekend that they are taking pre-orders for the new Lumia 925 flagship phone. The retailer are offering contracts over 24 months with Orange, EE's 4G Network, 02, T-Mobile and Vodafone. The Orange deal is £29.99 up front and £32 per month with unlimited minutes and …
Read More »Kingston HyperX Beast 2400 MHz Black PCB Overview
Only our most eagle-eyed readers will be able to tell the difference between this latest kit of Kingston's HyperX Beast memory and the one we reviewed back in December here. While the performance credentials of the two kits are identical, Kingston have added the option of a black PCB to …
Read More »Apple on trial in New York for ebook price fixing charges
Apple are on trial in New York in relation to price fixing charges brought by the U.S. government. Apple will face the U.S. Department of Justice in a non jury trial under the control of Judge Denise Cote for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. …
Read More »Razer announce ‘world’s thinnest’ gaming ultrabook
Late last week Razer announced a new version of their Blade laptop – which they claim is the ‘world's thinnest' gaming Ultrabook. The laptop measures 17mm in depth. It is 13.6 inches wide, and 9.3 inches high (345 mm x 235 mm) and weighs 1.9kg. The Blade ships with a …
Read More »Winners of the MEGA graphics card giveaway!
This was certainly a popular competition – we had well over 10,000 entries from our readers. Clearly a lot of you want a new graphics card for your system! All our winners will be emailed this morning! Yes, the answer to the question was easy. It was C: 8.6 billion. …
Read More »Phanteks showcase upcoming Enthoo Primo Ultimate Chassis
Phanteks are well known for their range of CPU coolers. We have reviewed many of them on Kitguru in the last year and their performance coolers are certainly in the top 5% when it comes to cooling performance. Their PH-TC14PE was a prime challenger for the long term Noctua NH …
Read More »Winners of NZXT and Phanteks prizes announced!
We hope you are having a good weekend catching up on all the Haswell reviews and content. Today we announce the winners of the NZXT and Phanteks goodies! We had many thousands of entries to win some new coolers and cases, but only 4 lucky people walk away with the …
Read More »PC Specialist Vanquish Enforcer Review (4770K/GTX780)
Our other articles today focus on building a new Intel Haswell system with ASUS and GIGABYTE motherboards, but what if you don't have the time to start creating your own gaming masterpiece? We turned to the award winning UK system builder PCSPECIALIST who sent over their latest ‘Vanquish Enforcer' system, …
Read More »Asus Z87 Sabertooth Motherboard Review (w/ Intel i7 4770k)
This weekend Intel launch their new Haswell range of processors and the major motherboard partners have a range of models for the enthusiast audience to choose from. We have several articles prepared for today, and this review focuses on the new Asus Sabertooth Motherboard paired up with the Intel Core …
Read More »Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC Motherboard Review (w/ Intel i7 4770k)
This weekend Intel launch their range of Haswell processors and companies such as Asus and Gigabyte have a new range of boards for the enthusiast audience to choose from. This review focuses on the Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC motherboard when paired up with the Intel Core i7 4770k processor. Just how capable …
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