At present the majority of wearable computing devices are designed mostly as extensions of smartphones. However, in the future wearables could work with other electronics, including cameras, game consoles and so on, according to Kazuo Hirai, chief executive officer of Sony Corp. Nowadays Sony offers smart-watch and smart wristbands that …

While Intel Corp. has officially promised to release its next-generation Skylake microprocessors in the second half of next year, a new market rumour suggests that the company may unveil its first central processing units based on the Skylake micro-architecture already in the second quarter of 2015. A new version of …

The modern gaming mouse market is a diverse one, from ambidextrous, cut back and clean looking mice, to those festooned with buttons, bells whistles to look like something created in a future space race. Today we review one that looks like it was lifted straight from the latest Tron movie. …

A security breach at New Zealand's 34 terraflops supercomputer, FitzRoy, caused those in charge to pull the plug on it and disconnect it from the internet, keeping it away from the nefarious individuals behind the hack. The system, owned by New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), lives …

SilentiumPC is back with its biggest CPU cooler yet, the Grandis XE1236, a dual radiator cooler that utilises XE Technology to maximise the potential of its six 6mm heat pipes. The cooler comes bundled with two 120mm GF12025 quiet PWM controlled fans, these fans are designed to keep noise levels low as …

Blackberry is dangerously close to becoming completely irrelevant as Android and iOS capture more of the UK market, leaving the Canadian phone maker clinging on to just 1.6 per cent of the market. All of this is according to the latest statistics from Kantar Worldpanel Comtech. These statistics show that during …

If you are in the market for a high end graphics solution then Sapphire surely have to be on your final shortlist. The company have been releasing award winning graphics cards consistently for the last year – featuring the best coolers that money can buy. Today we look at their …

China lifted its 13 year long console ban back in January and as a result, console makers are preparing to capture the market. Microsoft has already announced that it will be launching the Xbox One in China sometime in September but Sony might not be far behind as it is …

With the EU election results in and the British press going gaga over UKIP's stomping, its also worth taking note of how the Pirate Parties of the world did. More took part in this election than ever before, but despite an impressive turnout across the continent, the pirates now have …

China has had a ban on home console sales within the country since 2000, only lifting it in January. Now, Sony is hoping to grab a piece of its hundreds of millions strong gamer community by striking a deal with a Chinese company, to sell its PS4 and PS3 consoles …

For two years, Cinavia anti-piracy protection has been a thorn in the side of pirates the world over, by popping up a message that mutes audio and halts visuals on DVD and Blu-Ray players if an unauthorised copy is detected. The technology has been around so long, it was often …

Stoic Games has been talking about its indie success story, The Banner Saga and how it almost didn't go the Kickstarter route, but when it did, it promised backers that they would get Steam keys with their purchase, despite the fact that Valve had never even spoken to the developer.  …

While there is no doubt that in the not too distant future we will be transferring gigabytes quickly across the planet at very little cost – right now the movement of very large files still requires a physical device. Always happy to play at the high end in terms of …

Today we are going to take a look at one of the latest wireless routers from Netgear – the R6300.  This offers the latest in dual-band wireless technology, supporting the 802.11ac specification.  This should offer significantly better throughput than a 802.11n network, theoretically up to around 1,300 MB/s.  We are …

Intel Corp. plans to start sales of its highly-anticipated microprocessors code-named “Devil’s Canyon” on the 2nd of June, but already now numerous stores are quietly taking pre-orders on the new chips and thus reveal their prices. Despite of all the hype that Intel created regarding the small family of CPUs …

Dell this week announced two new eco-friendly initiatives that should significantly reduce the impact that manufacturing of personal computers have on the environment. Next month Dell will offer a line of all-in-one PCs made entirely of plastics obtained from recycled electronics. In addition, Dell will use the so-called carbon-negative packaging …

Intel Corp.’s Core i7-4790K was expected to be the chipmaker’s first desktop central processing unit with 4.0GHz clock-rate. For some reason, the company decided to make a last-minute change of the product’s specifications in a bid to make it even faster. As it appears, the final default clock-rate of the …

Although Intel Corp. is on track to ship low-power mobile versions of the code-named Broadwell microprocessors this September, the company plans to significantly postpone introduction of high-performance and desktop flavours of the new chips. Instead of releasing the first Broadwell-K processors for enthusiasts in late 2014, the chi giant now …

be quiet!, a leading supplier of low-noise power supply units and cooling solutions for desktop PCs, plans to introduce an all-new product category next month at the Computex Taipei trade-show. While the company does not reveal what kind of products it plans to start selling, it is logical to assume …

As reported exclusively by KitGuru early this year, the first central processing units based on the Broadwell micro-architecture will be aimed at ultra-low-power and small form-factor devices and will reach the market in the third quarter. This information was confirmed again this week when a web-site published Intel’s launch schedule …

Following on from the company's success throughout 2013, Synology has moved to a new office building and in an effort to expand, it has also hired two new technical support advisors to work with customers in the UK: Darren Blakeley and James Howe. The recruitment will allow for swifter pre-sales and better after …

You may have heard that eBay was hacked around March this year but the company has only just got around to asking all of its users to change their passwords this week. However, now it looks like someone is looking to cash in on the aftermath of the attack as …

Do you think there's too many indie games out there to really find diamonds among the rough? Does it seem like too much work and you ultimately find yourself sticking with established names or those that do well in reviews? You're not the only one. Jeff Vogel, developer of several …

One of the core gameplay elements of the RTS, is that it's in fifth person, or seventh – essentially, up in the sky looking down. You tend to have a HUD with extra information on it and there might be some advisory character in the corner telling you what a …

We had a lot of entries from our readers who wanted to win a shiny, ultra quick new Solid State Drive from OCZ. Only one reader can win however! The answer to the question was c: ‘four times as fast'. The winner is David Palmer! (Facebook page HERE). Congratulations David, …

Usually Valve and its employees are pretty tight lipped on what the company might secretly be working on, however, one former Valve employee and Counter Strike creator, Minh Le, has shed some light on both Half Life 3 and the upcoming Left 4 Dead 3, which is said to be running …

If you have been following our news feed over the last couple of months, you will have already seen the information we shared on the Sapphire R9 290X VaporX OC in a whopping 8GB configuration. We have been receiving a lot of emails asking when Sapphire were due to release …

There are no shortage of high grade power supplies in 2014. Already we have reviewed the Super Flower Leadex Platinum 1,000w, The Antec High Current Pro Platinum 1,300w, Cooler Master V1200 Platinum and the Corsair AX1500i Titanium. All of these units claimed our top awards. Today we look at the …

If anything has been learned by the tech community over the past few years, it's that determined hackers will almost always get what they want. Whether you take a look back at Anonymous' impressive resume of successful take downs and leaks, to Edward Snowden dumping thousands of classified files on …

Continuing our recent focus on gaming motherboards, we have the Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 in for review. Hitting retail with an aggressive sub-£140 price tag, Gigabyte is aiming to lure in potential buyers with the Gaming 7 motherboard's gaming-orientated features, striking colour scheme, and four-year warranty.  Fusing together the company's high-performance G1 Audio with …