The OnePlus Two is on the way this year and so far, we actually know quite a bit about it. We know that it is likely going to feature a more premium design and will end up being a bit more expensive. We also know that the new smartphone won't run …
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Can Microsoft gain tablet market share with clever apps?
Anyone who has ever tried to use productivity tools like spreadsheets on a tablet will know just how time consuming and awkward it can be to complete even the most simple of tasks. While modern tablets have nice screens and plenty of processing horsepower, the challenge is the interface. Microsoft …
Read More »OCZ Competition winner: final ARC 100 hits 695.5TB!
When OCZ challenged KitGuru back in December to kill five of its Arc 100 SSDs by writing and rewriting to them constantly for the foreseeable future, nobody could have predicted that four months and several hundred terabytes later we’d still be talking about it. However we need to really, since a …
Read More »MSI OC Academy Event: What’s Going On and How To Watch
Between the 17th and 19th of April, MSI, Team GB Benching, HWBot, and Overclock.net will be running their first OC Academy event. OC Academy is designed to bring together professional overclockers, budding enthusiasts, and tech-lovers, all of whom are keen to thrash MSI's hardware by way of liquid nitrogen in …
Read More »New Evolve hunters and Behemoth now available
Evolve has been out for around six or seven weeks now and in that time, the player base has dwindled a bit, according to the Steam statistics. However, Turtle Rock is looking to pick up the slack with four new hunters and a new monster, which are now available. Obviously …
Read More »KitGuru TV: 3D NAND and SSD interfaces
The Intel/Micron flash memory consortium has made the bold claim that 3D NAND could lead to 10TB of storage capacity in a 2.5-inch form factor SSD or 3.5TB in an M.2 drive. That sounds pretty amazing so Hardware Editors Leo Waldock and Luke Hill take to the KitGuru airwaves to …
Read More »TSMC loses orders to UMC, Chinese manufacturers
For many years Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has been gaining market share by grabbing orders from smaller rivals. However, in the recent quarters companies like United Microelectronics Corp. managed to increase their yields and started to snatch orders from TSMC. While the latter will retain its positions, the situation seems …
Read More »Asustek and Gigabyte remained top mainboards makers in Q1 2015 – report
Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology managed to remain the world’s largest suppliers of branded motherboards in the first quarter of 2015, a media report claims. Gigabyte even managed tom outsell Asus by a small margin. Unfortunately, neither of large makers of mainboards will likely hit their shipments targets this year. …
Read More »LG Electronics begins to promote 8K UHD resolution
4K ultra-high-definition video resolutions have not yet become popular on the market mainly due to the lack of content, high prices of displays and TVs as well as insufficient performance of mainstream graphics adapters. However, LG Electronics, a major maker of consumer electronics and a leading manufacturer of displays, has …
Read More »Intel to unveil 14nm Celeron and Pentium chips with 4W – 6W TDP
Intel Corp. this week plans to announce a new family of inexpensive Celeron and Pentium central processing units made using 14nm fabrication process. Previously known as code-named “Braswell” microprocessors, the new chips significantly increase performance in multimedia applications compared to previous-generation “Bay Trail” system-on-chips. The new SoCs will be used …
Read More »Destiny gameplay designer moves to Bethesda
Destiny has been out for a while now. It has sold enough copies and has enough regular players to be considered a success and a new expansion is expected to release very soon. However, Bungie’s senior gameplay designer for the game has just left for Bethesda. Josh Hamrick, senior gameplay …
Read More »Google’s new HDMI dongle puts Chrome OS on your TV
It looks like Google is making another push for Chrome OS with its new HDMI dongle, which will bring the operating system to your TV screen. The new Chrome device is called the Chromebit and contains all of the hardware necessary to run Chrome OS. The tiny little HDMI stick …
Read More »Microsoft announces Surface 3 tablet
Microsoft has announced the Surface 3 tablet, which it claims to be the thinnest, lightest and most cost-effective model to date. The new tablet apparently takes all of the good bits from the Surface Pro 3, which launched last year, and puts them in a cheaper package. The Surface 3 …
Read More »Ubisoft has a trilogy of side-scrolling Assassin’s Creed games on the way
Ubisoft has announced Assassin’s Creed Chronicles, a new three-part series of smaller, downloadable 2.5D side scrolling games. The first part of the series takes place in China and will release on the 21st of April. This follows some of Ubisoft’s other 2.5D titles, like Valiant Hearts, Child of Light and …
Read More »Apple is hiring a bunch of battery experts for iOS
It appears that Apple is looking to bolster battery life on its iOS devices, according to some new job listings. The company is currently seeking battery engineers along with software power systems experts to work on iOS specifically. The job listings were originally spotted by AppleInsider, official job titles include …
Read More »HTC One M9 Plus images leak
The HTC One M9 Plus is expected to launch next week on the 8th of April, we have had out first look at the possible spec sheet and now we have a better look at the device thanks to some leaked product renders. The images come from Upleaks. As we …
Read More »KitGuru TV: Titan X, Sli, AMD’s 390x and AMD Freesync, Nvidia GSYNC
Today two of our hardware editors Luke Hill and Leo Waldock sat down to chat about an array of topics, such as the recent release of Nvidia's £900 monster Titan X Maxwell graphics card and they weighed up the pros and cons of Sli. They also discussed AMD and their …
Read More »Dying Light is getting super charged abilities for April Fools’ Day
If you still happen to have Dying Light installed, then you might want to hop on for a bit tomorrow as Techland is going to be adding in super-charged player abilities as part of April Fools ’ Day. The modifier will only last 24 hours and the game will return …
Read More »Nintendo pulls down fan-made Mario 64 level
The internet was pleasantly surprised last week when a fan-made, HD remake of Mario 64's first level was made available online for people to play in their browser. Thanks to the power of the Unity engine, we could all be whisked back to the mid-90s, where Nintendo was ruling the roost …
Read More »Asustek teases ultra-fast GeForce GTX 980 graphics card
Asustek Computer is preparing to launch a yet another factory overclocked GeForce GTX 980-based graphics card. The new graphics adapter promises to become one of the most powerful products based on Nvidia Corp.’s GM204 graphics processing unit. The unknown 20th anniversary gold edition GeForce GTX 980 graphics card fro, Asus …
Read More »Acer Liquid Jade Smartphone Review
Today we are looking at a smartphone from another company who aren't best known for their mobile devices – Acer. The Acer Liquid Jade was released in July 2014 and currently retails for just £159. Featuring a 720p display and a quad-core processor, it aims for those looking for a …
Read More »Two federal agents charged with money laundering in Silk Road case
One of the biggest wins for the US federal government in 2013 in its continued war on drugs, was the takedown of the online marketplace, the Silk Road and the arrest of its owner, Ross Ulbricht. However, while Ulbricht pushes to appeal his guilty verdict, a new aspect of the case …
Read More »Trade partnership TTIP looms over general election
With the general election just over a month away, politicians and their parties have spun up the rhetoric machines and begun knocking on doors around the country, hoping to win over their constituents. But while the likes of Ed Miliband and David Cameron slug it out in the press and …
Read More »Jay Z launches new Tidal streaming service with friends
Rapper Jay Z has (re)launched the Tidal streaming service with a new plan to make it a more profitable way for artists to share their music with the world. To commemorate the occasion, he, along with a number of other high profile artists all signed a “declaration,” at the service's …
Read More »Steam is now publishing movies too
While once solely home to some of the latest and greatest games in the world, Valve's Steam platform has expanded far beyond that in recent years. Along with various forms of software, Valve has also begun selling and distributing documentary films too. And now it's extending that form of entertainment …
Read More »OcUK Ultima Finesse Blackhole Gaming PC Review
Nvidia's GTX 970 sits in that graphics card sweet-spot where it's about 10-20% slower than its GTX 980 brother, but retails for only 60% of the price. It's that alluring balance between performance and value that makes the GTX 970 a smart candidate for constructing a strong SLI configuration. OcUK …
Read More »AMD readies ‘Greenland’ graphics processor
Advanced Micro Devices is working on a new graphics processing unit code-named “Greenland”, which will be released next year. The new graphics chip will replace code-named “Fiji” GPU and will be AMD’s flagship graphics solution in 2016. Nothing particular is known about the forthcoming Radeon graphics processor, except its code-name. …
Read More »AMD unveils CPU and GPU roadmaps for the next five years
Advanced Micro Devices has demonstrated its roadmaps for the next five years. While the company did not disclose almost any details about its future products, it is important that AMD actually has plans that can be executed. AMD’s Junji Hayashi demonstrated a number of slides revealing the company’s roadmaps at …
Read More »Seagate denies intention to re-introduce 5.25-inch HDDs
Seagate Technology has clarified its position regarding bringing 5.25” form-factor hard disk drive to the market. Apparently, the company does not have any plans to reintroduce hard disk drives in the outdated form-factors. “Seagate has absolutely no plans to pursue a 5.25” drive, and does not (and has not) promoted …
Read More »Demand for Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan X is unexpectedly high
Even though Nvidia Corp.’s latest high-end graphics card costs more than its predecessors in Europe, demand for the graphics adapter is surprisingly high. According to a German retailer, customers are getting more GeForce GTX Titan X graphics cards than previous-generation products of the same class. “The demand exceeds the available …
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