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Win a Chillblast Gaming System worth £1,133!

We give away a lot of hardware on KitGuru, but from time to time we are able to deliver really special prizes – today is one of those days! Thanks to Chillblast and Gigabyte one lucky reader can walk away with a mega gaming system worth £1,133.80. KitGuru reviewed this …

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Dyson could power your next phone’s battery

Better battery life is something that the world is striving for at the moment. Whether it's in the manufacturing of smartphones and wearables, electric cars or the ever just out of reach armoured exo-skeletons or our Iron Man inspired dreams. Fortunately then there's a technology just around the corner that …

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US feds claim JPMorgan hackers ‘gettable’

Last year, JPMorgan Chase, one of the world's largest banking institutions, was made to look foolish when over 83 million email addresses, phone numbers and business addresses of its customers were stolen by hackers. However, while many other large firms experiencing big data breaches have come up empty when it …

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Cebit 2015: ASRock showcase X99E-ITX/ac motherboard

KitGuru is busy trawling the stands at CEBIT in Hannover, Germany. Today we were able to get some time at the ASROCK stand – they were keen to show us their new ASROCK X99E-ITX/AC motherboard. This new Mini ITX board is built to very high standards, featuring ASROCK Super Alloy …

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Is your broadband provider failing you?

Chances are, if you are hooked up to the service of one of the UK's largest ISPs, then the answer to the above question is, yes. Data from a new survey conducted by Which? magazine, suggests that some of the most highly appreciated ISPs are often the smallest ones, with …

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Paradox on piracy: service over security

Every game developer and publisher knows that at least a portion of their player base is going to be composed of people that didn't pay. In the past, they've tried to stop this with CD keys, code wheels and invincible scorpions that chase you around the map, but Paradox does …

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Cebit 2015: Big Google presence

First we had shops, then in the late nineties the traditional model was turned on its head as the world plus dog moved toward online shopping in the dawn of eCommerce. Google's presence at CeBIT 2015 had a distinctly retail feel. Most enthusiasts will be drawn to the stand by …

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Cebit 2015: Inside the CODE_n hall

While the show itself is a shadow of its former self, CeBIT still has some cool technology offerings up its sleeve and CODE_n is one of them. We toured the massive exhibition the ‘next tech' and found something interesting on the top floor. Trumpf has been a world leading in …

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iOS 8.2 brings back WiFi bug

When iOS 8.0 first launched, it came filled with a bunch of nasty bugs, affecting everything from WiFi connectivity to the basic stock iOS apps. The WiFi issue has managed to sneak its way back on to iOS with the latest 8.2 update, which prepares iPhones for the launch of …

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Fujitsu develops ultra-thin heat-pipes to cool-down mobile devices

Fujitsu Laboratories this week said that it had developed ultra-thin loop heat-pipe technology that could be used inside ultra-mobile electronics, such as smartphones or tablets. Fujitsu expects the new heat-pipes to enable portable devices with higher-performance system-on-chips inside. Modern application processors for mobile devices have gained tremendous amount of performance …

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HGST’s 10TB HDD pictured, set to hit the market in Q2 2015

HGST, a subsidiary of Western Digital Corp., has demonstrated its highly-anticipated 10TB hard disk drive at the Linux Foundation Vault trade-show in Boston, Massachusetts. The new drive is already in mass production and will be released commercially shortly. ZDNet has managed to picture the prototype of the 10TB SMR HelioSeal …

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Homefront: The Revolution delayed until 2016

Homefront: The Revolution has faced a string of development issues following its announcement. The game was initially being made by Crytek, who were at risk of going bankrupt, causing staff to go months without being paid, as you can imagine, many of them eventually stopped working entirely. Eventually, the Homefront …

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Apple might be having problems making the Apple Watch

It looks like Apple may have faced its share of issues while manufacturing the upcoming Apple Watch as reports are suggesting that it has experienced a defect-free unit rate of just 30 per cent, meaning most of the Apple Watches being made, don't actually meet the correct standards. This is …

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YouTube now supports 360-degree videos

Google has just added support for 360 degree videos to YouTube, making the world's biggest video sharing site much more useful to those with a virtual reality headset. The feature was originally supposed to launch some time in late January but after a small delay, it has finally arrived.  There …

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Crytek wants to develop virtual reality games

Crytek, the studio behind Crysis, the original Far Cry and the CryEngine, is looking to start developing for virtual reality, hoping to one day deliver a “fully-fleshed VR experience”. The developer is currently experimenting with virtual reality and has some future plans in place. During an interview with Gamespot, Crytek …

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MSI adds USB 3.1 to 12 motherboards

MicroStar International (MSI) on Friday said that it is adding USB 3.1 technology to 12 of its mainboards based on various core-logic sets and designed for different microprocessors. While all new USB 3.1-enabled motherboards from MSI will support 10Gb/s transfer rates, only two of them will sport reversible USB 3.1 …

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Cortana may also be coming to Android and iOS

The Windows 10 digital assistant, Cortana, may end up landing on iOS and Android following the official launch of Microsoft's latest operating system, which will attempt to unify its devices and form a better ecosystem. Bringing Cortana to other mobile operating systems would git in well with the company's new devices …

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Titanfall 2 is on the way

Let's face it, we pretty much already knew that there would be a sequel to Titanfall, although Respawn Entertainment had yet to officially confirm it. Now we have confirmation that Titanfall 2 is on the way, as a multi-platform title, thanks to Respawn CEO, Vince Zampella. Speaking with IGN, Zampella …

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