Over the years, Intel has been known to limit the overclocking capabilities of its lower end processors like the Core i3 in order to push more people over to the higher-end unlocked Core i5 and Core i7 SKUs. The only standout to this recently has been the Pentium Anniversary chip …
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Seagate launches ‘world’s highest capacity’ USB 3.0 portable drive
Seagate has been stepping up its game recently when it comes to higher capacity drives recently. We have seen a prototype version of the company's 60TB SSD, we have seen the company's largest USB 3.1 portable drive and now today, Seagate has unveiled what it claims to be the world's …
Read More »Watch Dogs 2 multiplayer mode delayed due to crashing issues
While the original Watch Dogs failed to truly impress players back in 2014, Ubisoft is giving the series another chance this year with the release of Watch Dogs 2, which will take us to a brand new city with a new cast of characters. Unfortunately, it looks like the game …
Read More »Rumor: Nintendo Switch to launch with £199 and £249 options
Nintendo won't be giving us official details on pricing, launch games and release dates for the Nintendo Switch until January but that doesn't mean we won't continue to hear whispers of what is coming beforehand. Many of the Switch's features were known of way ahead of time and it seems …
Read More »Microsoft doubles wind power investment to 500 megawatts
Microsoft has made another large investment in clean energy by signing two new agreements to purchase additional wind power. These deals will see it acquire a further 237 megawatts of green energy, nearly doubling its total to 500 megawatts. Microsoft considers this another step on the road to making its …
Read More »‘Available when we’re sober,’ VR’s bar room brawler: Drunkn
The developers of virtual reality's first drunken bar room brawl simulator, Drunkn Bar Fight, have said the game will be “available when we're sober,” according to the game's Early Access Steam page. It also depicts some of the in-game action, which involves punches, kicks, drinking and the classic throwing of …
Read More »ARM partners with digital health firm for wellness wearables
ARM has teamed up with Austin based digital health company, US Trusted Care, to create new medical devices for the elderly and those suffering from chronic medical conditions. The purpose of the technology will be to record as much information on the patients as possible and to make it easily …
Read More »MSI X99A Workstation Motherboard Review
The Intel Broadwell-E generation is where the top end of the enthusiast market crosses over into the professional space. MSI’s X99A Workstation motherboard is based on the same consumer-oriented Intel X99 chipset as its high-end gaming products, rather than the business-focused C612, but with extra features aimed at the workstation …
Read More »Samsung spends $8 billion on U.S. connected car expert, Harman
Harman, one of the world's leading companies in the field of connected car and audio systems, has been purchased by Samsung. The deal was announced in the early hours of this morning and will see the South Korean technology firm spend as much as $8 billion on the acquisition. It …
Read More »World of Tanks developer to publish Total War Arena
The publishing arm of the World of Tanks developer, Wargaming, is set to take the reins of Creative Assembly's still in-development, Total War: Arena. Although Sega will still have some say in the whole process, it was officially partnered with Wargaming Alliance to handle the majority of the heavy lifting. …
Read More »Dishonored 2 will be getting a PC patch ‘in the coming days’
Dishonored 2 is a bit of a mess for many on PC right now, casting further doubt on Bethesda's new reviews policy and upsetting many long-term fans of the original game. As we noted in our full analysis of Dishonored 2 yesterday, which includes benchmarks, screenshots and background information on …
Read More »New evidence seemingly points towards GTX 1080Ti 10GB
There has been a lot of talk surrounding the rumoured GTX 1080Ti in recent months but so far, we have had little evidence to go off of. However, this week something a little more credible popped up on the radar, as a new shipping manifest has appeared recently, showing a …
Read More »False alarm, CD Projekt Red is not under threat of hostile takeover
Over the last week or so there have been some rumours floating around, surrounding CD Projekt Red and the potential for a hostile takeover. This was obviously cause for concern as CD Projekt Red are often seen as a consumer friendly studio and a takeover could end up jeopardising that. …
Read More »G.Skill goes for the understated look with KM570 RGB
Just over a year ago, G.Skill launched its first RGB gaming keyboard, the KM780, and while it was a great keyboard in its own right, it did feature an over the top ‘gamer' aesthetic, which doesn't always appeal to everyone. That is changing this year as G.Skill has just launched …
Read More »QNAP and AMD team up to launch APU powered NAS series
This week, QNAP Systems has announced that it has officially teamed up with AMD to bring out a new series of high-performance NAS devices, all powered by AMD's Embedded R-Series quad-core APUs. The TVS-x73 NAS series can come equipped with up to 64GB of RAM, an AES-NI hardware encryption engine, …
Read More »Dishonored 2 PC Game Analysis
Dishonored was a surprise hit for Arkane Studios and Bethesda back when it first launched in 2012. The stealth-action game quickly went on to become one of the best games of that year and now we can finally get our hands on the sequel – Dishonored 2. This time Arkane …
Read More »Yahoo admits employees knew about 2014 hack
Earlier this year, Yahoo finally officially confirmed that it was hacked back in 2014, leaving 500 million user accounts exposed. While Yahoo only just got around to confirming that it was hacked a few months ago, we did not know when the company first discovered the breach. However, this week …
Read More »PC gamers should hold off on buying Dishonored 2
If you've been reading KitGuru for a while, then you may know that I like to cover all of the big game launches with a PC Analysis piece. Over the last 24 hours, I have been working on one for Dishonored 2- my most anticipated game of 2016. Unfortunately, the …
Read More »Kolink Continuum 1200w PSU Review
Kolink may be a new name to KitGuru labs – however their products are created by Hungarian ‘Caseking Kellytech', a sister company of European Caseking … who unsurprisingly have exclusive distribution rights. As such they are sold in the United Kingdom by Overclockers UK. The primary focus of Kolink is …
Read More »AirBnB to partner with AirPlus for integrated business bookings
Peer to peer house-share service, AirBnB, is set to partner up with business booking service, AirPlus, to make it easier than ever for businessmen and women to find somewhere to stay in cities around the world. Together they will create an integrated booking and payment system, which speeds up the …
Read More »HTC partners with Usain for the ‘Bolt’ smartphone
HTC's smartphone business hasn't been going too well in recent years. Its flagship devices have failed to find the strong market they needed to be a life-saver for the company, though it has found some success in 2016 with its VR ventures. However this doesn't mean it's giving up on phones. …
Read More »Wireless HTC Vive upgrade kit available to pre-order in China
Once again the HTC Vive looks set to steal the thunder of the Oculus Rift. With the latter headset's impending Touch release just a few weeks away, HTC has announced an upgrade kit for the Vive headset that makes it completely wireless. The kit will purportedly cost buyers around $220 …
Read More »Sennheiser GSP 300 Gaming Headset Review
Sennheiser has sent us through a few different headsets as of late, each as impressive as the last. They are expensive though. For those who do not fancy spending several hundred pounds on a headset, but still want that Sennheiser quality, the GSP 300 might be what you are after. …
Read More »TinyMe launches personalised, augmented reality book for kids
Bringing the characters in childrens' favourite stories to life is normally the job of an imaginative and descriptive parent, but TinyMe offers a more technological alternative. Leveraging augmented reality and personalised printing, the developers of The Amazing Alphabet offer a book to kids that caters directly to them, while teaching …
Read More »GAME to start selling games inside WHSmiths
As the world of gaming downloads more and more games and retreats ever further from the high-street, outlets like GAME are looking to remain relevant. Its latest effort includes teaming up with fellow real-world shopfront, WHSmith. Although the book seller stopped shifting games itself back in 2010, GAME will now …
Read More »Oculus has launched Asynchronous Spacewarp, lowers VR hardware needs
At Oculus Connect this year, the company announced that it would be lowering the barrier to entry for virtual reality by implementing a technique called Asynchronous Spacewarp. This new technique extrapolates frames and lets VR titles render at 45Hz instead of 90Hz, while still pushing 90 frames per second through …
Read More »Note 7 failure may have scared Samsung away from flexible smartphone
Samsung has been showing off its flexible screen technology for a couple of years now at various trade shows and according to reports from earlier this year, Samsung's plans may have been further along than we thought, with potential plans to launch the first flexible smartphone in 2017. However, with …
Read More »Nintendo to end Wii U production in Japan this month
Nintendo can be a funny company at times. We have known about Nintendo's plans to release a new home console for quite some time now, which has periodically prompted rumours of the Wii U ceasing production. In fact, just last week Nintendo denied reports that Wii U production would be …
Read More »Here’s the full list of games getting PS4 Pro upgrades at launch
The day has finally arrived and the PlayStation 4 Pro has released, bringing a more powerful GPU to the table along with a higher clocked CPU. This new system is set to bring improvements to all PS4 games going forward and even some VR titles. If you are planning on …
Read More »Deep Silver plays down talks of a new Metro game in 2017
Earlier this week, the official Metro series website updated its timeline, pointing towards a new Metro game coming in 2017. Unfortunately, it looks like whoever published that update forgot to check in with Deep Silver as the publisher has since spoken out, playing down talks of a new Metro game …
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