Many people are using services such as Dropbox and Google Cloud to share and protect important files. A new service has hit the Kickstarter website and the aim is to offer cloud based storage, but back in the home of the user. Solutions such as Dropbox put the actual data …

Haswell is just around the corner and many of the motherboard manufacturers are teasing the public with some details and images of their upcoming products. We have some great high resolution pictures of the upcoming Gigabyte boards which show the layout and colour schemes. I do think these look fantastic, …

If you buy a new smartphone, the chances are you will want to ensure it doesn't get wet, even in a heavy rain shower. Sony are trying to turn all this around by releasing the Xperia ZR which can not only handle being dropped into water, but will be able …

All geeks love fast, super expensive cars and none look better than the Lamborghini Egoista concept. This vehicle looks extremely over the top – it has a single seat Apache helicopter cockpit with more buttons and gadgets than Bill Gates playroom. It still retains the class Lamborgini shape, but takes …

Olympus are celebrating their 50th anniversary by releasing the PEN E-P5. This flagship model takes design cues from the 1960's but features some high tech internals. The Micro Four Thirds camera is home to a 16 megapixel live MOS sensor, 5 axis image stabilisation and Wi-Fi support. The mirrorless camera …

Are you concerned with pollution, yet find cycling or walking into work very tiring every day? Then the new solar powered electric scooter might just be the solution. Californian renewable energy experts Tony VanMeetern and Mike Donnell spent the last four years working on PV panel based, full sized emission …

Scientists in Germany have created a protective glove that warns the wearer of toxic substances in the air by immediately changing colour. There are many laboratories worldwide that have to deal daily with dangerous substances. The most dangerous are those that don't have a smell or colour, as it is …

We have given away around 70 codes in the last month for various games, have you not won yet? You may want to enter our little competition running on Facebook for the next couple of days. We are giving away codes for Crysis 3 and BioShock Infinite, meaning you can …

Today we have another great competition thanks to the kind people in NZXT and Phanteks. We are giving away a plethora of cases, coolers and fans – and yes you can enter worldwide! This competition will run for the next 3 weeks and three lucky winners will be getting some …

Scientists in Nottingham have been working with i-BiT, a research project who want to target lazy eye with video games and specially created 3D Glasses. Sony have given the project their backing and will adapt some key Playstation 3 titles. Lazy eye (or amblyopia) is a problem for many keys …

Windows 8 has been the operating system to split opinion. While many people hate the interface changes, there are a select audience who claim it was a good move forward for Microsoft. Sadly sales figures have verified the poor response from the end user and the operating system has failed …

The Professional versions of Adobe programs such as Photoshop have always been an expensive purchase. Not such a concern for a business, but for the individual they were often priced outside an ‘affordable' level. The Adobe Creative Cloud lets you rent the software for a monthly fee, and it has …

We like our gadgets on Kitguru and one that has always grabbed our attention is the toaster. The new Arzum Firrin Toaster has won the 2012 Design Turkey award. Instead of popping the toast out vertically with a loud noise, the toaster has a sliding tray which means it can …

CyberPower will have broken a lot of hearts today, but one lucky chap lands a spanking new X7-100 Fangbook in our very successful joint competition which has been running throughout April. Stuart Bayley is the lucky winner (Facebook page here). Congratulations Stuart and if you all want to pop him …

If, like me you get sick reading about how computer games make us ‘more violent', then positive research completed by the University of Iowa will be a welcome change. They have proved that playing games will slow down the decline of cognitive skills as we get older. As we get …

The Kitguru Facebook page is buzzing daily and our readers love to share their systems. Every day we publish a variety of kick ass computers and every so often we get one that really stands out from the crowd. Vincent Chin shared a picture of his latest system, and he …

Earlier today Kitguru writer Joseph McDonnell wrote about Google Glass being jailbroken and our story hit the net and was re-published on many sites across the net. Today alone we received over 100,000 hits on the article. Joseph referenced in our article that Jason Perlow, writer for ZDNET spoke to …

Another popular competition – with thousands of entries since it launched. Today we announce the three lucky winners of one of the greatest gaming mice released this year. The answer to the competition was California in 1999, very few people got it wrong, so well done! The three winners are …

Our Enermax competition proved popular with several thousand entries to win some great enthusiast grade goodies. Today we announce the two winners! The answer to the question was straightforward – it was c: gold certified! 1st Prize – Platimax 1200W The winner of the first prize is: Daniel Swales who …

You all know by now that Kitguru runs the best competitions on the internet and today is no exception. We are running a one month competition to win not 1, but 8 – yes 8! video cards. At the end of May – 8 winners will be picked out of …

LG Electronics will start shipping curved OLED television sets next month, the first company to sell these products to the public. OLED televisions are thinner and more flexible than previous technology. The sets will initially be made available in South Korea and the 55 inch model will cost 15 million …

According to reports circulating online, Tesco have leaked a report on the next Call of Duty Game. The game is expected to be called ‘Call Of Duty: Ghosts', information leaked earlier by Tesco. The latest report says that the upcoming COD title will be ‘powered by a new next generation …

When we first reported on April 25th, the bidding to have a cup of coffee with Tim Cook was sitting at $175,000. Today, the bidding is up to $600,000. The charity event is already number 2 in the CharityBuzz list of all time top fundraising items. It will certainly end …

Spain have issued a news report to say that they have arrested a Dutch citizen. The authorities say that the suspect may have launched the biggest cyberattack from a bunker, and that he had a van capable of hacking into networks anywhere in the country. The hacker apparently traveled in …

The Dubai police force is quickly becoming the wet dream of every young man. We published a story last month that they had added a Lamborghini Aventador. The latest news is that they added a Ferarri FF, a Mercedes Benz SLS AMG and a Bentley Continental GT. They are all …

Samsung are proving a major problem for Apple, in the last 6 months they have driven their own sales at the expense of Apple. There seems no sign of the Korean company slowing down either with announcements for a whole new range of devices targeting a wide audience. Interestingly, Samsung …

Today we have a very special competition in place to celebrate KITGURU's partnership with Sharkoon to create a limited edition run of Silent Eagle 2000 fans sporting Kitguru site branding and colours. You could be one of only a handful of people to own these collectors items! The Sharkoon Silent …

Sometimes a story is too painful to ignore and I noticed this one published in local newspapers in the United Kingdom this morning. A mechanic decided to take a customer's Lamborghini for a ride and ended up crashing the car into a parked Ford Focus, destroying both. The mechanic, Andrew …

Is a 1080p television just not good enough for you? Then take your credit card and wallet, (and perhaps a kidney) to Selfridges to get hold of the new Samsung S9 UHD TV. The asking price? A cool £34,999.99 inc vat. It will be sold in their flagship Oxford Street store …

If you frequently build a PC during the evening, you will undoubtedly have a flashlight in your arsenal of tools. For those who think brighter is always better then you won't want to miss the new NiteCore Tiny Monster TM26. It is classed as the world's smallest 3,500 lumen flashlight. …