General Tech

Nikon have announced their D800 DSLR camera and have confirmed the rumours that it will incorporate a staggering 36.3MP sensor. The D800 is said to start shipping in March, and buyers will need to budget for huge storage cards if they want to take a lot of images in one …

If you want to live near a major city, but can't afford major city housing prices – then there's always the airport. Running a quick check on the flight paths around a city – and you can pretty much decide on where the lowest property prices will be. But this …

Wherever there is money, there is crime. If Darwin were a modern day economist, he could have written amazing book that correlates the development of humans and society with the length, depth and sophistication of its crimes. Over in Wisconsin, a woman seems to have perpetrated a high profile crime …

Sony have just announced three new Cyber shot cameras for the mainstream audience. The DSC-WX50, DSC-WX70 and DSC-TX200V are all scheduled for release in March, a couple of months after the W610, W620 and W650 which were announced at CES a few weeks ago. The WX 50 and WX 70 …

Selective blindness can affect businesses as easily as it can individuals. In the case of tech-mad young execs at McDonald's, it led to the kicking off of two conversations that they quickly realised were heading in the wrong direction. KitGuru covers itself in camouflage and heads off to the bushes, …

So far Apple have been spearheading Intel's new, exciting Thunderbolt technology. Although we noticed a proprietary connector using the same technology on our recent review of the Sony Z Series superportable computer. The latest news is that Asus, Lenovo and Acer are planning to release ultrabooks in Q2 with Thunderbolt …

On of the biggest PC manufacturers ever in the UK, Elonex, stopped making traditional desktop PCs many moons ago when its founder discovered that he was making significantly more money from patents he owned in/around the modern day email system.While China and the rest of the Far East has become …

In the old days, it was the statisticians of the world who were accused of conning folk. The expression lies, damn lies and statistics, showed clearly where on the ‘line of truth' the number boffins lived. Now, without doubt, its the PR, marketing and sales people that stretch the fabric …

IBM announced yesterday that after five years of work that they have been able to reduce to number of atoms required to create a bit of data. Computerworld have reported on this and spoke to Andreas Heinrich, IBM research Staff member who said “Looking at this conservatively … instead of …

If you travel around the world, then there are few things that make you feel the spirit of freedom quite as much as attempting to access web sites and finding a friendly message from the local government instead. In a variety of languages, these messages explain that you couldn't possibly …

Well, maybe it's not quite legalising robbery, but it's certainly moving one of the darkest arts (torrents) firmly into the mainstream. After years of chasing the internet villains and pirates for making films available to download, it looks like two of the world's biggest brands have decided to join in, …

Camera fanatics will be pleased to hear that Nikon's new top of the range D4 should be released in the near future. There were rumours circulating about this camera months ago and now Nikon have officially announced, with some detailed information. According to a magazine overview the new camera will …

FUJIFILM North America Corporation today announced the all-new FUJIFILM X-S1, a premium, high performance DSLR-styled long-zoom camera, built with careful craftsmanship for the sophisticated consumer and enthusiast photographer who are looking for maximum photographic performance – and true picture quality – with a versatile long-zoom lens housed in a durable, …

Cave dwellers must have noticed that some of the sands that were melted by fiery heat, ended up quite see through. Glass has come along way since then, but just how much technology can you integrate into a sheet of the stuff?  We fire up the trusty VideoScope and focus …

Steve Jobs has left an impressive legacy behind, and many people are wondering how Apple will fare over the coming years without the iconic leader calling the shots. To celebrate his life, a company have made a lifelike action figure which may find room on the shelves beside other toys …

Hacking group Anonymous looks to have pulled on a Christmas coup against the life styles of the rich and famous, by hacking into card details being poorly secured by a company called Stratfor. KitGuru dons a trench coat and picks up bits of paper. Stratfor stands for strategic forecasting and …

The world's economy has been limping along for almost 4 years now, with no obvious end in site. Every time we, as consumers, do something clever like ‘reduce fuel consumption' – the suppliers increase prices to maintain their profits. We're all locked in a strange, economic quicksand with the same …

The remnants of an 8kg turkey (17.6 pounds in old money) are still staring at you every time you open the fridge. It makes you feel like a mortuary extra in CSI, every time you swing the door open and the weak light springs into action. While your guts and …

January is always the time for the best tech bargains, and ASDA have announced that they will be selling a high definition LED backlit television for only £50. The Venturer 15.6 inch HDTV supports 720p resolution and LED backlighting for a thinner, brighter panel. There is a single HDMI port …

This time around, we turn the all-seeing VideoScope on claims that hackers can nip around the world, enter your HP printer through its back entrance and plant a command that will cause it to self-destruct. Hot stuff. During the first Iraq war, rumours flew that IBM printers were being used …

Anyone who has been involved in the gaming industry for any length of time, knows just how massive and powerful the Call of Duty dynasty has proven. With each generation, takings both the audience size and size of the takings, seems to increase by another huge amount. We put this …

Do you consider yourself a moral person?  The combined licence fee of the great British viewing public has been squeezed tightly, and enough juice has flown for the creation of a web site that's dedicated to the question “Are you moral?”. We turn the VideoScope on this issue with the …

There's an old scientific adage, that each action has an equal and opposite reaction. The tricky part is knowing which direction is opposite. Sometimes actions can have some rather bizarre and hard to predict consequences. KitGuru swots up on the challenges facing students in Cameron's Britain – and some of …

The Xmas holidays seem to be a truly cross-cultural idea for the 21st century. No matter what your individual beliefs, there's something really cool about doing nice things for others – including trying to put a smile on their faces when they open up the presents. We may well hit …

As the world's economy lurches nearer and nearer to a double-dip recession, all of us are looking at our expenditure and wondering what we can do to secure our finances. For people who trusted Orange to deliver a ‘fixed price phone plan', Santa has a big stocking full of nasty …

There's a very simple question that's been bugging a lot of people close to KitGuru over the past few months. It all centres on Energizer's amazing rechargeable batteries and the huge variety of batter/charger options they offer. KitGuru dons a bunny suit and heads to a local supermarket close to …

The speed at which a nation's citizens can connect to the interwibble super highway, is a great indication of how advanced a nation is in the grand scheme of things. Here's a pair of questions: Just how fast will the UK's broadband system become around 2015 and how great will …

Microsoft have sold millions of Kinect units this year, being one of their biggest success stories in recent years. News of the upcoming version has been posted online and it seems to be taking the technology to a whole new level. According to sources at Eurogamer, a member of the …

According to Slashgear, BMW are going to be launching a new range of ‘i Cars', which would have done Steve Jobs proud. The new range are electric lithium ion i3 ‘megacity vehicle's' with a ‘plug in hybrid i8 high performance model'. Rich Steinberg (love the name!), the manager of electric …

Toyota are recalling over half a million cars due to problems which could make them more difficult to steer. The recall affects 447,000 cars in North America as well as 38,000 in Japan, 25,000 in Australia and New Zealand. 14,000 cars are affected in Europe, with another 10,000 in the …