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While Google's fourth quarter earnings fell just short of analyst expectations on Thursday, the firm did manage to post strong Nexus 5, Chromecast and Google Play sales. Wall Street expected Google to generate $16.75 billion in revenue,  and while it did manage to surpass that, generating $16.86 billion, share prices …

One of the most distasteful elements of the copyright lobbyist vs piracy conflict over the past few years, has been the former group targeting individual file sharers with enormous lawsuits that try to force them into bankruptcy by demanding huge payouts per movie uploaded/downloaded. These got even worse when companies …

It's been a while since the internet's freedoms were threatened by something as paltry as legislation, we've had PRISM and Tempora to worry about for the last 10 months. But before that, we took on the likes of SOPA, PIPA and ACTA and won, so it's somewhat surprising that the …

Edward Snowden, the man that, regardless of how you feel about his motivation behind it, gave us confirmation that our governments have been doing what we suspected all along: spying on everything we do online. It gave us evidence and details that may eventually pave the way for a return …

Ever wished your personal site was [yourname].bike? What about [yourhobby].guru? Or .financial? Those are some options you'll have starting today, as US net firm Donuts has begun the regulation of the new domain suffixes, as well as allowing other domain registrars to sell them to people like you and me. …

The last few years have seen copyright lobbyists turn from targeting individual downloaders in the court room, to going after the sites themselves, by attempting to have them blocked in every country and by every ISP the world over, despite these DNS blocks being exeedingly easy to circumvent. However, the …

Google and Lego have partnered up to release a chrome app that allows users to play with virtual Lego bricks. ‘Build with Chrome' was first unveiled in 2012 as an experiment but now two years later, it is open to everyone and anyone who wants to get a little nostalgic. …

Due to the Wii U's continued poor sales, despite having a year to bed in to the collective gaming conscience, Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata, along with a number of other company directors and executives, will all be taking pay cuts – some by as much as 50 per cent. Iwata …

Legal advisers to the British government have told MPs that much of the surveillance that GCHQ has been taking part in over the past few years could be considered illegal and in breach of human rights, and was only possible due to vagaries in current legislation that have been obtusely interpreted …

In1, a mobile case manufacturer focusing on comprehensive design and innovation is looking to shake things up a bit with its rugged but beautifully designed multi-tool/phone case perfect for people on the go, it has a variety of tools cleverly built in to the design of the product including: 2 …

Since 4K is so new, there's not really much content available to show off the ultra high resolution and as a result, people aren't rushing out to buy capable TV's but Samsung is looking to change that this year by offering up a 4K starter pack for use with its …

Established UK system builder, Dino PC, has finally made the plunge into the world of mobile gaming and professional users with the launch of four new lines of customisable laptops. KitGuru cracks its knuckles and prepares for typing on the go. Roll the clock back only a few years, and …

It won't come as much of a shock to KitGuru readers, but HP has decided to go public with a confirmation as to why Windows 7 had to be brought back in. KitGuru scans the official HP statement and reads between the lines. As the sale of PCs flattens out, …

Even if you're one of those people that isn't a big fan of European intervention in British politics, you surely have to admit that it's nice to see Europe weighing in on our behalf in this instance. The EU Court of Human Rights has issued a demand that will see …

Ever the dreamer, Richard Branson continues to push forward on the idea of affordable space flight with another test of the amazing looking Virgin Galactic craft. This time we have video. KitGuru dons a fishing bowl for added effect. From the time he was a scrawny teenager, watching Neil Armstrong …

The founder of YIFY Torrents, one of the most beloved movie rippers and uploaders in the torrent scene, has announced his impending retirement. However, he's urged fans not to be too upset, as YIFY will continue as always, with a new person at the helm and a few small changes. …

Samsung's quarterly results were revealed yesterday which saw an 18 per cent decline in the company's profits from last quarter, so where did the money go? Well Currency exchange rates as well as employee bonuses seem to be the cause. Samsung says that while its marketing budget did increase due …

The man who's become synonymous with the revenge porn system, Hunter Moore, who previously ran the infamous IsAnyoneUp.com website, has been arrested after being charged with paying for a hacker to break into the email accounts of young men and women, stealing any nude images stored there and then send …

Omaze, the site that works like a mashup of a charity auction and Kickstarter, may still be in beta, but that doesn't mean it isn't bringing in big names to help good causes. The latest addition to its roster of potential experiences, is hanging out with, working out with and …

Last week a federal court took a hammer to the FCC's net neutrality laws and demolished them, essentially making it possible for ISP's to impede on network traffic, which is bad news for services like Netflix since now US based providers can throttle the user experience by slowing down video …

The man that wrote the biography, The Secret Life of Kim Dotcom, has been receiving threats from the New Zealand authorities demanding that he reveal key sources from his book's research, as they believe the communications referenced in the book's writing have relevance to Dotcom's current lawsuit against the GSCB …

Gamers may look back on their favourite titles of yesteryear with fondness, but overclockers have a particular affinity for the old benchmarks. Remember the first time you watched your 6800GT breeze through 3Dmark 01 only to watch it stutter in 05? Well Gigabyte does too, which is why it recently …

Some fans of the company and of the movie series will no doubt find cause for concern in the report that Pixar may very well be making a Star Wars movie, but from Disney's perspective, taking your still most well respected (mostly) studio and letting it go nuts on your …

Squad's Kerbal Space Program (KSP) is one of those games that you can get truly lost in. One minute you're just tweaking the radial-chute placement on your latest rocket and the next, two hours have gone by and you're trying to use your astronaut's jetpack to push your stricken craft …

Bill Gates has been one of the world's biggest game changers in the past thirty years: from helping to revolutionise PC computing, right through to his philanthropy and helping to eliminate polio around the world. In a recent address in his annual letter from his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, …

The developer and publisher of Candy Crush Saga, King, is trying to take its lollypop axe to the horned head of the Varl, by suing the creator of The Banner Saga, Stoic Games. It doesn't want money from the company of course, that would be ridiculous, it just wants to …

In a bid to diversify its business and create a new market for its chips, Intel Corp. decided to design a special cloud TV service that would rely exclusively on its own set-to-box. Over time it became obvious that media business is not Intel’s strong side and on Tuesday the …

In a turn of events that isn't exactly shocking considering it's a tactic others have used before, Microsoft purportedly offered to pay Youtubers to talk about the Xbox One. However, what's a little disturbing, is that Microsoft stipulated that if you took part, you'd have to remain completely silent on …

Rosetta, the European Space Agency's comet probe and lander craft, has awoken after almost three years of hibernation and ten years of space travel and is now set to spend the next two years on an approach with the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet in order to test its surface and structure to learn …

Since Edward Snowden dropped the bombshell last year that the NSA and other intelligence agencies (we're looking at you – while you look at us – GCHQ) around the world were snooping through our digital underwear drawers, there's one person we all wanted to hear from: Obama. While he's not …