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If you want to own a vintage computer there are sometimes auctions on ebay, but the end prices are high enough to give your bank manager palpitations. The MITS Altair 8800 for instance – when one of them pops up on ebay the closing price will frequently be well over …

While we've heard all about America's PRISM internal and external spying and we know a bit about Tempora, the British variant and we know about illegal spying in New Zealand thanks to Kim Dotcom's troubles with the law, it seems English speaking countries aren't the only ones having their rights …

One of AMD's larger graphics partners, Sapphire, has just announced that it has a new tier one distributor, which should mean it's easier than ever to get your hands on an AMD GPU – and therefore hopefully forces a bit more price competition between retailers. “But who is this mystery …

Very few things are cooler than a laser gun. For decades they have been in the dreams of sci-fi geeks the world over. How about the man who recently built a Laser Gatling Gun which features six 1.4 watt class 4 lasers. The aluminum body spins a turret inside, housing …

A couple of days ago, the police in London seized a £300,000 Lamborghini Aventador because it was being driven illegally in Knightsbridge. The driver didn't have insurance for the car. The ultra high performance car, in bright purple is currently being displayed outside Scotland Yard and the police are still …

The UK government's official auditors have said that plans to introduce superfast broadband to rural areas is going to be delivered almost two years late and taxpayers will be footing a bigger percentage of the $1.2 billion bill. Less than 25 percent of the planned projects will be ready by …

Skateboard fans will be getting excited about the possibility of using a hoverboard in the future. Haltek Industries want to make this a reality by starting funding on Indiegogo. If they raise $1 million then it will go ahead, but it is asking a lot from the crowdfunding platform. The …

Interaction designers Luke Sturgeon and Shamik Ray have modified an Android smartphone, turning it into an electromagnetic field indicator. Fields around everyday electronics have been captured using long exposure photography and stop motion animation. The pictures really are incredible. The team uploaded a video to Vimeo, explaining their methodology and …

The inventor of the computer mouse, Doug Engelbart has died, aged 88. He was born on 30th January 1925 in Portland, Oregon. He studied electrical engineering at Oregen State University and then worked as a radar technician during World War II. Engelbart first came up with the idea in the …

3D printing technology is coming on leaps and bounds at the moment, but we're not quite at a stage where it can top the detail or cost effectiveness of injection molding. However when you're making some models, that doesn't matter, as the detail wasn't there in the first place. Take …

Amazon has been granted a patent for adding what is described as “DVD extras” to ebooks, suggesting that in the same way as movies were enhanced via special features like cast and crew interviews, documentary footage and behind the scenes information, books could be similarly added to. Video isn't something …

One of my favourite games in the last couple of years was the awesome ‘Journey' on the Playstation 3. The game received acclaim from critics in all parts of the globe and scooped up some of the top awards too. Developer Thatgamecompany seem to be keen to release titles on …

Virgin Media's Wi-Fi service on the London Underground will be made available to O2 customers for free from July 9th. It is set to be a popular move for thousands of daily travellers. In April, Virgin Media said they signed up O2 as a ‘wholesale partner' for their services, joining …

Paypal has dominated the online world of credit card and bank payments for as long as we can remember. They have recently teamed up with the Space Tourism Industry and the SETI Institute to cater for future Solar System commerce. While it sounds like something out of a science fiction …

Isohunt.com is one of the biggest torrent search sites around and it's been that way since its creation just over ten years ago. Today though, it's had fans worried as since the early hours of this morning, it's not been accessible – no 404, no nothing. Don't worry though, it's …

Edward Snowden has released a new public statement, this time slamming American president, Barack Obama, suggesting that while on one hand he had said he wouldn't pressure foreign nations into not granting Snowden asylum, that's exactly what he's done. In the statement, released by Wikileaks (via The Guardian), Snowden said …

If you thought the Xbox One was a threat to game rentals, it's not the only one. Lovefilm, long time DVD and game rental firm, has announced that it will no longer be sending out game discs, in an effort to refocus on DVD movies and streaming. However, if you …

Apple have filed a trademark application for the term ‘iWatch' in Japan. This basically confirms that Apple will be releasing a new ‘wearable' computing device in the near future. Many companies have released a ‘smartwatch' this year with the big players such as Google, Samsung, Microsoft and Apple waiting in …

Internet mogul Kim Dotcom is set to go head to head with New Zealand's Prime Minister, John Key, this Wednesday, in an intelligence and security committee to discuss potential changes to the GCSB bill, which would give the intelligence agency increased powers for surveillance of NZ citizens. Essentially, it would …

Pokemon is many things to many people: a time sink, a passionate hobby, a competitive series of RPGs, but to one person it seems, the pocket monsters are inspirational. While a lot of the messages might be quite hokey, there's something a little more meaningful about them, when juxtaposed with …

The European parliament is not happy and understandably so. A new report has emerged, dating back from 2010, that suggests the NSA might have bugged the computer networks of EU offices in Washington and New York, citing the EU as a “target.” Martin Schulz, current head of the EU parliament, has …

Well at least we now know why Nintendo's latest console release hasn't been selling well: Nintendo doesn't have a decent official URL. It tried, oh Nintendo tried, but the courts decided that it wasn't deserving of being given the site just like that. Now with its appeal denied, Nintendo will …

Following a heads-up on the heads-off for Google Reader, the search giant has now consigned Reader to the dust pile of history. Was it worth having? Will anyone miss it?  Where will people go next? KitGuru gives it due consideration. Most companies follow a simple, predictable pattern. Early innovation leads …

One of the larger technology sites recently ran a poll to find out where enthusiasts go for their TV entertainment. The options given were skewed heavily in favour of British respondents, but while most of the results could be categorised as predictable – one sticks out a mile. KitGuru ponders …

We've talked about Turkey before. It's a hotbed of protest right now and its government isn't a big fan of that, or social networking. In a new move, the ruling party is now hoping to coerce Twitter to set up a facility in the country, so it can have more …

Most of the things we talk about here at Kitguru are tech related, but a lot of our modern advancements couldn't have come without the (forced) cooperation of our primate cousins, the chimpanzees. As time has gone on, their usefulness and the morality of experimenting on them has led to …

Sony have experienced great success with their RX100 camera, a pocketsized zoom camera with a large sensor for the body size. To supplement the range they have just announced their CyberShot RX100 II and the RX1R. The RX100 II adds Wi-Fi connectivity and NFC, alongside a tilting screen and a …

FujiFilm announced their upcoming release of the X-M1. This is the third member of their popular X series and this model features the same sensor that was featured in the X-Pro 1 and X-E1. It supports up to ISO25,600 sensitivity with Wi-Fi connectivity and the company have incorporated a tiltable …

While the concept of ‘The Cloud' is great, we often need to move big data around quickly – or we need access when the 3G/WiFi is dire. In those cases, anyone who carries their important data on a slimline, portable drive is gonna have a superior grin on their face. …

Despite the last decade seeing an explosion in the usage of digital formats that aren't tied to a single physical medium, CDs are still selling – but most people just rip the tracks anyway. With that in mind, Amazon has launched its new Autorip service, which gives new CD buyers …