An explosion on the surface of the moon was visible from Earth with the naked eye. Bill Cooke, a NASA scientist said “It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as bright as anything we've ever seen before.” According to NASA reports, the blast “glowed like a 4th magnitude star …
Read More »Nintendo doing things a little different at E3
By… not doing things at E3. This is of course not too much of a surprise, as Nintendo did tell us it wouldn't be doing a big reveal at this year's E3 and would instead by hosting a lot of smaller events, but this one is a pretty smart one. …
Read More »Yahoo might buy Tumblr
When the name Yahoo pops up I have to do a double take, because I always forget it still exists. Every time someone emails me from a @yahoo.com account or there's some talk of the company doing something, business like, I'm reminded that it's still around and not only that, …
Read More »NASA releases driving distances of Mars and Moon craft
Ever wondered how far the Curiosity rover has driven in its short time on the red planet? Or perhaps the distance that any of the Apollo Lunar Rovers covered while piloted across the dusty surface of our moon? Well now you can find out, thanks to NASA. Charting the miles …
Read More »Rupert Murdoch pokes fun at Facebook’s falling usage
Rupert Murdoch has compared Facebook to Myspace, suggesting the fall from grace for the social network could be already beginning, poking fun at the falling time spent by the average user through his Twitter account. “Look out Facebook!” begins the Tweet by the BSKYB owner. “Hour's spent participating per member …
Read More »Sony buys up Angry Birds film rights, coming 2016
Sony has secured the international distribution rights to the animated feature film adaption of crush-the-castle-avian-edition, Angry Birds. It's not wasting time either, announcing that the movie will debut worldwide on 1st July 2016. It's not handing off to some large studio though, but keeping it all in-house. Rovio, the developer …
Read More »American lawmakers worried about Google Glass ‘privacy’
There doesn't seem a day without Google Glass being in the news and now eight members of Congress are demanding that Google address a range of privacy concerns over their Google Glass product. The letter was sent to Larry Page, Google's CEO and they asked eight questions, demanding a response …
Read More »LulzBot Taz – largest 3D desktop printer build area
3D printers are hot property right now and if you are in the market for one that can handle larger objects then you may want to hold fire on the new Lulzbot TAZ 3D printer – it claims to have the largest print volume for desktop printers in its price …
Read More »Space Monkey storage – puts the cloud in your home
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 …
Read More »Exclusive Interview with AMD’s Roy Taylor
We were given the opportunity to interview Roy Taylor, Corporate Vice President Global Channel Sales for AMD. Roy is a busy man, but he still found time to sit down and chat with Kitguru. First, a little background history – before Roy joined AMD on January 2nd this year, he had …
Read More »Google knows which of your photos is the best
Google is looking to make your Google + page that bit better looking, by helping sift through all your awful photos to find the best ones. Using a new algorithm, the search giant is now able to highlight the “best” photos that you upload to make a collage of great …
Read More »Designers are using 3D printers for fashionable fungus
3D printers might be hitting headlines for their new ability to make guns, negating all real fears of a future zombie apocalypse, but they have other uses too. According to one designer, they can also be used to make fashion items – that are inspired by a parasitic fungus, Cordyceps. …
Read More »Nintendo is claiming ad money from Youtube user content
A Youtube user by the name of Zack Scott, who runs Let's Play videos on the site, has been targeted by Nintendo for using its games in his videos and the video game giant is now claiming advertising revenue from him, despite the fact that his commentary of the games is covered …
Read More »Asus Z87 Motherboard Line-up: Debutant Models Within
With Intel's fourth generation chips knocking on the door of release day, KitGuru was invited to a technical seminar held by Asus to outline the company's products, features and plans for its range of Z87 motherboards. As has been the case with Asus' recent motherboard line-ups for both the Intel and AMD platforms, the …
Read More »Hawken CEO embraces equal sexual representation
Ruby Underboob and Bro-sie the Riveter now sit side by side in the lobby of Hawken publisher Meteor Entertainment, thanks to a brilliantly intuitive way of addressing sexual representation in not only the office environment, but in games too. Initially, CEO Mark Long, had a comic art inspired poster of …
Read More »BPI is still blocking sites, despite the fact that it does nothing
The British Phonographic Industry is continuing to parade its abilities for the world to see, showing that its number one talent, the singular thing it does better than almost any middle manager from Office Space, is appear to be doing something while systematically doing nothing at all. The group, sponsored …
Read More »Steam profiles just got shaken up
Valve has added a new feature to Steam profiles, making it possible for people to gain levels for community actions, alongside the traditional badge system which rewards certain tasks being completed. Not every territory has it just yet, as Valve is rolling it out slowly over the next few days, …
Read More »Google free storage to increase to 15GB
Until now Google has offered 5GB of storage for its free services, like Google Drive and Google+ and 10GB on Gmail. Today though, it announced that over the next few weeks it'll be rolling out an update that changes it to 15GB across all three services. The reasoning behind this change is …
Read More »Youtube sensation astronaut lands down safely
Astronauts should be some of the most celebrated individuals in the world. They're pushing the boundaries of what humans can experience and they're helping secure the future survival of our species by probing the frontiers of humanity's cosmic territory. It's almost a shame that it's taken a well-sung video of …
Read More »German Amazon workers go on strike
The German labour union, Verdi, has called on Amazon workers in the country to go on strike, in order to force the huge e-tailer to implement better worker employment conditions, in line with other companies of its type. Amazon has a history of treating workers poorly, with some in an …
Read More »Netflix UK gets Disney catalogue
Netflix users in the UK are pretty underprivileged compared to our American cousins (which is why I'd normally recommend you change your DNS settings to gain access to the bigger library) but in terms of Disney movies, not any more: the catalogue of films has now been added to the British …
Read More »NEC launches world’s first Haswell laptop – by accident
In what seems a clear violation of Intel's NDA for Haswell, NEC has launched its next generation laptop far too early. Now that the details are out on the web, it's hard to know what will prevent other system builders from following suit. If the info is in the public …
Read More »Lamborghini Egoista concept picture gallery
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 …
Read More »Atari Breakout easter egg in Google image search
Google are celebrating the 37th birthday of the class Atari game Breaktout in a very entertaining way. They have turned Google Image Search into a version of the game. To get the Easter egg running, simply type in Atari Breakout into Google Image Search and press the return key. The …
Read More »Fancy a drink at the local esports bar?
It was way back at the end of January that I discussed why I felt esports were better than real sports and apparently I'm not the only one, as a bar is now set to open up in out fair capital, providing gaming inspired drinks while broadcasting esports as the in-house …
Read More »Olympus release 60’s inspired flagship PEN E-P5
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 …
Read More »New Nokia smartphone will cost $99 and have 48 days of standby life
Nokia are going to release a new smartphone with 48 days standby battery life, costing only $99. The Asha 501 will be shipping with a 1200 mAh battery which will allow for 17 hours of straight talk time and 56 hours of music playback before a recharge. They will supply …
Read More »The new 15mph Solar powered electric scooter
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 …
Read More »US government attempts to quash 3D printed gun plans
America is a strange country with regards to its gun laws. Governments and actors seem to not want anyone to own a gun legally, despite the fact that the USA is the biggest weapons dealer(and glorifier through Hollywood movies) in the world, while large portions of the public argue that …
Read More »Bebo goes bankrupt
It's always a wonder what happens to those sites that fall from grace. The once great meeting points of the internet become ghost towns and we all just forget about them usually. Sometimes with the likes of Digg or Myspace, a Justin Timberlake or investment firm will come along and …
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