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Hightech Information System (HIS) introduces its fastest single-GPU graphics card, the HD 7970 X based on AMD's latest 7970 GHz Edition chipset. According to HIS, the card is already a world record breaker thanks to its 3dMark Vantage and 3Dmark 11 scores of 84669 and 29937 marks, respectively, when used …

With the nVidia GTX 660 Ti's release imminent, AMD's popular HD 7950 graphics card will soon be the recipient of a clock speed-boosting BIOS update. The update is intended to better prepare the 6 month old card for the stiff competition that it should receive from nVidia's GeForce GTX 660 Ti. The …

EA has today announced at GamesCon that it plans to bring its Origin game store to Macs, Android smartphones, Facebook and even Smart TVs. Electronic Arts has moved away from the Steam platform recently but now intends to follow in its footsteps. No specific release dates have been announced yet …

The man behind Surfthechannel.com, a site that offered links to websites streaming copyright protected content has been sentenced to four years in jail. Found guilty for fraud and facilitating copyright infringement, 38 year old Anton Vickerman, designed the site and took others onboard to help source movies and TV shows …

Update: Since writing this story, Eurogamer is saying that the Half Life 3 rumour is “a mistake,” according to the organisers of Gamescom. The hotly anticipated sequel to 2004's Half Life 2 and its ensuing episodes, could appear for the first time at Gamescom, according to a PDF from the …

EXCLUSIVE INTEL INTERVIEW: At a recent Analyst's Day, nVidia went through its usual array of slides regarding a wonderful history, present conditions and how glorious the future is likely to be. All well and good, we'd have done the same if we had Tegra, Tesla, Quadro and GeForce in the …

After accusing more than 20 Samsung devices of patent infringement, three have been removed from proceedings in the United States Apple vs Samsung court trial. Judge Lucy Koh has ruled that the Galaxy S GT-i9000, the S II GT-i9100 and Galaxy Ace will no longer be involved when the jury is …

Toshiba have canceled their plans to make Windows RT devices because of delays in getting the components they need. Microsoft have however named four other PC makers who will offer devices using their new Windows operating system. Dell, Asus, Samsung and Lenovo will be making computers using Windows RT – …

It would be hard to escape the continual, negative news on Research In Motion, the company behind the iconic Blackberry smartphones. The company are at an all time low point and some analysts are even predicting their demise within 2 years. CEO Thorsten Hein's spoke to CNET in an interview …

Barnes and Noble have decided to cut the pricing of their popular Nook Color and tablet computers as they face stiff competition from the likes of Google and Amazon. The Google Nexus will hit the market for only $199 and Amazon are expected to release an update to their Kindle …

HMV is continuing its struggles to stay relevant in an increasingly digitally dominated media world, by offering a click and collect system, where users can reserve online and then buy and collect in-store. This saves on postage, which the company likely takes a small loss on – since it offers …

Lots of torrent news over the weekend for those downloading, legitimately and not. First up, Demonoid's domain names have now been listed for sale. The site has been down for some  time, with some fans of the popular torrent search site suggesting that perhaps it was just a temporary outage; since that had …

It was almost a year ago that the world's weather patterns combined to cause the tragedy of the Thailand floods. Alongside the loss of life, Western Digital's hard drive production was knocked for six and the world suffered huge increases in price. As KitGuru predicted, summer 2012 saw prices return …

The death of retail stores is coming, if Electronic Arts chief operating officer Peter Moore's prediction is right. He spoke to Reuters and said “There will come a point, whether it is two or three years from now, when we say: ‘We are doing more in digital media now than …

The Apple V Samsung battle continues, with the latest news this weekend coming from Boris Teksler, the director of patent licensing and strategy for Apple. He told the Federal court in San Jose, California that Apple made a presentation to Samsung in August 2010 warning them against copying the iPhone. …

Motorola Mobility are planning to cut their workforce by 20 percent while closing down around a third of their offices worldwide, according to a report on the New York Times. 4,000 people will lose their jobs as the company restructure their global plans, focusing on a smaller portfolio of products …

Facebook has finally settled its argument with regulatory body, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), over what was described as, “unfair and deceptive” changes to its privacy policy in 2009. While it was initially thought that the social network might be fined for its actions – in a similar fashion …

The release of Nintendo's next generation console, the Wii U, will be delayed in Europe due to a manufacturing issues, if the latest reports from people “familiar with the situation” are to be believed. The console itself isn't to blame apparently, but the fancy touch screen controller. Manufacturing issues aren't …

With the inexorable march toward miniaturisation, there is a corresponding pressure to reduce not only the size of a person's computer – but also its electrical footprint. On Monday 13th August, Silverstone will take a big step toward the future with a tiny power supply. KitGuru takes a trip down memory lane, …

Yesterday we reported that Samsung had no intentions of acquiring Research In Motion, the troubled company behind the iconic BlackBerry smartphone. News today has highlighted that their enterprise services unit has attracted the interest of IBM, according to sources close to the link. IBM have approached RIM about a possible …

Kaspersky Lab have found another virus, which they claim could be state funded. This virus, nicknamed GAUSS appears to be have been written by the same people who handled the Flame, data mining virus. GAUSS has been detected on 2,500 computers, mostly in Lebanon according to Kaspersky. The code tries …

In an attempt to create the armed forces products of the future, the Pentagon has gone back to nature. Alongside a dog-like robot to carry a soldier's heavy equipment into the battlefield, they have also developed a tiny reconnaissance plane that emulates a hummingbird and another device that mimics a cheetah and …

While PC users are warm and fuzzy with the idea that they are tracked all over the web, pretty much all the time, Apple users seem to have a much higher expectation of privacy. Google circumvented the Apple users' choice to remain anonymous and, now, will pay the $22.5m price. KitGuru fixes …

The IFPI, which claims to represent the music industry “world wide,” has also claimed responsibility for the Demonoid takedown. While of course it didn't raid the Demonoid offices itself, it was the complaints to Interpol that eventually led to the action. If you're not up to speed on the situation, …

Founded in 1966, Best Buy enjoyed around 40 years of success. However, its decision to rapidly expand across the globe – just as the globe was beginning a nightmare financial meltdown – has left it on life support with a very poor prognosis from the financial spin doctors. KitGuru ponders …

Internal Samsung documents have shown that a percentage of the consumer audience were unable to tell the Galaxy Tab and iPad apart. Samsung admitted that this led to ‘strategical changes' in advertising. CNET reported that Samsung internal studies showed that consumers were confused over the Galaxy Tab tablet, mixing it …

Research In Motion are a troubled company. Their BlackBerry smartphones, once the staple of the business user have been steadily declining in popularity over the previous 2 years. Combined with bad management and multiple resignations their future looks in question. Rumours lately suggested that Samsung may be in line to …

Samsung are the latest company to reports from the China Labor Watch, who claim that the company are using underage workers at one of their supplier factories. Samsung have acted quickly and are sending inspectors for a special investigation. Samsung are sending a team of inspectors from their headquarters to …

When Biswamohan Pani decided to leave Intel for AMD in the summer of 2008, he was asked point blank at an ‘exit interview' if he still had any Intel information or property. He lied and, as Intel would later find out, he'd also began working for chip rival AMD. KitGuru …

War can be murder, sure, but that doesn't mean that you should kill the environment and/or your bank balance while laying your enemies to waste. KitGuru gets all thrifty in the light of a new revelation from Lockheed Martin. We've all been to outdoor concerts where the music etc is …