The second day of the Apple vs Samsung case showcased many prototype designs. Christopher Stringer, an Apple designer and first witness produced a wide range of iPhone and iPad designs, some of which he was carrying with him. According to the case, Apple produce hundreds of prototypes for each product, …
Read More »Russia’s largest mobile carrier accuses Apple of dictatorship
It is well known that Apple does delve into the dark underworld of pressuring mobile carriers into getting their own way. It was with a recent iPhone launch that Vodafone New Zealand lost their near-monopoly on the New Zealand iPhone market. While reasons were never discussed, they are easily guessed. …
Read More »Google acquire Wildfire, social media marketing firm
Google have acquired Wildfire Interactive, a social media marketing firm. The idea is to offer their clients new opportunities to interact with people across social services. Wildfire are comprised of nearly 400 employees. Wildfire Interactive were formed 4 years ago in Redwood City, California and they are focused on helping …
Read More »Google postpones retail launch of the Nexus Q
When the Nexus Q was unveiled at Google I/O in late June it was met with a mixed response. While some liked the idea of a neat looking media streamer dedicated to Google's platform, it received a lot of negative feedback for being basically useless for anything more advanced. Due …
Read More »Can Tweet sentence cause a jail sentence?
In one of the most bizarre stories of recent times, a British teenager has been arrested for a tweet in which no one swore, threatened, made racial or sexual statements. KitGuru considers how free a country can be when you're not free to tweet an opinion. Right now, in the …
Read More »Filesonic and Oron in court over porn
File locker websites Filesonic and Oron have been served with legal papers by pornographic company Flava Works. In court with the sites' representatives, are 26 individuals that purportedly shared links of the copyright protected content on the sites as well as publicising links to it elsewhere. Flava works is alleging, …
Read More »Elpida scale down DRAM production
Elpida Memory are scaling down production of DRAM at their factory in Hiroshima, Japan. They have also instructed their Rexchip Electronics subsidiary factory to reduce production. This will affect the global DRAM industry by around 10 percent according to reports in Taipei. Currently there is too much stock in the …
Read More »Blizzard join Valve with Windows 8 ‘not awesome’ claim
We don't like Microsoft 8, and since I published my last article, I have spend some time with Ubuntu – on my road to leaving Microsoft behind. It is going to take me some time to get to grips with Linux, but I really have had my fill of Microsoft …
Read More »iPhone event to happen September 12th
If you are in the market for a new smartphone then you may want to wait for another month as it looks as if Apple will be announcing their new phone on September 12th. Of course there is no confirmation from Apple that this is correct, but Jim Dairymple of …
Read More »HTC closes office in South Korea and poor sales are to blame
Just over a month following HTC declaring they are pulling out of Brazil, South Korea is getting the same treatment by the Taiwanese phone manufacturer. Following poor sales in Samsung's home nation this decision has been made in an effort to “streamline operations”. Analyst firm Canalys estimates that HTC controlled …
Read More »Apple aren’t investing in Twitter
The New York Times recently published a story that said Apple were in talks to invest a serious amount of case into social networking site Twitter. The claims were that the investment would raise Twitters company valuation to $10 billion. The Wall Street Journal have argued the original story claiming …
Read More »Zuckerberg loses $2.3 billion in a week
Investors took another $10 billion valuation from Facebook this weekend, moving shares to an all time low. The social networking company have offered no forecast and analysts say that mobile investments could put future earnings under pressure. Facebook have a market capitalisation now of $48 billion, half of their IPO …
Read More »Microsoft showcase new tablet mice and keyboards
While Microsoft are busy hyping their upcoming Surface tablet they have announced a upcoming range of mobile input devices to support their Windows 8 operating system. There are four new devices, BlueTooth powered, which are aimed at Windows 8 tablets and laptops. Microsoft said they also support iOS and Android …
Read More »Microsoft plan Windows 8 / Surface joint launch day
Microsoft have confirmed that their new Surface tablet will be launched on the same day as Windows 8, October 8th. They said “The next version of our operating system, Windows 8, will be generally available on October 26, 2012. At that time, we will begin selling the Surface, a series …
Read More »Thomson launches new giant 5.3 inch smartphone at IFA
Thomson will enter the Smart Phone market and launch at IFA for all European markets an amazing big screen version: the Android 4 (Ice Cream) – based Thomson X-View-2 with a huge 5,3 inch display. The X-View2 is only the second phone on the market with such a big screen …
Read More »Big enough? Getty planning 20 gigapixel Olympic image
Getty has announced the intention to take a 20 gigapixel image of the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, in a similar fashion to the 2011 FA Cup football final and Superbowl. However, while that image took days to get online, this picture will purportedly be up within hours thanks to …
Read More »Aria offer 3TB Barracuda HDD for £109.99 inc vat
If you are looking for a new high capacity hard drive to store all your files, or need to improve your NAS setup then ARIA deserve some attention today. They just contacted us to say they are selling the high end Seagate Barracuda 6 GB/s drive for only £109.99 inc …
Read More »GameStop considering resale of digital content
US video game retailer GameStop and owner of the Impulse digital download platform, has said that it is currently mulling over the idea of allowing the resale of digital games. “It’s very interesting,” said GameStop CEO Paul Rains while speaking with GameSpot. “There are some technologies out there in Europe, …
Read More »Microsoft losing the faith of enthusiast users, including me
It seems that Microsoft can't stay out of the headlines recently …. but for all the wrong reasons. With Windows 8 and their Surface tablet just around the corner, we have to ask the question. Do they really know what they are doing? Before I go any further, I need …
Read More »Ubisoft helping kids enter communications
Hot off the back of our piece on Sony offering scholarships, Ubisoft has now announced a programme to help young people get into the communications industry. Out of 30 applicants, eight 18 and 19 year olds have been chosen through a series of workshops and interviews. The scheme that was jointly …
Read More »Inductive electric cars to be tested in London
One of the fundamental issues with electric cars at the moment is the limitations of the batteries that power them. There are a number of electric vehicles currently available on the UK market such as the Mitsubishi i-MiEV and none of them are capable of much more than 100 miles …
Read More »Attempting to stop Olympic Piracy
While many users around the world, including those at home in the UK will have no problem watching the Olympics and its opening ceremony, US viewers will need to be cable subscribers to watch the bought and paid for footage on NBC. Understandably the network is keen for people to …
Read More »Mobile Wi-Fi hotspots are banned from Olympic venues
If you have ever been stuck in a foreign airport with nothing to do, you'd probably check out any available Wi-Fi hotspots then have your mouth hanging open a few moments later as the page asking for your Visa details loads. This may be the same feeling some keen visitors …
Read More »Gabe Newell – Windows 8 ‘catastrophe’ for PC gaming
Gabe Newell, the famous figurehead of Valve, creators of iconic games such as Half Life and Left4Dead has spoken to VentureBeat. He wants to support Linux and has very strong feelings about Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system. Microsoft won't be happy, thats for sure. He spoke to Venturebeat and …
Read More »Zynga shares drop 40%: Facebook changes hit hard
Zynga, the maker of online games have experienced a huge drop in share value, showing that they rely on Facebook dramatically. Their shares tanked by 40% yesterday as Facebook made changes to their system to address ‘spamming concerns'. Zynga's older games got hit hard and the company said the unexpected …
Read More »Lose weight now, ask Kingston how
When it comes to standard DDR3 memory modules, Kingston is the world number one – but until the start of 2012, the RAM king wasn't really seen as a serious player in the SSD space. That's now changing with a series of new product launches and sharp price cuts. But, …
Read More »Microsoft Surface pricing concerns, $1k for entry model?
Microsoft are set to launch their ‘iPad beating' Surface tablet later this year, but it is already circulating that they may be charging more than $1,000 for the privilege of ownership. The news hit after a Swedish Web Site listed the prices of the four future models, including Windows 8 …
Read More »Asrock launches world’s first Windows 8 certified AMD mainboard
One month after Asrock captured the hearts and minds with the world's first Windows 8 main board for Intel processors, it's now looking to double up with a fist entry into the AMD space. In the aftermath of AMD's less than stellar financials report for Q2, surely there must be …
Read More »ARM launches accreditation courses, CNE anyone?
Anyone old enough to remember why a 486 was exciting, will have known someone that was a Novell CNE (Certified Network Engineer). Microsoft and Cisco also had coveted courses and now, it seems, ARM will be following suit. KitGuru packs it's lunch and heads off to tech school to learn …
Read More »Global anti-piracy strategy revealed in leaked report
A secretive report written by the IFPI – that purports to represent the music industry worldwide – has been inadvertently made available online. In it, the group and its leader detail plans to deal with piracy and major recording labels around the world. The 30 page document is dated for …
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