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We received this email today from Avaaz.org – asking for our support, and to let our readers know of a horrifying story regarding Uzbekistan's President. The email stated that the President is forcing doctors to cut out women's uteruses without their knowledge or consent – all in the efforts to …

It has been some time now since the iPad 3 launched and it looks as if Apple are still have problems getting enough quantity into the channel. The difference varies a little between the UK and USA, but the minimum wait time is still a week. When orders were taken …

The latest Microsoft financial report has outperformed analyst expectations, aided by a rise in sales of the Windows operating system. Skeptics could say that people have been playing with the early Windows 8 build and have decided that the move isn't worth it. Profits from the Entertainment and Devices Division, …

If there's one sector of the market that Intel would like more of, it's the mobile computing business. Sure, phones would be nice – but that seems a way off. In the more immediate term, Microsoft's decision to release Windows 8 RT for the ARM instruction face looks like a …

The fight between market leaders Canon and Nikon continues to heat up. Nikon have released their D3200 DSLR camera with a 24.2 megapixel DX format CMOS sensor. The camera is said to have great low light performance and offers full high definition video recording. The new Expeed 3 image processor …

The struggling Research In Motion have released a new Blackberry in India, targeting the budget oriented audience. They hope that the new phone will help raise revenue for them in this growing market. The Curve 9220 is nothing special when compared against a raft of smartphones in the Western market. …

Facebook are said to be targeting a May 17th date for the initial public offering, according to TechCrunch, who reported via unnamed sources familiar with the company. Federal regulators may now need to review Facebooks recent $1 billion acquisition of mobile photo sharing startup Instagram. Sources from the New York …

This one came as a bit of a surprise when it was first noticed in our news feeds overnight; Apple and Samsung will reportedly participate in settlement talks. The two mobile giants have agreed to meet in San Francisco within the next 90 days after the judge presiding over two …

The iPad may be one of the greater success stories in the last decade, but for Microsoft it is proving a royal pain in the side. Microsoft are working closely with Intel to support their first tier vendors with the goal of decreasing the global market share of the iPad. …

We received this email today, asking for our support, and we felt it was certainly worth sharing with our readers this morning: Right now, the US is poised to pass a new law that would permit US agents to spy on almost everything we do online. But we can stop …

When all nVidia did was graphic chips for graphic cards, there was always a decent amount of production capacity available in the world. Now that it's busy pioneering in the phone sector – the numbers have caught Jen Hsun's gang out. They need more and they're gasping for it. KitGuru …

Google had problems yesterday with their GMAIL service and they have yet to reveal the issues which affected around 5 million people. Google have been proud of their uptime, breaking records of 99 percent since 2007. The service was down for 2 percent of the audience yesterday, totaling around an …

There are a number of ways around an organisation's attempts to block the flow of information to customers about future product releases. But there's always a way around such blocks. Channel sources have confirmed that UK retailers are planning out store space for the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S …

We have reported before on the rumours that Apple will be releasing an iPad Mini later this year. Our guy in Taipei – Yong Lei has been hearing murmurings now via some of his industry contacts now for many months. It looks as if Chinese portal NetEase has been hearing …

TSMC are having problems delivering enough chips on the 28nm process and this means that Nvidia and a few other companies are having to use other sources to maintain production. We checked with sources last night in Taipei and we were told that Nvidia are working with Samsung on their …

We've all read the story: Famous footballer commits a crime against his club's honour and ends up being fined a few thousand pounds. Well it seems that the FCC over in the US of A has gone even further into the land of the ridiculous. KitGuru pulls out the trusty …

One of the biggest court cases in tech history begins today in San Francisco. Oracle is suing Google for $1bn claiming it violated several patents and copyrights. Oracle who inherited the intellectual properties of Java when it took over Sun Microsystems in 2009 claim that Google’s Android operating system infringes …

Samsung Electronics are reportedly trying to persuade Intel to launch its DDR4 memory supporting server platforms ahead of the planned 2014 scheduled release date. According to inside sources Samsung are citing concerns that making DDR3 chips are now unprofitable due to low prices. Currently only Samsung and Hynix Semiconductors have …

All businesses have sales. The periodic colonic that flushes out old stock and brings in a nice wad of cash to fund future purchases. Inboxes around the world are filled with announcements for these every day but, honestly, most of them aren't for a business as big and successful as Japanese retail …

We first published news on the Raspberry Pi in May 2011, but it has been hit with a series of delays and some people thought it would never be released. Good news however, because the distributors of the Pi have confirmed that the first batch will ship this week. This …

ApplesInsider published an article this weekend which highlighted news on a partnership between Apple and well known French designer Phillippe Starck. He said that he was working with Apple on releasing a ‘revolutionary' new product that will be released within the next 8 months. According to the report, Starck spoke …

Taiwan SemiConductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are attempting to take over the 12 inch wafer fab of ProMOS Technologies, who are seeking to acquire new funds and investors in the efforts to restructure their DRAM business, which is losing money. According to Digitimes they say “TSMC is now in talks with …

Sony's Playstation Network is going to be down for 13 hours today. The routine scheduled maintenance begins at 6.00 am PDT/9.00 am EDT, lasting roughly 13 hours. Sony claim the network will be back and running by 7.00 pm PDT / 10.00 pm EDT. If you need to use the …

The staff at KitGuru have spent a lot of time completely pixellated recently. Having covered the most popular resolutions for normal people, gamers and current surge in retina displays, we thought it was worth a quick look at the screen in your living room. KitGuru begins putting 27 pennies a …

Following up on KitGuru's earlier story about the most common resolutions found in modern online society, we decided to run a separate analysis on the resolutions preferred by gamers. That gamers want (and pay for) more pixels is no surprise – but what is their favourite resolution? KitGuru gets all …

One of the biggest trends out there in the mobile industry at the moment is displays with crazy resolutions; often outclassing what me and you are using at home or in the office. A couple of months ago we saw the new iPad with a 9.7 inch display with a …

While the entire market has gone up and down like a roller-coaster in recent times, the market for desktop PCs in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has been stagnant. Until now. KitGuru pulls out an abacus and checks some Gartner numbers. If Gartner has the number right, then the worldwide market …

Apple have been defending themselves over allegations from the US Justice Department that they have been working with publishers in regards to book pricing. They claim the charges are ‘simply not true'. Apple launched the iBookstore in 2010 to target the very successful Amazon bookstore. Natalie Kerris, a spokeswoman for …

It's a weird world, no doubt. Against the backdrop of an overall market slump, Gartner turns around and says that shipments of desktop PCs have just jumped almost 2% – to the surprise of just about everyone. At the same time, it's a competitive world and just because ‘more of …

For many years now 1024 x 768 has remained the most popular computer screen resolution with website developers always needing to ensure that the sites they're working on will accomodate that resolution first and foremost. However, the latest statistics shared out by StatCounter show that this oldschool 4:3 aspect resolution …