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Scientists have achieved an incredible feat of nanoengineering, creating a single atom transistor. The Physicists at the University of New South Wales could have build the foundation for scalable quantum computing. This transistor is composed of a single phosphorous 31 isotope which has been placed on a base of silicon …

A non profit agency investigating partner manufacturing plants in China for Apple products has said that working conditions are better than others in the country. The Fair Labor Association (FLA) have been studying the conditions of Apple's top eight suppliers in China after a raft of negative publicity. Apple were …

Microsoft has been keen to upgrade Skydrive to the point where it can compete with the likes of Google and Dropbox and it looks as if they're about to take that extra step. Information discovered recently shows that Microsoft plans to introduce paid upgrade options. This storage will be added …

The days leading up to the launch of Intel's next-gen Ivy Bridge processors where we start to see leaked benchmark results here and there are yet to come, but a small piece of info on the expected performance of Ivy Bridge versus the current crop of Sandy Bridge chips has …

A freshly leaked slide updating us on future models in AMD's FX Series desktop processor lineup has made its way onto the web from the powers that be and what we can learn from this particular leak is that there will be three new AM3+ 32nm FX models arriving before …

No matter what we think of the cloud and its possibilities, it will no doubt start to take over many tasks we once thought were loyal to the physical PC. All my articles are drafted and saved to WordPress, other documents live on Google Docs, while images I use are stored …

While everyone works hard to make sure that their core products (the ‘bread and butter' if you will) are working well, at the same time these companies always have one eye open for the ‘silver bullet'. The iPad like product that will change the market and everyone can retire. Point …

While the experts can argue all day long over whether the UK will buy more or less than 600,000 graphic cards in 2012, one thing is for certain: The proportion of cards bought from each of the main manufacturers WILL change. With stories on the new Radeon 77xx everywhere, KitGuru …

Asymco published an interesting report yesterday which highlighted the incredible strength of the Apple iOS platform. Apple have sold 140 million Macintosh computers in the 28 years they have been available on the market. They have sold 55 million iPads to date and 22 million iPods in the first five …

Regular readers of Kitguru will already know that Apple are facing a potential customs ban in China over a trademark dispute for the iPad name. The problem now looks as if it could expand into the US territory. A representative for Proview in China said “I think in the future …

Nomophobia is the fear of being out of mobile phone contact and according to research conducted by OnePoll the percentage affected by this strange phobia is on the rise. OnePoll surveyed 1000 people in employment in the UK and found that two in three people fear misplacing or spending time …

Against a backdrop of flat revenues and job cuts, AMD is preparing a brand new structure to deal with building its business over the next three years. CEO Rory Read has created a new role and appointed John Byrne to take the lead with all of AMD's major relationships. KitGuru …

It has become apparent through several retailers and distributors that Samsung has decided to pull the plug on bringing a 32GB Galaxy Nexus to market, leaving us only with the 16GB launch model. This would be particularly disappointing news for the many folks who were holding out for some Ice …

According to ViewSonic's product marketing director in the Asia Pacific region, Max Liu, ViewSonic is planning to expand on its ViewPad line of Android-powered tablets and bring some Windows 8-based models to market later this year when Microsoft outs its next Metro UI wielding OS. During his brief discussion with …

Conference attendees wanted to know what Apple are going to do with their $90 billion cash reserves, according to Venturebeat. At the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference Tuesday, CEO Tim Cook was asked why Apple haven't taking the usual moves of buying back stock or issuing a dividend to …

The Apple lawsuit against Samsung in America is bigger than initially reported. AppleInsider have information which shows that the company name patents for 13 smartphones, two media players and two tablets. FOSS Patents writer Florian Muller reports that the Apple suit targets 17 Samsung products with a total of 8 …

The Apple App store is the store to rule them all, according to latest information released. Last year, the British Version of the App Store received a total of 255,922 applications, which averaged around 21,326 a month. We can't verify the quality of the applications, but for those people who …

An interesting study was released that shows BitTorrent piracy may not have such a bad impact on box office sales. The University of Minnesota and Wellesley College indicated that BitTorrent piracy doesn't have a significant impact on movie sales even though industry executives may feel otherwise. The report says that …

Sometimes in life, things can come as a bit of shock. For instance, the first time you look in the mirror and realise you have a pot belly, and grey hairs. I had a shock today, when I was least expecting it ... as I was listening to Radio 2 …

AMD launched their HD7770 today, and it was met with a mixed reception in our reviews. The performance isn't bad, but the price point seems a little high. The issue hasn't been helped with the very low pricing of the last generation HD6850 via etailers today. It would appear the …

It now appears as if PayPal are now working on their own form of payment technology; turning their back on Near Field Communications (NFC). Although they have experimented with NFC in their Android application and as a point of sales system in Sweden recently, they do not see the brilliance …

Intel have been focusing lately on their Ultrabook range of computers, working with partners to release many machines this year. Their plans are to offer a variety of machines with excellent processing power and stylish design cues. It has already worked well for Apple with their Macbook Air, but Intel …

Apple may face problems in China for the upcoming release of their iPad 3 tablet computer. They are locked in battle with Proview, a company who claim that Apple are infringing on the ‘iPad trademark'. Proview have filed for a customs ban with local authorities to stop the import and …

DNS servers, those things that are supplied automatically by our ISPs and all too often like to mess with our internet. Come to think of it, I am probably better off blaming my ISP's DNS servers than my modem for problems I have had in the past. This is why …

A report has surfaced over at AnandTech that the Corporate VP & CTO of AMD's Graphics Division, Eric Demers is finishing up with the company at the end of this week for reasons unknown at this time. Anand said that, “he's not going to Intel or NVIDIA but I suspect …

The industry gave Western Digital a huge boost at the Distree Channel Awards, by voting them the ‘Storage Vendor of the Year'. Given that WD struggled to ship drives at all in the busiest period, this was a grand gesture. KitGuru snapped up some of the atmosphere. When record rains …

MySpace have announced over 1 million new sign ups as a result of the launch of the new MySpace Music Player. The American account sign ups have risen to around 40,000 new registrations every day. The new music player is proving popular as it features the biggest online catalogue of …

Almost never spotted in the wild, Noctua engineers have been responsible for some of the finest sandwiches [sorry, coolers – Ed] in human history. If you catch a glimpse of Zardon in the lab, with his 2600k nuts clocked past 5GHz and the breeze from the cooling solution blowing his …

Have you a family member who spends too much time on social networks? Perhaps a sibling who gets aggressive from time to time when you interrupt their online conversations? An American father responded rather dramatically after his daughter posted something rude on Facebook. He shot her laptop and posted a …

After the floods in Thailand last year, Hard disk drive prices soared when many factories were damaged. The prices started to drop recently, however full recovery is still some time away. Experts we spoke to over the weekend claim that a full recovery of production is still many months away. …