Asustek Computer, one of the world's largest technology companies posted their revenue for January, a drop of 11.1% on month. Their revenue for January was NT$21.819 billion, or $738/$467 million. This translates to a 9.9% increase year on year which has exceeded analyst expectations. The initial project for Asustek in …
Read More »Apple preparing for iPad3 debut launch next month
According to reports on The NextWeb, Apple are preparing for a debut launch of the iPad 3 as early as next month. They quoted unnamed sources close to the company. Apple are apparently ‘in crunch mode' to line up applications to demonstrate the new flagship tablet computer. Apple spend some …
Read More »Bitdefender shows off top AV award at Distree
While defending your home is the realm of gun clubs, martial artists and the chaps from Yale, protecting your bits requires a different set of tools entirely. KitGuru caught up with one happy chappy over at Distree in Monte Carlo. He was holding something large in the air, smiling and …
Read More »Zotac’s Carsten Berger, king of fast food EPOS
Interesting news has reach our shores from the Distree trade event over in Monte Carlo. One of our associates was deep in conversation with Zotac marketing guru and Johnny Depp look-a-like, Carsten Berger, when he asked about how sales of the Z-Box micro PC were going. The answer was enough …
Read More »Overclockers UK sold to owners of CaseKing
Mark Proudfoot, previous owner of Overclockers UK has sold the well known online retail store to AF Gaming Gmbh, the owners of well known European distributor CaseKing. He announced this on their forums yesterday: “On 30th January 2012 I sold Overclockers UK and its associated companies to AF Gaming Gmbh, …
Read More »HTC to boost Nvidia Tegra shipments
HTC sell a large percentage of mobile devices, relying heavily on Qualcomm for the majority of their processors. HTC are changing their strategy and they are expected to purchase a larger percentage of Nvidia Tegra processors in the coming months. Due to this Nvidia shipments will increase noticeably, with HTC …
Read More »Apple customers to protest for better worker conditions
Apple customers will walk into their HQ and Apple stores in London, Sydney, Bangalore, Washington DC, New York and San Francisco to protest for better working conditions for those people in the Far East who build their products. Apple have been in the spotlight lately as one of the major …
Read More »Windows 8 confirmed for February 29th (Beta Queue)
In sunny Monte Carlo, the haute couture revelations are matched only by the inside info unleashed by the major corporation's executives. While Microsoft themselves were tight-lipped, we managed to discover the Windows 8 mega-beta-launch date. The huge freebie period of global beta-testing that Microsoft employed with Windows 7, will be …
Read More »$299 tablets planned for emerging markets
Some manufacturers are considering a budget tablet computer aimed at emerging markets. While the Apple iPad runs amok in the high end, many people can't afford the flagship computer. This has left the market open for a variety of manufacturers who are planning tablet computers for audiences in India, Brazil, …
Read More »Apple will stream live Paul McCartney concert to iTunes and Apple TV
Music fans will be happy to hear that Apple are planning to stream a live Paul McCartney concert to iTunes and Apple TV. This is in support of the former Beatle singer's new album which features Eric Clapton and other guests. They said “To celebrate the release of Paul McCartney's …
Read More »Apple being sued for $38m over ‘iPad’ name
The term ‘iPad' may be synonymous with Apple, but a Chinese company are suing the shiny fruit maker in a dispute over the iPad trademark. They have said they are also demanding an apology and anticipates that Apple will be fined $38 million by a Beijing court. AppleInsider have the …
Read More »Symantec source code leaked by Anonymous
Following up on our story earlier today, it would appear that Anonymous have indeed leaked Symantec source code on The Pirate Bay and other share sites. The source code is related to PcAnywhere software. Symantec are apparently aware of the problem but aren't yet detailing if it is genuine source …
Read More »Star Wars fan goes on rampage with dual Lightsabre
We missed this story last week, but felt it was worth a closer look, if only for the fact that some people really are crazy. Star Wars fans are known to take their toys very seriously and David A. Canterburg was jailed for going on a rampage in December at …
Read More »Symantec willing to pay hackers $50,000 for source code
Symantec told a hacker group that they were willing to pay $50,000, to keep the source code for some of their flagship products off the internet. They confirmed this with CNET last night. CNET wrote “An e-mail exchange revealing the extortion attempt posted to Pastebin (see below) today shows a …
Read More »Nikon showcase the D800 DSLR with 36.3MP sensor
Nikon have announced their D800 DSLR camera and have confirmed the rumours that it will incorporate a staggering 36.3MP sensor. The D800 is said to start shipping in March, and buyers will need to budget for huge storage cards if they want to take a lot of images in one …
Read More »Bitorrent share sites face pressure, btjunkie closes. Who next?
The latest high profile case against sharing site MegaUpload has raised a very important point for many similar sites. Who is next? Regular readers of Kitguru will already be following the story of Kim Dotcom, the owner of MegaUpload. He may have made millions of dollars in revenue from the …
Read More »Woman says ‘You Can’t Copyright Obscenity’: fights porn lawsuit
American porn makers have realised in recent years that there is money to be made from suing people who download porn from sources such as Bitorrent. One lady in California however is fighting back, claiming that the porn she has been accused of downloading isn't copyrightable in the first place. …
Read More »Apple v Motorola v Google
Apple have had to remove several iPad and iPhone models from the German online store, after Motorola Mobility forced a patent injunction against the shiny fruit maker. Apple have apparently failed to license one of Motorola's wireless intellectual properties. The knock on effect of this ruling is that iPhone users …
Read More »Smartphone sales surpass PC in 2011
A report in from Canalys shows that global shipments of smartphones in 2011 surpassed PC sales for the first time ever. Sales of smartphones totaled 487.7 million units which PC sales were 414 million. The PC category included desktop, laptop and tablet computers. These figures are huge, because shipments of …
Read More »High street price confusion on hard drives
While major online retailers like Aria move stock around very quickly, some high street stores can be left with several generations of product – sitting on their shelves – side by side. This kind of stock challenge can lead to some rather bizarre offers. KitGuru braves the snow to cycle …
Read More »NASA focuses on green flights into the blue
If you want to live near a major city, but can't afford major city housing prices – then there's always the airport. Running a quick check on the flight paths around a city – and you can pretty much decide on where the lowest property prices will be. But this …
Read More »Fake Facebook shares not to be taken at face value
Wherever there is money, there is crime. If Darwin were a modern day economist, he could have written amazing book that correlates the development of humans and society with the length, depth and sophistication of its crimes. Over in Wisconsin, a woman seems to have perpetrated a high profile crime …
Read More »Apple iTV to hit later this year – will it be OLED based?
It looks as if Apple iTV is going to hit retail later this year. We can expect huge demand for the new Apple product, with huge queues already expected outside the retail stores. Steve Jobs said in his biography, telling author Walter Issacson “I'd like to create an integrated television …
Read More »Can AMD play in the Windows 8 Tablet sector?
Windows 8 is just around the corner and many companies are preparing their strategy to get market share in the tablet sector. AMD have a tough fight ahead, having to release very power efficient chip designs, especially with ARM so strong in this sector. Windows 8 is causing much debate …
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg almost as rich as Larry Ellison
It look as if Mark Zuckerberg is set to get even richer than he is now. His stake in Facebook is said to be worth $28.4 billion, making him richer than Google's co-founders and almost at the same level as Larry Ellison, who started Oracle almost 35 years ago. The …
Read More »VeriSign breach ‘should not be a surprise to anyone’
The VeriSign breach, which has only just been revealed after 18 months, is what Gartner has recently warned about in a recent report, citing that that certificate management is a real problem, that most firms just don’t realize they have. How did the VeriSign hack occur, how could it have …
Read More »Aria list preorders for C2 Intel Core i7 processors
Aria are certainly on the ball for all you Intel lovers this week. Today they listed the new C2 stepping version 2011 processors. They are available now for pre-order. ARIA informed us that they will be getting in stock soon, hopefully within the next couple of weeks. Kitguru rate ARIA …
Read More »Synology announce new MD in UK – Mike Chen
Synology are announcing a new Managing Director in the United Kingdom – Mike Chen. Mike joins the UK office from Taiwan where he has been working for Synology since 2007 as European Sales Manager. The UK team manage the UK, Ireland and Scandinavian business. Chen joins the team following the …
Read More »Sony lose $1.2 billion in quarterly report
Sony have reported severe losses of $1.2 billion between October and December 2011. This figure is worse than expected, and is being blamed on a strong yen, a dull economy and Thai floodings. The company have also reported a full year operating loss. Sony have named Kazuo Hirai as the …
Read More »Zuckerberg to copy Jobs with $1 salary but he could be worth $28 billion
Mark Zuckerberg has copied Steve Jobs, by reducing his salary from $500,000 in 2011, to just $1. Zuckerberg has in the past taken advise from Steve Jobs and considered his success an inspirational goal to achieve. Electronista reported “Like Jobs, most of Zuckerberg’s value will come from his stake in …
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