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KitGuru is a boring old windbag. When we're not writing 40-page reviews on the world's most advanced technology, we trundle down to the local stores in search of the new/different/interesting. This bright spring morning saw us inside PC World – and what value we found! PC World is part of …

Microsoft have announced a new offer for students who purchase a Windows 7 PC. Starting May 22nd, students who buying a new Windows 7 based PC costing $699 or more will also be able to get a free Xbox 360 4GB console. The offer is currently only available at participting …

Sony seem to be in the press recently for all the wrong reasons and another event took place this week which is sure to lower consumer faith in the brand name. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Sony's So-Net Entertainment subsidiary was hacked by unknown sources, who made off …

It has been impossible to have missed the recent Sony Playstation Network problems. If you have, then follow the story from the start with this search term. Many people had assumed that Sony would lose a huge portion of their user base, but evidentally this might not be the case.' …

Earlier this week Kitguru reported on story of the upcoming Windows 8 platform. Intel executives said that Microsoft would be releasing different versions of Windows 8, with specific versions for the ARM series of processors. Microsoft have said that this is ‘factually inaccurate'. At an analyst meeting this week, Intel …

The time of the ebook is certainly upon us. Amazon have issued a report saying that they are selling over twice as many ebooks on their store now when compared to physical hardbacks. The figure also includes books which have no Kindle electronic edition and excludes free ebooks, of which …

Apple are known to be heavy handed in the world of legal affairs and as many regular readers will already know, they are currently in battle with both Microsoft and Amazon over the ‘App Store' name. Microsoft files a protest against Apple's legal rights to have the ‘App Store' name …

Symantec are one of the industries big players and Enrique Salem, their chief executive is not hiding his desire to invest in new opporunities. According to Reuters he is in the market for new takeovers. Symantec's last deal was to purchase Verisign for the secure transaction sign up capabilities. This …

If you have recently gained access to the Playstation Network again, you might be wondering if you are ‘safe'. While Sony certainly dropped the ball this month, there are certain steps you can take to protect yourself online. Not just with the Playstation Network, but with general ‘store' related activity. …

Twitter announced this week that they were making various changes to allow users finer control over accounts. Until recently, with other applications such as Twitterific requested access to the account, it could get into the ability to read and post tweets but also into the full history of messages. When …

LinkedIn sold shares on Wednesday, and the valuation of the business was $4.25bn (£2.63 bn). They sold 7.84 million shares at $45 each which raised a total of $352.8m. Investors see the potential for the professional networking site to link companies with customers and job seekers. The company shares are …

Microsoft have made a rather big mistake with the release of the latest Xbox 360 firmware which hasn't been compatible with all versions of the console. A small portion of the user base have reported that after the update the console was no longer working correctly. Microsoft have stepped in …

Kingston are currently involving members of the public in a new survey. They know that techies love freebies, so they are giving away some very nice prizes to get everyone interested. The prizes are: HyperX Genesis 1600MHz 8GB kit Kingston SSDNow V+100 96GB SSD HyperX MAX 3.0 drive How do …

Microsoft issued a report yesterday which is rather frightening. They claim that one in every fourteen programs downloaded by Windows users turns out to be malicious. Microsoft have a feature in Internet Explorer designed to help users walk away from potentially dangerous links, but around 5% ignore the warnings and …

The Playstation Network is back up and running for most countries, but the Japanese are still locked out, unable to get access to their accounts. Japan is very strict when it comes to user security and the government have blocked a relaunch of the PSN until Sony can reassure the …

Terry Makedon really needs no introduction, as the ‘Catalyst Maker' he has been one of AMD's high profile celebrities now for many years, interacting with the public on many technology forums and running a hugely popular Twitter feed with almost 10,000 followers. Terry was recently over in Ireland with some …

The Playstation Network is back up and running for most people and Sony Executives are now deciding that it is a good time to talk about the security hack and the ramifications. Chairman and CEO Howard Stringer and Executive Deputy President Kazuo Hirai had a call with some media representatives …

Microsoft will be porting Windows 8 to support the ARM Architecture but the general manager of Intel's software and services group has said that she isn't going to be losing sleep over a competitive market losing battle in the future. Renée James spoke at the Intel's Investor Meeting 2011 in Santa …

An Israeli couple have decided to call their baby after the ‘like' button on Facebook. In Israel, the most popular names are Noa, Tamar and Maya. Parents Vardit and Lior Adler have broken with all tradition in naming their new baby after a Facebook button. The couple who live in …

Sony are trying to appease their customer base by offering free access to Playstation Plus and a couple of free games. The ‘Welcome Back' package aimed at UK Playstation Network customers will allow the gamers to choose two games from a selection of older titles such as LittleBigPlanet, inFamous, WipeOut …

GIGABYTE today announced a new overclocking competition in conjunction with HWBOT.org called the “Super Tuner” contest. For all of you 3DMark2001 pros out there, time to get out your wrenches and show us your tuning skills. From May 15th to June 15th, GIGABYTE and HWBOT are hosting the GIGABYTE Super …

Stephen Hawking spoke to Guardian Newspaper sharing his views on death and the afterlife. He didn't mince his words, saying that there is no heaven and that anyone who believes differently is ‘just afraid of death'. Hawking, the world famous 69 year old scientist and professor has had to deal …

After Bin Laden was killed by US commandos, searches on this premises show that the Islamic leader had a huge stash of porn. The video based pornography found is apparently extensive – according to reports made by Reuters at the weekend. The Associated Press wrote an article on this and …

In the latest in a series of high profile hacker attacks, popular Japanese games outfit Square Enix have had three of their sites hacked. The hackers have stolen email address from 25,000 customers the company has admitted. As well, the CV's of 350 people looking for jobs in Square Enix's …

Many readers will be pleased to hear that Sony's Playstation Network is back online for the UK audience with the aim to get all services back in action by the end of the month. Sony have released a new 3.61 firmware which has to be applied to the console after …

Earlier in the week, we reported that Sony were compromised by hackers renting servers from Amazon. This hacker used Amazon's Elastic Computer Cloud (EC2) service to attack Sony's online entertainment systems last month. The intruder set up a fake name to use the account, and managed to get away with …

Sony have been working on bringing back the PlayStation Network, and yesterday they started a limited restoration, with further restoration in the plans for today. Sony have said they would begin bringing their PlayStation Network back online in the Middle East, New Zealand, Australia, Europe and America regions. The network …

If you're lucky enough to live near one of the leading suppliers of cool hardware, like YOYOTech, Cryo, Kustom PC, Overclockers or Scan – then your world is a wonderful place and you can pop in to see the object(s) of your desire. For many enthusiasts, however, purchasing hardware involves …

Bloomberg news have reported that the hackers who breached the Sony Playstation Network security used Amazon's web services cloud to launch the attack. According to the story, the hacker(s) rented a server from Amazon's EC2 service and breached the network from there, mentioning an unnamed person with knowledge of the …

Limewire was shut down last year, but the story hasn't ended there. The music industry have been successful with an out of court settlement for $105 million. This legal battle has been going on now for five years and Limewire have decided to settle out of court with 13 music …