Technology companies (and others, selling far less important products) can celebrate this morning as the serious stock market numbers climb way back up. KitGuru dons a Bud Fox mask to explain. August 2008 was a huge turning point for the world. Decades of financial misjudgement came to a head with …
Read More »AMD ship over a million Fusion chips already
At the Distree XXL conference in Monaco, AMD have been chatting with KitGuru and they told us that they have shipped over a million Fusion chips already. While this is a positive number for AMD to be quoting at such an early stage, it all boils down whether AMD will …
Read More »Zuckerberg stalker gets restraining order
Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire Facebook founder has managed to get a restraining order against a man who has been stalking him and his family. Zuckerberg got the court ordered ban against 31 year old Pradeep Manukonda after a verbal warning from the police failed to stop the man following Zuckerberg …
Read More »Kaspersky security violated by old hack
Despite the fact that Kaspersky has been dealing with threats for more than 13 years, KitGuru spies have smuggled footage to HQ which proves categorically that its security was completely exposed by one of the oldest hacks we know. KitGuru dons night vision goggles to explain. Kaspersky is arguably the …
Read More »Cooler Master experiences Turkish delight
There is an old joke in Taiwan that ‘copy is right'. It's a play on words that has been tested many times in the courts over the years as close competitors accuse each other of ‘borrowing' their most popular designs. Something rather stranger happened to Cooler Master recently. KitGuru slaps …
Read More »Distree kicks off in Monte Carlo
While trade shows like CeBIT have been dying a slow death over the past 5 years, some trade shows are absolutely booming. Basically, it comes down to what is being shown, who the audience is and how does anyone make money. KitGuru dons sun block (optimistically) and investigates. Distree XXL …
Read More »LG trying to ban Playstation 3 from USA
LG Electronics won't be too popular among gamers with the recent reports that they are lodging a patent infringement against Japanese hardware giant Sony. They want the Playstation 3 to be banned from the USA. LG are saying that the console is infringing upon LG patents related to the playback …
Read More »Flawed Sandybridge systems being sold with PCI Express workaround
As we all know by now, Intel announced that it was pulling all Cougar Point chipsets that support the new Sandybridge desktop and laptop processor family due to a design flaw in the chip controlling the Serial ATA II data inputs. All H67 and P67 boards have two sets of …
Read More »NASA release first 360 degree image of the sun
NASA released the first 360 degree image of the entire sun, which comes courtesy of NASA's twin STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) spacecraft, which aligned exactly opposite each other around the sun to capture the image. Richard Harris, the principal investigator for the U.K. instruments on STEREO, said “The sun …
Read More »Nokia culling executive board for reinvigoration plan
Nokia have been having a tough 12 months, and the latest reports we have heard from industry insiders suggest that several leading Nokia executives are expected to leave the board. CEO Stephen Elop has apparently new plans to revigorate Nokia in 2011 and their executive board is made up of …
Read More »AOL will buy Huffington Post for £190 million
AOL have paid £190 million ($315 million) for the Huffington Post. Part of the deal sees Arianna Huffington, the Huffington Post co-founder and editor in chief named president and editor in chief of the Huffington Post Media Group. AOL said that the price will be funded from cash on hand. …
Read More »Is Asus the victim of industry backstabbers?
Yesterday KitGuru was privy to some rather interesting email chatter across the grapevine, which indicated that Asus had in fact advised its partners to continue selling Sandy Bridge boards with potentially problematic slow drive controller issues. We love a little gossip… So what's the truth? The recent Intel Sandybridge Cougar …
Read More »When the legal system goes wrong: Top gear sued over ‘mexican’ insults
KitGuru reports often on legal action cases, often with a little bewilderment. Today we have heard that a Mexican woman has instructed lawyers to take legal action against the BBC's flagship motoring show Top Gear. For those of you in dear old blighty, you may have seen Jeremy Clarkson and …
Read More »Google complain that Bing is copying search results
Amit Singhai, a Google search fellow has complained via Twitter that Bing is copying Google's search results. While this has yet to go to court, it appears that Google are launching the first part of an investigation into theft claims. Google has apparently planted obscure results on its search engine …
Read More »Over 1,000 planets found by Kepler spacecraft
Exciting news for our space faring readers today. The Kepler spacecraft, searching distances far beyond our solar system has found more than 1,000 possible planets which are orbiting distant stars, and it least 54 of them are within their suns ‘habitable zones', where environmental temperatures could support liquid water and …
Read More »MSI next in line with official statement regarding Intel chipset issues
MSI are next in line with an official statement regarding the high profile Intel Sandybridge chipset issues. MSI has been informed by Intel about the design issues in the Intel 6 series chipsets. According to Intel the performance of some of the Intel SATA ports on Intel 6 series products …
Read More »Asus respond to SandyBridge issues
Asus have just made an official statement in regards to issues with the Intel 6 series support chip, known as Cougar Point. The announcement has also been published on their website to inform their customers of how to receive support: Acting on our philosophy and promise of inspiring innovation and …
Read More »Scientists find first indication of Dark Matter at LHC
Scientists at Cern's Large Hadron Collider has made a breakthrough in discovering the first signs of Dark Matter. The LHC is a 17 mile long circular underground track that is chilled to almost zero degrees Kelvin. It has been recording incredibly violent collisions, the likes of which haven't been seen …
Read More »Intel leaving product recalls to partners
The Intel Sandybridge flaw has been one of the worst hardware issues for Intel in recent memory. Many of their partners are already in full damage control mode, supporting their customers with returns and refunds. Samsung were one of the first to issue a public statement supporting refunds. An Intel …
Read More »Netgear boss issues apology for tasteless attack on Steve Jobs
Netgear boss Patrick Lo landed himself in a lot of hot water after making some rather unsavoury comments about Apple chief Steve Jobs. Patrick Lo is well known for being rather outspoken however his latest comments turned a few heads. The Daily Telegraph supplied a transcript of the meeting. When …
Read More »Virgin Media enhance mid range UK broadband – 30Mbps
Virgin Media have announced an enhanced service for their mid range customers, increasing the 20MB/s broadband service to 30MB/s. This new service is offering up to 30MB/s download and 3MB/s upstream, a decent improvement on the 20MB/s and 2MB/s previous available to UK customers. This new service is set to …
Read More »Samsung offers full refund for Intel customers
Samsung Electronics issued a statement today, saying that any of their customers who bought an Intel system with the flawed chipset will be entitled to a full refund. Kitguru covered the news yesterday that Intel have found a design problem in the new chipset that is expected to cost it …
Read More »Global Foundries ready to step up production for AMD
Following yesterday's announcement from Intel that there is a problem with the chipset necessary to support the 2nd generation Core processors, codenamed Sandy Bridge, a lot of eyes have turned to AMD. KitGuru's been asking the important questions. Yesterday, we were all struggling to remember the last time that Intel …
Read More »100,000 US PSP users sued in last year
Collated publically available information on US cases against P2P filesharers shows that 100,000 US peer to peer users have been sued in the last year. The findings also highlight that the adult entertainment business is high on the prosecution list. Out of the 99,924 people sued, the vast majority are …
Read More »Wikileaks Assange dressed as woman to evade gov spooks
Wikileaks Julian Assange was so wary of government spooks that he resorted to travelling, disguised as a woman, according to a profile published on the Guardian. ‘You can't imagine how ridiculous it was,' said James Ball, a one-time volunteer for WikiLeaks. ‘He'd stayed dressed up as an old woman for …
Read More »Hardware flaw stops shipment of Intel chipsets – channel prepares for worst
Intel has announced today that there is a flaw in the 6 series chipsets which accompany the new Sandybridge processor family. With the cost of this issue likely to top $700m very quickly, KitGuru has been investigating. At the very least, there will need to be a massive re-engineering effort, …
Read More »New Nook Color threatens Kindle dominance
I read a lot of books, and I admit to owning five ereaders – my favourite is the Kindle DX – the larger of the last generation with E Ink Pearl technology. Recently I have been playing with the new Barnes & Noble Nook – the Nook Color, taking the …
Read More »Technology killing paperbacks
I fondly remember as a kid, getting a new book and wondering what cool and exciting adventures lay within. The smell of the paper, the feel of the pages on my fingers as I flipped them over. It appears as if the charms of a paperback are dwindling, as electronic …
Read More »Thermaltake opens new office, prepares new designs
While producing iconic designs like the Level 10 chassis, Thermaltake has been located in a small office on the outskirts of Taipei. Alongside a growth in the company's ambition, CEO Kenny Lin recently decided that he needed to grow the office. Champagne bottles at the ready, KitGuru sent a spy …
Read More »Volvo issues official warning on C30, S40 & V50
Not sure how many KitGuru readers would buy a new Volvo, but just in case you do, we wanted to flag an email that's been sent from Volvo HQ. Following the Toyota brake safety issue, you can't be too safe and it's always better to have all of the facts. …
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