Samsung has been making moves in the smart-home area for a while now, most notably with a smart fridge, featuring a large touch screen display and the new Bixby assistant for Galaxy smartphones. Now Samsung appears to be looking to expand into another area- smart speakers, in order to compete …
Read More »The US government to intervene in Apple EU tax dodging case
Over the last year, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding Apple's tax payments here in Europe. The company based its EU HQ in Ireland and benefitted from lower corporation tax, which the European Commission objected to, handing down a €13 billion fine. The Irish government is siding with …
Read More »Nvidia’s latest driver unlocks 4K Netflix series for GTX 10-series
Earlier this year, 4K Netflix streaming finally started making its way to PCs, in part due to Kaby Lake and its support for HEVC decoding. Fortunately for those not planning to make the jump to Kaby Lake, 4K Netflix streaming is now expanding to more systems, with UHD streaming support …
Read More »Microsoft’s cancelled Surface Mini tablet has been unearthed
Way back in 2014, Microsoft was planning to expand its Surface tablet line with the launch of a Surface Mini. The tiny tablet was supposed to launch alongside the Surface Pro 3 that year but just a few weeks before the scheduled unveiling, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and former Nokia …
Read More »Toshiba files £800m lawsuit against Western Digital for interfering with NAND factory sale
It looks like things between Toshiba and Western Digital are about to get ugly. Last week, we learned that WD was unhappy with Toshiba's efforts to sell its share of a NAND flash factory in Japan and now, Toshiba is firing back with a massive £835 million lawsuit, accusing Western …
Read More »FACT to target Kodi users in its anti-piracy plan
Despite being a general media platform, Kodi has become synonymous with piracy, prompting investigations from many official bodies. While many measures have been put in place to combat piracy, FACT plans to target individual users of illegal apps as well as sellers and developers. 2017 has seen a major crackdown …
Read More »European Commission hits Google with €2.42 billion fine over Shopping search engine
Over the last several years, Google has been battling it out with the European Commission in court over various antitrust allegations. One of the first antitrust cases to be levied at Google surrounded the company's ‘Shopping' search engine, with the EU claiming Google skews results and causes harm to competitors. …
Read More »EU court to make ruling on Intel antitrust case next year
Seven years ago, the European Commission hit Intel with a massive €1.06 billion fine, after ruling that the company had been trying to stifle AMD's own chip business. Since the fine came through, Intel has been working its way through an appeals process and after its most recent attempt in …
Read More »PCMark 10 Free and Advanced Editions now available
Futuremark, the company behind the widely used PCMark, 3DMark and VRMark benchmarking tools has now released PCMark 10 for all users. This is an updated version of the benchmarking tool for Windows 10, featuring new and improved workloads all wrapped up in a faster, more user-friendly application. Previously, only PCMark …
Read More »Up close and personal with Acer’s new Predator 21X laptop, curved monitors and more
Dom takes a trip to check out Acer's ultra-wide behemoth.
Read More »Skype outage may have been down to DDOS attack, service is returning to normal
Update: It looks like yesterday's Europe-wide Skype outage has mostly been resolved. While there are still some lingering issues for some while the service returns to normal, everything should be in place by the end of today. So what caused this latest Skype outage? Well one group is claiming that …
Read More »Intel warns of legal action against those emulating x86, as Microsoft and Qualcomm seemingly plan to
Over the last few months, we have been hearing more and more details surround Microsoft's work with Qualcomm to bring Windows 10 to ARM CPUs. This all came to a head this month when it was announced that PCs running Windows 10 and the Snapdragon 835 SoC would be released …
Read More »Dell Ryzen XPS, ASRock X299 Mini-ITX and Nvidia Max-Q: Luke and Leo discuss
Luke Hill and Leo Waldock discuss the Good Stuff they saw at Computex 2017. Dell Ryzen XPS All-In-One and Intel X299 in Mini-ITX by ASRock both look brilliant while Nvidia Max-Q presents something of a puzzle to the intrepid duo. Two new products caught the KitGuru eye at Computex; the …
Read More »MSI Introduce new 2017 Gaming Dimension Laptops
The battle for top spot in the gaming laptop market continues to intensify, with notebook specs improving all the time. MSI is clearly one of the front runners and working hard to innovate its way to a leadership position. At Computex 2017, we caught up with MSI marketing guru, Chris Gough. As …
Read More »Computex: FSP debuts water cooled Hydro series PSU and more
FSP is a name that KitGuru readers should recognise by now but if not, I am confident you will remember them after today. Last week during Computex, we swung by the FSP booth to check out what they had in store and amongst the usual coolers, fans and updated PSUs …
Read More »G.Skill OC World Cup 2017 Winner announced
At Computex this year, G.Skill returned once again to hold the Annual OC World Cup, inviting top overclockers from around the world to gather and compete for an ultimate grand prize of $10,000. In 2016, the overclocker known as ‘Splave' came out on top. However, this year, he was dethroned …
Read More »Intel SkyLake X and Kaby Lake X: Luke and Leo discuss
Leo and Luke were both over at Computex and they had time one evening in the hotel to discuss their views of the upcoming Intel Skylake X and Kaby Lake X. Is the future so bright we need sunglasses?
Read More »Kaspersky Lab files new antitrust complaint against Microsoft over Windows Defender
It looks like Microsoft is going to have to fend off a new antitrust complaint in Europe. This time around, Kaspersky Lab is filing a complaint against Microsoft claiming that the company is using its dominant position in the OS market with Windows to push its own anti-virus software over …
Read More »Computex 2017: Closing Press Conference
Mr. Walter Yeh, President & CEO of TAITRA gave the closing Press conference for Computex 2017 with a bunch of statistics that show Computex continues to grow in importance. The organizers announced that 41,378 international visitors from 167 countries attended the show, a 1% increase from last year. Countries with …
Read More »Computex: ASRock goes all in on X299, smaller form factors and Bitcoin mining
ASRock had one of the busier booths at Computex this year, with a ton of new HEDT motherboards on show, on top of a focus on small form factor systems and even Bitcoin mining. Obviously with the launch of X299, there were a lot of motherboards on show at ASRock's …
Read More »Google faces $9bn fine in antitrust case with EU
Over the last several years, Google has been battling it out with the European Commission in court over various antitrust allegations. One of the first antitrust cases to be levied at Google surrounded the company's ‘Shopping' search engine, with the EU claiming Google skews results and causes harm to competitors. …
Read More »Palmer Luckey makes the jump from VR industry to surveillance technology
It hasn't been long since Palmer Luckey officially left Oculus but it looks like he has been keeping himself busy since then. Rather than trying to jump back into the virtual reality industry though, Luckey has opted to form a brand new startup company, which will be working on surveillance …
Read More »Denuvo accused of using unlicensed protection software to secure its own anti-tamper tool
Over the last few months, Denuvo has been consistently making headlines for one reason or another. First Resident Evil VII was cracked in record time, then the software was accused of impacting the performance of recently released indie game ‘RIME', which was also cracked in record time, causing the developer …
Read More »Computex: MSI, ASRock, Biostar, PNY and Super Flower roundup
Computex is officially over and while we have already covered most of the big announcements, there are some smaller but interesting things we spotted at various booths over the course of the week. In this article, we will be rounding up some of the bits we saw at MSI, ASRock, …
Read More »Computex: QNAP launches the first Ryzen-powered NAS and more
QNAP made an appearance at Computex this year, bringing along some impressive new systems, the most interesting of which is the new Ryzen-powered NAS. This is the first NAS device to make the jump to AMD's new platform, signifying AMD's transition into other key markets beyond the desktop. The Ryzen …
Read More »Computex: New GPUs and gaming gear from Sapphire
We are continuing to wrap up our Computex coverage today with a look at Sapphire's booth. Here, we got to take a look at new Nitro branded graphics cards as well as some new gaming accessories from Sapphire, which will also fall under the Nitro brand. Going forward, Nitro is …
Read More »Computex: Noctua has new fan designs and redesigned coolers for AMD
Computex might be ending today but we still have a few pieces of coverage to get through. This time around, we are focussing on Noctua, who are bringing out some new fans with different colour options to better suit a wider range of PC builds. Beyond that, there is a …
Read More »Computex: Tesoro updates peripherals, displays gaming chairs
In one of our last pieces of Computex news, our man Leo Waldock went to visit the Tesoro booth. While he was there, he got a look at some updated mice, keyboards and even some gaming chairs from the company. While we were there, we got a look at the …
Read More »Computex: Calyos showcases updated NSG-S0
Tucked away at Seasonic's Computex booth, we managed to find the Calyos NSG-S0 passively cooled chassis. Having gone to visit the Calyos HQ in February, it is quite amazing how far the chassis has come in such a short amount of time. As you can see above, this Calyos NSG-S0 …
Read More »Computex: Gigabyte showcases Aorus, Sabre, P-series and Aero gaming laptops
Today marks the final day of KitGuru's coverage of Computex 2017, but before we finish there are just a few more stories to bring you. At the Gigabyte booth we got a look at a whole range of gaming laptops, including the Aorus, Sabre and Aero families. Starting with the P …
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