Are you a hard man to please? Is it tough to get you excited? Then I have a suggestion …. and before you book that flight to Sweden just hear me out. According to ChangeWave Research, 91 percent of people who have purchased an iPad are literally so happy they …
Read More »Acer to launch new AMD netbooks – V105 CPU’s
Acer are announcing two new netbooks which they will be adding to their Aspire One lineup … this time around they are using both AMD processors and graphics configurations. The Acer 521 is a 10 inch model and the larger 721 will be a 11.6 inch model. Acer are stating …
Read More »Gizmodo v Apple Round 4 – the ‘lost’ iPhone Saga
Jason Chen – editor of Gizmodo has been trying to hold his own against Apple in the case of the ‘lost' iPhone. Brian Hogan, 21, who lives in Redwood City, California was promised $8,500 from Gizmodo if the phone he had was actually the upcoming iPhone, due for release in …
Read More »HTC Desire: Android unloads in KitGuru’s face
KitGuru loves HTC and has done for a long time, in spite of the absolutely rubbish ability of Windows Mobile to actually do email. With so many great multi-function phone on the market, we wanted to see which we’d buy if pushed. The box is attractive, neat and simple. One …
Read More »Fancy an iPad? new $190,000 version available
If you are one of the handful of people who feel that the Apple iPad is ‘too cheap' then perhaps this latest model might appeal to your inflated bank balance. Stuart Hughes, the exclusive high end ‘luxury remodeling' company have just released a version of the iPad with 53 flawless …
Read More »Steam For Macintosh OS X Review
The Macintosh has never been pushed hard by Apple as a ‘gaming platform' and several times in the past their company executives have even been dismissive of gaming in general, clearly wanting to focus more on professional editing and design applications. This attitude certainly hasn't helped the Mac look attractive …
Read More »Google Nexus One web store to close
Google have announced that they are stopping sales of the online only Nexus One Smartphone and will instead focus on selling the device through retail channels. This means that the phones will stop being sold online entirely. Andy Rubin, Google's Vice President of Engineering said today: “While the global adoption …
Read More »New Asus NX90 laptop – pure flash
Asus have just released their new mega NX90JQ laptop over in Taipei. The machine not only brings a new meaning to the word ‘bling' but it features Bang and Olufsen ICEPOWER speakers which surround the LCD screen. Finished in aluminum the Asus 18.4 inch machine is quite an eye catcher. …
Read More »Panasonic Toughbook CF-31: Hard as nails
Panasonic have been making Toughbooks for quite some time and they are commonly known as the leaders in this particular field. They have released the new Toughbook CF31 which is apparently not only extremely tough but rather quite pretty. The CF-30 is the fifth generation Toughbook and makes a claim …
Read More »Google developing new iPad alternative with Verizon Wireless
Google are working with Verizon Wireless to create a new ‘iPad challenger'. Lowell McAdam the carriers CEO said today that the company is trying hard to catch up with the iPad host AT&T for mobile connectivity. McAdam spoke to the Wall Street Journal and said “What do we think the …
Read More »Lenovo’s new range – coming in June
Lenovo have announced to the press that they are releasing a new range of laptop and desktop computers. The Ideapad Z565 will be offered with an AMD Phenom II (single, double, triple and quad will be offered) with ATI Mobility Radeon graphics. The 4200 integrated, HD 5470 512mb and 5470 …
Read More »Apple graphic switching may be cause of battery life issues
Apple recently (finally) released new Arrandale based MacBook Pros with battery life of up to 9-10 hours. With this release they also announced their own automatic graphics switching technology which toggles between the onboard Intel integrated graphics paired with the i5 and i7 processors and a discrete graphics processor. This …
Read More »Arrandale MacBook Air to be launched soon ?
KitGuru spoke to an industry insider a few hours ago who told us that the new Arrandale MacBook Air could be released within the next month. As followers of Apple will already know the new updated MacBook Air has yet to hit the market, even though the rest of Apple's …
Read More »iPad 3G shortages – artificial or genuine?
The success of the iPad has been well documented by KitGuru as well as every other technology news site on the internet. Sales in the first month were around the 1 million mark in the USA alone and assuredly European sales will be high next month. Unfortunately in the USA …
Read More »Apple start taking international iPad preorders
Yesterday Apple have updated their online stores and are accepting preorders for both 3G and Wi-Fi models of the popular iPad – this is actually a day earlier than the announced launch date. These pages went online a little early for the May 28th launch and they are being handled …
Read More »Apple are developing an alternative to Flash
As the tension continues to mount between Apple and Adobe the latest news emerges that Apple are developing an alternative technology to Flash. This new package is called “Gianduia” and was originally mentioned at Apple's World of WebObjected Developer Conference months ago. Gianduia apparently is a ‘client side, standards-based framework …
Read More »Nintendo chief calls Apple “the enemy of the future”
Nintendo have seen their first drop in profits for nearly six years and they seem to be marking Apple as their new nemesis. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told senior executives that the company has already beaten Sony and that Apple are now their ‘enemy of the future'. Nintendo's Wii has …
Read More »Apple iPad to hit UK on May 28th
Well its long overdue and USA Ebay sellers have been making huge mark ups selling at over the odds prices, but the iPad is finally coming to the UK. On Monday May 10th Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK will be able to preorder from …
Read More »Apple iPad review
‘Apple' — It is a name synonymous with a strong emotional response. Never has a company evoked such a dramatic reaction from the enthusiast userbase – you either love 'em or hate 'em, there is little room for middle ground. I have been an Apple fan since I started my …
Read More »Is Apple becoming the new Microsoft?
If you have been listening to the grapevine, you probably heard that Apple might soon get slapped with an Anti-Trust lawsuit. Being Apple fans, we can't help but wonder, what is up with that? The fact is, Apple is playing just nicely on the computer front. It is their mobile …
Read More »iStat Menus hits 3
One of our favorite OSX monitoring apps has just hit version 3. Bringing to the table tools to monitor everything from battery usage to network traffic at a glance, Bjango's iStat Menus is a must for any OSX geek. To quote some of the features: Realtime CPU graphs and a …
Read More »PSU prices to rise by 10%
Our sources in the Far East tell us that Taiwan based PSU makers are going to raise the price of PSU's by a whopping 10%. Delta Electronics CEO Yancey Hai has confirmed that the company has already raised prices to transfer some costs to the consumer. An Acbel spokesperson told …
Read More »iPad 3g hacked to run with UK Carriers
The iPad is one of the hottest devices on the market right now and you can expect our full review in the coming days. As we all know however the 3G version is currently only supported by US networks – well until blogger Benson got his grubby mitts on one …
Read More »Drop your laptop CPU temperature by 10 degrees
KitGuru can't count the times we've toasted our collective groins with a laptop running full pelt for too long. Now Cindy from Evercool has a solution to excessive heat build up in this area – and it is ‘Fit'. Evercool's Fit is a special CPU cooler designed for laptops. It is …
Read More »Clevo preps nVidia GTX SLi notebook
With a global drought on GTX 470/480 graphic cards for desktop systems, Clevo has had to pay top dollar in order to get a handful of special nVidia chips ready for a new top end gaming notebook. This bulk purchase of GPUs begs a second question, if the desktop cards draw …
Read More »A Jobs well done?
A large portion of people reading this article will assuredly have strong opinions on Apple as a company and I would take an educated guess that at least 75% will feel they are ‘overpriced' and form the heart of an elitist group of users who mock enthusiasts who prefer to …
Read More »Mobile Phone Buying Guide
Blackberry, iPhone or Smartphone – which is best? With the most attractive contracts running around 2 years, your next choice could be with you for a very long time. KitGuru opens the lid on mobiles to help you decide, which one’s best for me? Technologies If you type a lot, …
Read More »Can MacBook Pro justify £1,900?
On Wednesday morning, Apple unveiled its brand new, 17″ MacBook Pro with a pricetag of £1,900. KitGuru was on hand to see if its worth taking that much damage to your wallet/mortgage/marriage. So what does your money buy ? To be honest, on paper, not much. Intel's Core2 Duo processor …
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