With the European elections less than two weeks away, many political parties around the country and the continent have been ramping up the rhetoric and sending out their adverts in an attempt to sway voters. This is pretty standard fare, but what isn't, are the numbers of Pirate Parties looking …

IBM, once one of the most booming businesses in the world of tech, has fallen on tougher times in recent years. While still one of the world's biggest corporations, with over 400,000 employees and a net worth in excess of $120 billion, it's struggled to remain relevant as thee world …

Users of the digital currency bitcoin, will soon be able to use it to make donations to their favoured politicians after a ruling by the United States' Federal Election Commission (FEC) okayed the move. However, there is one caveat: you won't be able to do it anonymously. This of course …

Synology describes its new DS414j as the successor to the DS413. It’s a 4-bay NAS device, aimed at home users and SOHO environments requiring up to 20TB of storage, and they put the emphasis on the ‘retro looking black chassis, dual core CPU … and USB 3.0 which combine to …

With the first generation of Pokemon fans well out of the original targeted age group for the series, it's not surprising that Nintendo and Game Freak would want to try and draw them back by harkening back to the past, instead of just pushing forward into the future. It's also …

Nintendo has responded to a campaign by some fans to have same-sex relationships included in its game, TomoDachi life, by apologising, but has said that at this stage, it would be impossible to implement the feature in a patch or DLC pack. The game in question is Nintendo's take on …

Gamers have long been one of the core consumer groups for the DIY computing industry, but recent months have seen the popularity of gaming-branded components hit a new level. Motherboards are a great example of this; in the eleven months since the inception of Intel's Z87 chipset, the number of …

Intel's Z97 chipset has launched and TUF series motherboards are part of the Asus welcoming party. Sporting the new Intel chipset and old TUF features that have made previous generation Sabertooth boards lucrative components, we put Asus' Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1 in the firing line of our critical analysis. Do …

Intel's Z97 chipset has arrived, bringing with it a handful of new features, including native support for PCIe-based storage. Motherboard manufacturers have been busy working on their boards based on the 9-series chipset. As of May 11th, the LGA 1150 socket motherboards with Z97 and H97 chipsets are available to purchase. We …

The rumours about Apple’s plans to introduce its eight-generation iPhone ahead of traditional September timeframe resurrected on Friday, when a China-based media reported that the Cupertino, California-based consumer electronics giant wants to launch its iPhone 6 with 4.7” display in August. In addition, Apple is rumoured to pull in the …

Asustek Computer this week unveiled the world’s first media tablet that is based on a 64-bit version of Google Android operating system. The new Asus MeMo Pad 8 media tablet is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom system-on-chip that promises to provide increased performance in select applications. Initially, the slate …

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has extended lead time for production of chips using 28nm process technology from ten to 16 weeks recently, a media report reads. The company reportedly claimed that the demand for 28nm manufacturing process is very high and therefore orders placed in May would take more time …

Nvidia Corp. late on Thursday made the first official comment regarding availability of its dual-GPU flagship graphics card, the GeForce GTX Titan Z. The company reassured its investors and financial analysts that the product would be available in the second quarter of its fiscal year, but did not provide any …

If you are in the market for a compact, yet powerful, watercooled system – but don't want to build it yourself, then today's review may just tickle the taste buds. The AWD Ignis Aqua 290X 250D Mini ITX PC is built around a Core i5 4670k processor – overclocked to …

A few weeks back we heard that Netflix might be planning to raise its prices a bit in all parts of the world for new customers, however, at the time the company hadn't decided on an exact course of action. Now Netflix has finalised its plans as it began sending …

Epic Games has announced that it is working on a brand new Unreal Tournament and the best part about it is that it's going to be completely free, not free to play with micro-transactions but actually free, taking a step back from the current trend in video games. The game …

UK ISP's are now on board with the entertainment industry as a new deal has been struck to help combat piracy in the UK. The Voluntary Copyright Alert Programme has been debated for around four years now according to the BBC, but it is finally coming to life soon. Rights holders …

Oculus VR has always been a company with huge aspirations and those ideas have only gotten bigger with the success of its Kickstarter but now that the company has some serious investment money behind it, the Oculus team can get to work on them. One of the big ideas it …

We had a quick chat about ‘All In One' systems in the KitGuru offices and, almost universally, the only units we had all used was an Apple iMac. Sure, HP pushed hard into this market a few years back, with Acer etc hot on their heals, but the power, styling …

Apple is reportedly working on one of its largest acquisitions ever, which could be an indicator of a radical change of the company’s strategy going forward. The Cupertino, California-based consumer electronics giant is seeking to buy Beats Electronics, an operator of music streaming service and a maker of advanced headphones. …

Nintendo on Thursday significantly reduced its unit shipments targets for its latest hardware platforms for the ongoing fiscal year 2014 after both 3DS and Wii U failed to meet sales goals in the previous year. The company said its revenue would be flat with the fiscal 2014, but said it …

A week ago it was reported that Nvidia Corp. and its partners would finally release its new dual-chip flagship graphics card – GeForce GTX Titan Z – on the 8th of May. As it appears, no store in the world started to sell the most expensive consumer graphics board ever …

HGST, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Western Digital Corp., said this week that it would demonstrate a new open Ethernet drive architecture offering new flexibility and capabilities for developers and operators of OpenStack cloud software. The completely new storage hardware architecture will allow to expand datacenters easier than today. The open …

The PlayStation 4 video game console from Sony Computer Entertainment was developed with virtual reality (VR) helmets from the start. Apparently, the light bar of the DualShock 4 controller was integrated into the device with a sole purpose: to include a tracking technology for VR video games. The up-to-date prototype …

Nintendo plans to design a new game console specifically for emerging markets and introduce it during the next fiscal year, the company said on Thursday. The company did not provide a lot of details, but said that it clearly had no plans to simply launch existing hardware – such as …

Samsung's Galaxy flagships have been defiantly plastic for years despite other manufacturers moving on to more premium designs like the metal body of the HTC One. However, it seems that the company is looking for change as it has replaced its Chief of Mobile Design, Chang Dong-hoon. Dong-hoon isn't losing a …

Sony recently revealed its answer to the Oculus Rift, Project Morpheus, at the Game Developers Conference this year. The VR headset featured a pretty good design for a prototype, full 360 degree positional tracking with low latency and a 1080p screen but the standout design might not be staying for …

Not everyone has a lot of money to buy the most expensive components. With this in mind the folks at BitFenix have taken a look at the needs of users on a budget and created the BitFenix Comrade in black. KitGuru examines the case for low cost chassis. Unashamedly aimed …

The World of Warcraft movie is due to finish filming in just two weeks time from now but it still won't be coming out for around two years. The film will take 20 months in post-production in order to “get right” according to Legendary Films CEO, Thomas Tull. The reason for …

While their competitors have been very actively promoting upcoming motherboards, MSI have been keeping really quiet about what they have planned for the coming weeks. When companies like MSI go quiet, we always wonder what they have up their sleeve. Well we have some news from the MSI camp which …