Arriving at the plush downtown offices of Hill & Knowlton, one of the world's oldest PR companies, on a chilly October evening – you would have been greeted by the site of a heap of IT journalists squatting, jumping, dancing and laying around big screens playing what appeared to be …
Read More »Apple pulls in iPad mini for October announcement
The best football teams in the world not only play their own game, they also mark the opposition off the pitch – preventing them from playing THEIR game. While Apple's initial plan was to push the iPad Mini into stores for 12th December, that date has moved ahead of announcements …
Read More »HE720 drive from ADATA is thinnest in the world
While capacities have been increasing consistently for as long as there have been hard drives around, the actual physical size changes very little over time. ADATA is now looking to change that for the mobile market place with the arrival of the HE720. This drive uses a USB3 interface and …
Read More »Toys ‘R’ Us accused of making cheap knock offs
Innovation and inspiration are not quite twins, but they are very close cousins. By the same token, derivation and downright rip-off are also closely related. Lawyers get phat on the differences between these words and, right now, some of those lawyers belong to Acer, Foxconn, Kingston and Toys ‘R' Us. You may …
Read More »Thermaltake launches godfather of all Soprano chassis
There's a school of thought in design that says ‘In order to go forward, you must first look back'. Probably one of the more famous examples in recent times was the re-emergence of the roadster sports car. Some of the ideas in the BMW Z4 go back half a century, …
Read More »Wii U Europe dates and prices announced
Having slated the release of the Wii U in its native Japan for the 8th of December just yesterday, Nintendo was expected to announce a closer-to-Christmas date for the rest of the world. However those fears have proved false, with Nintendo announcing today that its next-generation console would land in …
Read More »Thermaltake launches Armor Revo Gene chassis
Taiwanese chassis manufacturer, Thermaltake, has today announced the launch of its new mainstream gaming chassis, the Armor Revo Gene. We're not sure why it has 3 names, but we do have detailed specifications and photos which we're happy to share with you. Will this new chassis tempt you to re-build …
Read More »Sleeping Dogs alongside AMD high end cards
There's nothing that floats a KitGuru's boat like an intelligent bundle and that's appealing and does not add to the cost of a product you wanted to buy anyway. nVidia did a great bundle with Lost Planet in the past and it's something that we try to take into account …
Read More »Mini Apple iPad to launch at £179 on 12th December
With original Apple founder in control, Apple would say no to small iPad. But with new boss man in charge the company is looking at a global economy and making the tough choices. Smaller iPad is one of these choices and the choice has been made. When OEM manufacturers in …
Read More »Antec Launches Accent USB Lighting System
Human beings love to be able to control their environment. When you spend hours in front of a PC, you want that experience to be as pleasant as possible. Antec has a new idea up its (transparent plastic) sleeve. KitGuru pulls out an LED torch and goes looking for the …
Read More »New app lets you transfer data by ‘singing’
In the second bird related story of the day, a brand new app has been launched which lets smartphone users send data to each other via a ‘digital birdsong'. At present it's only available to iOS users but an Android version should be available sometime in the future. The app …
Read More »nVidia VP claims intimate knowledge of Windows 8
As the gates of Computex 2012 are about to open up, Microsoft unloaded the public preview of Windows 8. A quick check in electronics super stores will reveal that many products like printers etc are already claiming compatibility with the new OS – but not many are doing it as …
Read More »Lian-Li launched lovely looking low cost cases
Opinion gets split at KitGuru on a number of things. GTX or Radeon. Core i3 or Fusion. Battlefield 3 or Black Ops. But the area that's contested the hardest is chassis design. Everytime we argue about cases, Lian-Li is always one of the contenders for “Most desirable”. But, generally, they …
Read More »Diablo III for Free? Special launch offer now on
KitGuru is so long in the tooth, that it actually pines for the days of manually peeking and poking games into a Vic 20. Anyone wearing a blank expression has not been around long enough. These days, having amazing graphics, story line and plot development is not enough. Gamer want …
Read More »Adobe ready to share CS6 secrets with you
Launch any improvement, to any product, and the first question most intelligent people will ask is, “OK, so what's different?”. For CS6, the powers that be at A-do-be have decided that a flood of Webinar options is the way to go. KitGuru gets a new GMail account just to sign …
Read More »Powerful personal projector for iPhone ready to launch
The whole point of the Walkman-iPod revolution was that entertainment suddenly became very personal. You could have 50 people on a bus and every single one of them might be nodding their head to a different beat. The next generation of accessory is/was/will be about making the experience into a …
Read More »Star Wars: Inside The Old Republic Launch Party
One of the most eagerly awaited games in history is now well and truly upon us. For the launch event itself, we managed to sneak cameras into a secret London location – to capture some of the background to WoW's biggest threat yet. Set VideoScopes to stun. Part two of …
Read More »iPhone 5 and iPad 3 get pushed out to March 2012
Speaking with an insider at one of the UK's largest chain of stores last month, we were told that during a meeting with Apple, the store was setting up for the iPhone 5 launch on 23rd September. Looks like Jobs is still fit enough to do a little shimmy and …
Read More »Most powerful MSI notebook ever debuts at Gadget Show
At the opening day of the Gadget Show LIVE at the Birmingham NEC, visitors were able to get hands-on with the fastest MSI notebook yet. It's a bit of a beast and KitGuru spies were on hand to snap the snaps. It's hard to imagine an industry where records are …
Read More »New Intel Core i3 chips set to hit stores
While the Sandy Bridge/Cougar Point affair is still very much in the public domain, Intel is pushing ahead with its launch schedule unhindered. We're presently hearing that the launch for the new chips will be on a Sunday. Strange timing. KitGuru gives the specs a once over. Searching Google for …
Read More »STARCRAFT II: Blizzard prepares to open its legs early
Sitting here typing, the countdown clock says 16 hours, 14 minutes and 23 seconds until a nuclear launch is detected. It's been a long time coming, so can the game itself actually match all the hype and expectation? KitGuru will have spies on-site at tonight's Midnight Openings to discover just …
Read More »GF106 still not delivered to partners – nVidia GT440/GTS450 delays
KitGuru has spoken with 3 different graphic card companies and none of them has any visibility on the new GF106 core parts that nVidia will market under the GT440 to GTX450 brands. Interesting, but what does it mean for technology buyers? Back at the start of May, KitGuru put its …
Read More »iPad killer? Exclusive photos @ Computex
The whole iPad phenomenon has grabbed the world by the short and curlies in an amazing way. KitGuru got one of these amazing devices airlifted from the States WAY before the official launch date in the UK, simply because we could not keep our hands off it. The device is …
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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