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Vertagear might be a relatively new company to the world of gaming chairs but we have liked the company's previous SL4000 and SL6000 offerings quite a bit. However, not everyone is after a highly stylised gaming chair, some would prefer something a little more suited to an office environment and …

The broadband situation here in the UK has been criticised for some time, with many ISPs relying on the Open Reach infrastructure to deliver fairly low internet speeds at times. Now, it looks like the UK government wants to spur some competition, as it will be providing £400 million to …

Dishonored 2 didn't make the best first impression for many PC gamers but Arkane Studios is working away on patches. We have already had the chance to try out patch 1.1, which mainly focussed on mouse control improvements but late last night, patch 1.2 was pushed out in beta form, …

While the vast majority of drone projects seem focused on photography, video surveillance or acts of war – Direct Line insurance has been investing in new ways to use unmanned aerial vehicles to help preserve life in novel ways. KitGuru was invited to experience the Fleetlights project at Wrotham Park and to see, first …

Over the weekend we heard that Ubisoft and Nvidia may be teaming up once again this year for a holiday season graphics card/free game promotion but now, we have official confirmation. Starting from today, if you buy a GTX 1080 or a GTX 1070 from participating retailers, you will also …

President-elect Donald Trump has doubled down on his commitment to end plans for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal on the first days of his presidency. The agreement was championed by President Obama, who claimed it would open up trade between countries. Detractors however claimed it would send U.S. jobs …

If you need a new game for the Christmas period and fancy treating yourself to a new graphics card at the same time, Overclockers' new RX 470 deals are not only priced rather well, but come with the full season of Hitman. You can grab one of the cards for …

MANDT VR, the makers of serialised 360 degree video content and part of those pioneering VR sporting coverage, has partnered up with Disney to create some bespoke, 360 degree videos for the Christmas period. Called The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration, the content will be available on ABC and …

The Unicorns of Love have been crowned champions at the latest Intel Extreme Masters XI in Oakland, California, in a tough bracket of pro League of Legends teams. Fellow eSports organisation, Ninjas in Pyjamas, won their own trophy and cheque for taking the crown in the Counter Strike: Global Offensive …

Blizzard might have a lot of popular games available to play right now, but only one of them is in the first person perspective: Overwatch. However that may not be the case forever, as it's now created two new job listings for software engineers for an unannounced project built using …

Just a few weeks ago, we saw Microsoft make the surprise announcement of Windows 10 Virtual Reality headsets, bringing prices down to just $299, which will widen the VR market quite a bit compared to more expensive options like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. To go with the lower …

Since 2014, Australia's consumer rights group, the ACCC, has been hammering down on Valve due to the ‘no refunds' policy that was enforced on Steam prior to June 2015. In fact, this court case is likely one of the major catalysts that forced Valve into implementing its current refunds policy. …

HTC's position in the smartphone market has been on shaky ground for a couple of years now, especially after the HTC One M9 failed to meet sales expectations, falling well below the One M7 and One M8. While HTC has continued releasing smartphones and is even working with Google on …

It looks like Three has suffered from a security breach as the UK-based mobile network has confirmed today that the accounts of over 130,000 customers were breached recently. Three people were reportedly involved in the breach, using official employee logins to access the mobile network's database of customers, with 133,827 …

Final Fantasy XV is releasing in just over a week but if you are trying to avoid spoilers, you may want to be extra careful over the next few days as some retailers have broken the game's street date and those who have managed to get the game early are …

Samsung has had a difficult time of things the past couple of months. Despite a much publicised recall, the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone it released just kept overheating and exploding. Ultimately it had to scrap the entire launch and call in millions of handsets, costing it billions. Looking to rebound …

The Open Rights Group has warned that the UK's recent push for age verification on pornography sites as part of the Digital Economy Bill, could lead to more people being at risk of credit card and identify fraud. Although credit card checks exist for purchases, age-gates that use credit cards …

Although Augmented Reality isn't a technology that's particularly widespread just yet, it is gradually seeping into the real world. One area where it's starting to make a big impact is in children's books, where augmented reality visuals can be shown through a smartphone to bring the novels to life. Good …

HTC has found another disciple for the glory of virtual reality in the form of Korean firm NEXPERIENCE. Known for building and developing projection-based golf simulators, NEXPERIENCE has partnered with HTC to help build new experience stations in Korea, as well as popularising what it calls “VR culture,” throughout the …

A new report from Intel Security has suggested less than two thirds of all consumers take the time to properly secure their new gadgets and with the Christmas period coming up, that likely means a lot of unsecured devices joining the Internet of Things. So at this busy time of year …

Nvidia and Ubisoft have teamed up for graphics card promotions plenty of times in the last couple of years, so it may not be a total surprise to learn that Nvidia might be teaming up with the publisher once again this year to offer a free copy of Watch Dogs …

While everyone has heard of giant public torrent trackers like The Pirate Bay and KAT, there are some pretty massive private sites too, with some specialising in just one area, like ebooks, TV shows or music. This week, we saw the closure of the world's largest music tracker, What.CD, a …

As ambitious and awesome as Star Citizen sounds, the crowd-funded game has drawn quite a bit of criticism over the last couple of years, especially when it comes to module delays. Over time, the game has grown bigger in terms of scope and as a result, development times have increased …

January is approaching fast, which means we are very close to AMD's rumoured Zen launch. We have seen little pieces of information about AMD's upcoming 8 Core/16 Thread CPU over the last few months and this week, one of AMD's Chinese partners, MAXSUN, reportedly let it slip that we may …

Since earlier this year, some iPhone 6 Plus users have been complaining about something known as ‘touch disease', an issue that has caused iPhone 6 Plus displays to become unresponsive to touch. Apple has kept silent on this problem for months but this week, the company finally acknowledged it for …

WhatsApp has gone ahead and put a stop to its user data collection activities in Europe after growing pressure from privacy watchdogs in multiple EU countries. The policy change means that the messaging app will no longer be relaying personal information, like phone numbers, over to Facebook though this may …

Back in 2014, we saw Disney acquire the YouTube network Maker Studios for $500 million, a huge move and the first time a major studio acquired a YouTube network. Now, Warner Bos. is following that lead and is acquiring full control of Machinima, who are best known as one of …

Dishonored 2 has unfortunately launched with a range of issues affecting many but not all PC users. The worst issues appear to be random crashes and a frame rate that fluctuates widely, as we found in our own analysis of the game. Since then, Arkane Studios has been working on …

Customers of the Three mobile network are being urged to watch out for potential fraud or identity theft following the arrest of three men who have been charged with breaching the mobile provider's upgrade database. Although the purpose of the breach was to ‘steal' free phones, it also gave them …

The Mega file locker has admitted that some of its corporate data, specifically relating to its blog and help-centre system was stolen by hackers. However, it categorically denies claims that its main file locker system has been compromised, and promises users that their data is safe and secure. When initially …