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Last week we learned that Samsung was developing its own Virtual Reality headset for use with mobile devices but now it looks like the company has Oculus on board too. The rift creators will be working together with Samsung engineers to develop a device for use with phones. According to …

Google is set to launch 180 satellites that will provide worldwide Internet access from space. The new venture is already costing the company $1 billion but there is room for expansion in the future. The satellites will orbit at a much lower altitude compared to others and weigh less than …

Last month, the fabled Atari landfill was finally excavated and a Microsoft documentary crew recovered 1300 boxed copies of the failed E.T. game. Since the discovery, it's been up in the air as to what Microsoft plans to do with the cartridges. However, it has now been revealed that 700 …

We had a lot of entries for a chance to win one of three BioStar Hi-Fi Z97WE motherboards. We picked the three lucky winners today! The winners are! 1: Jordon Dicks – (FB page) 2: Dylan Houser – (FB page) 3: Johnna Rhodus – (FB page) Check your email guys …

We had thousands of entries for this fantastic competition with ASUS and SEASONIC. We looked through the entries over the weekend and one lucky winner will be walking away with a brand new Asus Sabertooth Z97, Asus GTX760 DCUII and Seasonic Platinum 860W power supply! The winner is Shane Russell …

The Solar roadways project took the internet by storm when it first went up for funding on Indiegogo. The project has already surpassed its $1 million goal and now it looks to be closing in on the $2 million mark, bringing the world changing project closer to reality. The initial …

One of the four big founders of the Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde, was arrested on Saturday in his native Sweden, after hiding from the police for the last two years, following his conviction in 2012 for Pirate Bay related copyright infringement. He now faces an eighth month jail sentence. “We …

There are two ways to look at people who have worked for every major company in a given industry. You can take the view that they have never really settled or you can value the additional experience they have gained by seeing how all the main players operate. News in …

Windows 8 wasn't quite the disaster release that Windows Vista was back in the 00's, but it was far from great. People didn't like being forced into using a touch screen developed tab system on their desktop and laptop and the missing start button didn't help much either. Fortunately it …

A new Unreal Engine 4 tech demo from a Ninja Theory developer, called The Beggar's Opera, recently appeared on his personal site, showing some fantastic visuals and a creepy setting, but it now seems to have been pulled. Fortunately, AGB managed to get it up on Youtube so we can …

Networked storage maker Synology has today announced the beginning of a World Cup themed competition on its Twitter, giving fans the chance to win one of five Hauppage picoStick Golds, just by tweeting a World Cup themed picture with their NAS in it. It can be as simple as you …

Plextor’s latest M6-series solid-state drives (SSDs) offer respectable performance as well as stability and reliability that the company is known for. But Plextor does not stand still and is constantly working on new things that will further improve its products. At the Computex 2014 trade-show next week Plextor plans to …

Rumours about Microsoft Corp.’s smart-watch have been circulating for a couple of years now, but no trustworthy details have ever emerged. On Friday Forbes reported that the device may be released already this year and may feature rather advanced health and fitness tracking capabilities. But, perhaps, the most important thing …

SK Hynix and Violin Memory this week entered into a definitive agreement to sell the latter’s PCI Express (PCIe) solid-state storage product line to the former. In addition, the two companies decided to sign a cross-license agreement. As a result of the transaction, SK Hynix will be able to further …

Nvidia Corp. and its partners on Friday introduced a new graphics solution based on a two-year old graphics processing unit. The GeForce GT 740 graphics adapters are designed for multimedia applications and simple video games, but are not truly intended for demanding new-generation titles. The GeForce GT 740 graphics cards …

Samsung Electronics on Thursday said it had begun mass production of its second-generation three-dimensional (3D) V-NAND flash memory. The new memory is projected to be more cost-efficient that the previous-gen 3D V-NAND thanks to higher integration. The company also unveiled its new series of solid-state drives that are based on …

Red Dead Redemption was released all the way back in 2010, since then it has gone on to sell thirteen million copies which sparked rumours of a potential sequel. However, it still took Rockstar parent company, Take-Two, a few years to actually bring up the possibility. Take-Two CEO, Strauss Zelnick, seems …

This weekend we are running a little competition on our Facebook page – to win a PC game of your choice. All you have to do is join our silly Facebook comment thread and place a funny/entertaining caption to this image from Watchdogs. It means you can put all your …

Jack Tretton, the former President of Sony Computer Entertainment America, has landed himself a job on the advisory board at a new company specialising in artificial intelligence- Genotaur. According to Tretton, Genotaur aims to enhance the way consumers interact with technology and has the resources to do it. Tretton said in …

From Software might be set to reveal ‘Project Beast' at E3 this year, according several leaks. The game is rumoured to be in co-development with Sony's Japanese studio and would be the developers second Playstation exclusive title. The newly leaked footage shows off 20 seconds of individually leaked gameplay segments …

KitGuru was one of the first adopters of Ultra HD 4k testing in graphics card reviews – back last year. We are regularly asked when 120hz or 144hz 4K monitors will be available and we decided to try and get some answers for you all. ASUS engineers responded and were …

Despite the claims that media lobby groups and studios around the world continue to make out that pirates will never pay and should be taken a stick to rather than a carrot, Spotify feels very different, having helped drop piracy rates around the world and it now believes that with …

When Epic announced it was working on a new Free to Play Unreal Tournament that would be co-developed by the community, older gamers held their collective breath, as dredging up one of their favourite franchises from the past was always going to be a tense moment – will it capture …

With Nintendo set to release Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U later this year, many a Nintendo fan has been getting excited. However, some have been a little wary that there would be no way to play the game how you're supposed to: with a Gamecube controller. Fortunately, Nintendo …

When Steve Ballmer's tenure as Microsoft CEO ended, it closed out a twenty year plus stint at the software giant. What do you do when you've spent over a decade as head of one of the world's biggest companies and over twenty years in total working there? You buy a …

Even after the acquisition of Beats Electronics by Apple will be closed later this year, Hewlett-Packard will be able to use technologies (developed by Beats) and place the Beats logo on its products for a limited amount of time till the end of 2015. Apple also has no plans to …

Seagate Technology was very late to the market of solid-state drives, however, the company seems to be getting serious about them now. On Thursday Seagate announced a plan to acquire the assets of LSI’s accelerated solutions division (ASD) and flash components division (FCD) from Avago for $450 million (£269.1 million, …

Apple has finally managed to solve the issues with availability of its high-end Mac Pro workstations. At present the systems can be purchased and obtained in several days. Previously it took Apple up to six weeks to ship its flagship desktops to their owners. Although the Apple Mac Pro was …

Asustek Computer is well-known for innovative cooling solutions for its graphics cards. Those coolers not only allow the company to offer factory-overclocked graphics adapters, but also to make its boards quieter compared to reference designs by AMD or Nvidia. This month the company made one step closer to perfection, it …

Next week at the worldwide developers conference (WWDC) Apple plans to give a glimpse on products that are coming in the future. While at present it maintains an intrigue and does not even imply what will be discussed, some of its executives offer their personal impressions about the company’s new …