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While there might have been a lot of talk recently surrounding the new Nvidia Titan Black GPU, partner company GALAXY has taken lemons and made rocket fuel, by producing a new version of the GTX 780 Ti that's managed to take the top spot on the single GPU 3Dmark Fire …

Last year Telltale announced that in addition to The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us, the developer will be releasing two new games: Borderlands and Game of Thrones. Today the studio has finally released the first few details of its Borderlands game, giving us a good idea of what …

Hackers have claimed to have accessed and leaked the Mt. Gox database showing that there should be a 915k Bitcoin balance left in the exchange. The hackers also hit Mt. Gox CEO, Mark Karpeles' personal blog and Reddit account in an effort to investigate allegations of fraud after the exchange lost …

Maker of network attached storage devices and their accompanying software, Synology, has launched the latest version of its DiskStation Manager software, V5.0 and it hopes that with its release, it will create a whole new method of NAS interaction, through more streamlined interfaces and added features. The most obvious change …

It probably comes as no surprise to anyone, but founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, is no fan of the NSA or its data snooping practices and has called for the general public to stand up to the privacy invasions in a recorded interview for SXSW. Filmed in the Ecuadorian embassy …

On the MSI stand, KitGuru was lucky enough to catch up with Sam Chern, notebook guru for the Taiwanese manufacturing giant. He gave us the low down on the ghost. Impressive stuff. Over the past 8 years, MSI has been driving innovation in the mobile computing space. It hasn't always …

At CeBIT 2014, new launches are few and far between. On the Antec stand, we were shown what will be launching at Computex in June. The Edge series of PSUs reflects the branding style of the top gamer mainboards with no shame at all. The black PSU body comes with …

If Pacific Rim soured you on the idea of 300m high walls to protect the world from anything, then this might not convince you otherwise, but one scientist has suggested that the American mid-west could use giant walls to protect itself from the spates of tornadoes that hit it every …

Speaking with Patrick, tech guru for Fractal, we got a guided tour of the brand new MASSIVE Node 804, due to launch in April under £100. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t06D2VYaGOU'] Kitguru says: More details and hopefully a review, at a later date!

We managed to get some time with MSI's Joran Schoonderwoerd at the MSI stand in CEBIT – check out the video below. Under NDA we can't divulge any information on the upcoming boards and the board names are partially masked to protect the Intel NDA, but we have attached some …

One of the hottest points of contention between developers, gamers and store owners over the past few years, has been the sale of pre-owned games. Developers say they take money out of the industry, gamers say they allow them to buy new games since they know they can get trade-in …

SXSW was on this weekend and Microsoft Sudios Vice President, Phil Spencer, was in attendance speaking about Xbox's Games with Gold program that launched last year. During his speech, Spencer noted that Microsoft's program is supposed to be “fundamentally different” to PS+. Playstation + offers subscribers an instant library of …

Nothing shows the difference in performance between two products quite like a side by side comparison. Here at CeBIT 2014, KitGuru goes one stage further. So what is ‘stage further' than a side-by-side?  You may well ask. Plextor's latest M6 SSD technology, being compared against itself, with 3 different interfaces. …

One of the coolest rumoured features of Intel's next-gen chipset mainboards is the ability to get OCZ Revo type speeds for small, affordable SSD units. Asrock and Plextor have a next-gen demo at CeBIT 2014 and there's no Intel in sight. To say that SATA has been holding SSD back …

The SAPPHIRE BP-FT3GS features the latest embedded SOC architecture from AMD in a very small 100 x 100mm (or 4 x 4 inch) format. The latest AMD G-Series FT3 SOC combines a low power CPU, control circuitry and discrete level graphics in a single device. This low-power solution delivers much …

We all love innovation. But how do you take a smart idea from the drawing board to the boardroom? n-Code has one answer. The largest exhibit at CeBIT 2014 is the one belonging to n-Code. Situated tight in the middle of the main PC technology hall, it provides a ‘show …

The mining of cryptocurrency has caused a worldwide shortage in the supply of key components for high end power supplies. If the latest launch from Enermax is anything to go by, it's not getting better anytime soon. On the vast Enermax stand at CeBIT 2014, we came across a bit …

Cougar has chosen CeBIT 2014 to give the public access to its new gaming products, starting with a neat mouse and colourful set of chassis fans. KitGuru gets its itchy finger on the trigger. While Cougar is a relatively new brand for UK enthusiasts, it is backed by a massive …

While the PC section of CeBIT is much smaller this year, some stands are noticeably bigger than last year. One of the highest increases is on the Enermax stand. KitGuru checks to see if the delivery matches the advertising. Pride of place, in the centre of the stand, is a …

Following on from our earlier story on the upcoming 8GB R9 290X VaporX Edition, we have also just been shown the new R9 290 Toxic Edition which is shipping in an 8GB configuration. Now based on previous releases, we know the Toxic branded products are normally Sapphire's fastest, but we …

Sapphire are showcasing their upcoming 8GB R9 290X VaporX at Cebit – a solution that will be released soon to tackle the high end Titan from Nvidia. With 8GB of memory and high clock speeds  – perhaps they might have a few surprises in store for the guys in green. …

The adoption of tablet in the well developed countries was extremely quick thanks to a multitude of reasons. Nonetheless, market observers note that the growth of the tablets market is beginning to slowdown. Recently International Data Corp. (IDC) revised its tablet sales forecast for this year and now expects around …

Since the very beginning of the tablet revolution in 2010 – 2011, Seagate Technology has been promising to introduce special versions of hard drives for slates. Last year the company finally launched 2.5” 5mm thick HDDs which could be installed into tablets. However, none of the major tablet makers have …

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. recently started to produce Apple’s next-generation A8 system-on-chips for upcoming iPhones and iPads, according to media reports. However, according to another report, the Cupertino, California-based consumer electronics giant could face difficulties with the A8 because of relatively low production yields. A number of Taiwan-based media outlets …

If you made a swanky new be quiet! wallpaper for the recent competition we held in our forums, then chances are you've been champing at the bit to find out who the winners are and which one was chosen to be made available on the be quiet! website. Well, your …

Turtle Beach has announced that its Titanfall branded Atlas headsets will be hitting retail stores on the 14th of March, the same day the game releases in the UK. This will also be Turtle Beach's first headset with out of the box cross platform compatibility with the Xbox One, PC, …

Yesterday Nintendo announced the Mario Kart 8 Limited Edition bundle, the announcement was made through a new video on the Nintendo UK YouTube channel which showcases exactly what is included in the £60 collectors edition. The main addition to the bundle is the spiny shell which will arrive on a …

Getty images has just taken a step that the media studios and corporations across the globe should take note of. In response to rampant sharing of its images without consent or payment, on personal blogs and even for some commercial ventures, it's made its vast library of images free for …

Thermaltake is continuing to push its Luxa 2 audio division, with the release of a new portable speaker called the GroovyT Magic Boom Box. It's a small form factor, mobile audio device that breaks the chain of cables and wireless connectivity, by requiring none of that to amplify your smartphone's …

Over the years Hollywood has become increasingly interested in the world of video games with many major franchises being considered for theatrical release and now, The Last of Us is one of them. According to Deadline, Sony subsidiary, Screen Gems, will be creating the film while the game's Creative Director, Neil …