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Back in June, the US International Trade Commission ordered a ban on sales of various Apple products sold on AT and T, including the iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4, as well as the iPad 3G and iPad 2 3G.  This followed claims by Samsung that these Apple products had infringed …

Internet aficionados collective Anonymous has made Justin Bieber their latest target following press reports that he was seen wearing the now iconic Guy Fawkes mask. In response, a Facebook event has been created with the tag #OPButtHurtForBieber. Whilst the page has not seen much traction thus far, the creator left …

In an interview with the always colourful Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb, Microsoft's corporate VP Marc Whitten, has announced that the graphics processor within the company's next-gen Xbox One, is now a little bit faster, thanks to driver optimisations and a clock speed bump. Describing the current situation with the One …

To help spread their latest viruses and trojans, malware creators are turning to legitimate content distribution platforms – meaning no one should trust downloads from any site without having a quick check first. The latest infection was picked up by the guys over at digital security solution firm, Zscaler Inc, …

While most of the PC using population is content snoozing around with 1600MHz memory, ADATA has just moved the goal posts a little bit higher. KitGuru pulls out a stop watch to investigate. How much is anything worth?  It's an interesting question and one that permeates every aspect of life …

We've had a lot of feedback on this porn filtering business. While a few of you have showed some support for the idea of protecting the lil' ones, the vast majority of you don't want them to be implemented at all. Fortunately, you're not the only ones as several thousand …

Whether you're a DotA 2 fan, League of Legends fan, or just like a bit of eSports in general, there's no reason not to be excited this weekend, as the DotA 2 International 2013 championships kick off with a bang – and it's got the biggest eSports prize pool ever. …

Once upon a time, Warcraft was the most valuable gaming IP in the real world. But the days when people flocked to pay per month online are gone and it's now a game of ‘How can we reduce the level of loss?'.   Back on 9th May 2013, Forbes reported …

Microsoft has announced how it plans to enforce the rules on Xbox Live in the future: by using community members like you. This will be a volunteer scheme, but those that join up will have the potential to earn rewards for their hard work, including new avatar clothing, forum badges …

David Cameron has been quite vocal about his plans as a dad and prime minister to make the internet more child friendly. To him that means blocking child pornography – pretty sure most search engines do that already – but in the same breath, he said he also wants ISPs …

Uh oh. Blizzard has been doing some real overhauling of its Titan game as of late, with a complete overhaul of who was working on it and what it was a few months back and now thanks to the growth and spread of free to play – and the slow …

Lamborghini, the car maker for teenage bedroom walls have announced their latest model will be making a world premiere at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. The car is based on Lamborghini's Super Trofeo track cars. The Squadra Corse has a 570 bhp, V10 engine and can accelerate from 0 to …

Windows 8 has certainly split opinion, some love the new interface changes while others refuse to move from the much beloved Windows 7. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer hopes this will change with the release of Windows 8.1 later this month. He has called the new update a ‘more refined blend' …

Regular readers will already be aware that KitGuru has been following the development of the Phanteks Enthoo case now for months. In the United Kingdom Overclockers UK have struck a deal with the company – selling direct to the enthusiast user. We are excited about this case and have one …

Edward Snowden, the NSA contractor who leaked documents pertaining to the NSA's PRISM campaign and set off a worldwide revelation of how much governments are able to keep track of their citizens, has been granted asylum in Russia by President Putin, on the condition that he stops leaking U.S. secrets. …

Well you wouldn't expect it to do a Microsoft now would you? Putting its big dog forward, the NSA chief General Keith Alexander spoke out at a cyber security conference yesterday, where he addressed security professionals from around the world, promising to answer any questions they had. While Wired points …

“The Boob Jam is a game jam,” reads the official site. “We’re inviting game developers to make games about one of video games’s very favourite subjects: Tits!” It might sound like something one of the more misogynistic developers might decide to do, or something you'd see as part of a game show …

Sony has announced that it is going to have to cut back on pre-order promises to supply its next-generation console on launch day, as apparently the numbers are just getting too lofty to deal with. However, that doesn't mean pre-orders made today, or tomorrow won't be fulfilled as you might …

Today we are going to take a look at the Antec Mobile Products SP1 Portable Bluetooth Speaker which is designed  for those who travel frequently and aren't satisfied with the poor sound quality offered by their laptop or smartphone.  It's available in three colour combinations: black and red, white and …

The Doom that came to Atlantic City, was an ironicly named game for a Kickstarter, since ultimately the story surrounding it became about the doom of the campaign itself. After over a year of development, the man controlling the money for the thing announced that the whole project had been …

MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING, the No. 1 and Only Best Choice Golden Awarded Motherboard at Computex 2013. The Z87-GD65 GAMING motherboard is the latest joint effort of MSI and FNATIC, the world-renowned gaming champion team. Consolidating the cutting-edge Intel 8 series chipset and Killer E2200 Game Networking, the Z87-GD65 GAMING effectively eliminates …

People in the United Kingdom may only get a few weeks of hot weather a year, but still we complain. While this product may be slightly overkill for UK'ers, there are other countries in which it might make more sense. The Viteo Shower is a system you can put into …

Researchers from Georgia Tech's Information Security Center (GTISC) say they have managed to get a malware ridden application through Apple's inspection procedure and have also discussed their concerns about ‘malicious chargers' for the iPhone. The team have documented their research online and say their application “rearranges its own code to …

The Apple iPad Mini refresh shouldn't be that long away and some recent discovered code was found in the newest beta of iOS 7. It looks as if there will be three revisions of the second generation iPad Mini. The iPad 2.8, iPad 2.9 and iPad 2.10, with respective numbers …

Zynga, the well known casual game creator have filed a lawsuit against the company behind ‘Bang With Friends'. They said it was a breach of trademark against their ‘with friends' software. Zynga said in a complaint which was filed with the Federal District Court in San Francisco “This is a …

Facebook have introduced a new feature, which lets organisations include status updates, videos and photographs in stories. The posts operate in a similar way to embeds from YouTube and Twitter. Once the account is enabled you will get the option to ‘Embed Post'. That then creates a code which you …

We've all heard about PRISM at this point and we're all suitably terrified. Unfortunately, the scares don't stop there, as new documents released today have detailed one of the NSA's tools of the trade. Known as X-Keyscore, the metadata and content analysis tool is able to track down a person's …

A couple of days ago we announced the new KitGuru Steam Channel – it seemed apt as we hit over 100,000 likes on Facebook to interact more with our community. Over the next 5 days you have a chance to win a game of your choice by entering our simple …

The new Humble Bundle is out people and this time around it's Deep Silver that's offering up its game collection for your to bundle-buy. Available as part of the Pay-What-You-Want model this time around are: Saint's Row II, Saint's Row The Third, Sacred 2 and Risen 2: Dark Waters. Pay …

Poor Nintendo. Its “next-gen” system has had a horrible start, despite having a year lead in on both Microsoft and Sony's systems. New figures announced during Nintendo's quarterly earnings report, suggest that worldwide, it only sold 160,000 of the machines between April and June this year. Game sales were a …