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KitGuru was born in May 2010 and our team has worked very hard over the last 38 months to seek out the finest hardware on the market, review it and bring the results direct to you, our readers. Alongside the hardcore testing, we have also managed to find time to …

Despite being declared dead by Marc Zuckerberg back in 2010, privacy is still alive and kicking in some circles and thanks to recent PRISM revelations, it's a hot topic for some people. However, government spying was hardly the first warning we had – hackers have been telling us to tighten …

Thanks to PRISM, Tempora, the Snooper's Charter and a handful of other privacy invading revelations about our technological lives, it's nice to see one bit of spying tech that is being used for the power of good. After a successful Indiegogo campaign, an anti-poaching drone is set to be launched …

The never ending search for greater storage is being met by Sony and Panasonic. They are joining forces to create a single optical disc with a capacity of 300GB, due for release by 2015. Both companies have plenty of experience creating optical disc technology and the plans are to release …

Kitguru has been covering the recent news that Pegatron Corp in Taiwan are using underage workers, paying them poor wages and forcing them to work overtime. China Labor Watch, the new York Group found at least 86 labor rights violations while investigating the Pegatron factories from March to July. Apple …

If you happen to live in the Newcastle-under-Lyme area, you may have had the chance to visit the Overclockers UK store.  Many of us would love to have such a store in our own local area but often we just have to accept that ordering online is the only option. …

You'd think with Sony's big security hiccup last year, where most PlayStation 3 owners had their details stolen by hackers, that companies would have learned their lesson. Virgin, despite having a founder who I heartily agree with on a few things, seems to be one of those companies, as according …

Despite the western world being quick to jump on human rights violations and infringements on freedom of speech in eastern nations, British leaders do seem incredibly keen to restrict what we can look at online. One of Prime Minister David Cameron's recent tirades has been against child pornography and on …

Antec Inc. is pleased to announce that the global leader in high-performance computer components and accessories for the gaming, PC upgrade and Do-It-Yourself markets has appointed a new distributor in the UK. A One Distribution will sell the whole Antec product line; provide customers with up-to-date product information as well …

Another worker group in China is claiming that Apple factory workers are being abused, but this time it's not a Foxconn facility that's responsible, but one owned by Taiwan's Pgatron Corp and two of its subsidiary companies. Some of the alleged mistreatment of workers, includes violations of health and safety …

Did you ever play one of those stand-up shooter arcade machines that had a pressure pad on the floor? It killed your knees, but it allowed you to duck down behind allies to reload, or use your riot shield to protect you from enemy bullets. I thought it was a …

The man behind the indie success story Fez and who featured in the popular (if somewhat depressing) Indie Game: The Movie documentary, Phil Fish, has announced that he is done with game development and that the title he was working on, Fez 2, has been cancelled. This comes as somewhat …

We post hundreds of reader rigs every month on our active Facebook page, but today we wanted to share one very special build which comes from reader Zen Castro Resurreccion. Zen created this little work of art for the Davao Cyber Expo 2013 which ended yesterday. He built the custom case …

With the advancements in laptop and tablet technology it seems only logical that a designer would come up with a new briefcase design that would do more than just hold some paper, pens and literature. Scottish designer Tyrone Stoddart has designed a kit that transforms a briefcase into office furniture. …

AppleInsider published a story that would indicate Google may be working to distance themselves from the Android Platform. AppleInsider say “The discovery that Google's new Chromecast web streaming device is based on Google TV code stripped of Android features provides additional evidence.” Android has been a huge success story for …

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted that they built too many Surface RT tablets and that they are not selling as many Windows devices as they would like. The company held an internal town hall event last week. They discussed the $900 million hit for Surface RT tablets and the …

Microsoft's Bing may play a distant second fiddle against Google search, but they are the first to introduce a pop up warning for anyone in the UK who are searching for child abuse images. The popup will tell the user that the images are illegal and will then provide details …

Ultra High Definition televisions seem to be the future of home entertainment, but concerns have been made that the pricing right now is still very high. TCL are aiming to join a handful of low price sets with their new 50 inch LED 4K TV which will be sold in …

We've known for a while now that the PS4 would come packing a hell of a lot more RAM than its predecessor. While the PS3 had 512Mb (256MB system and 256MB GPU memory) the PS4 is coming as standard with a full 8GB. However, it's not been clear how much …

A couple of months ago we gave away an ASUS GTX Titan and lucky English reader Ken Bevis walked away with the solution. He posted so many pictures on our Facebook page that people were begging us for another chance to win this flagship graphics card. ASUS have again came …

A board game designer who was able to gather over $123,000 through Kickstarter (nearly four times the originally requested amount) has announced that despite none of the rewards being fulfilled, that they had run out of money and the project was now closed. If you're now a bit panicked that …

Both Android and iOS versions of Channel 4's 4OD service have allowed users to stream previously shown content for a while now, but today with the new versions of each app (3.0 on iOS and 2.0 on Android), users will be able to download catch up content from within the …

French multinational media firm, Vivendi, has announced that it is selling its 85 per cent stake in publishing giant Activision Blizzard, for a cool $8.2 (£5.3) billion. While this is obviously a fair chunk of change, the individual share price of $13.60 each, equates to a 10 per cent savings …

We talked about the automatic porn filters David Cameron wants all ISPs to implement a couple of days ago and boy did it get you guys riled up. Understandably so as well. We're talking about a government censoring the internet, that always makes us mad. However, the government won't actually have …

Sandisk are announcing the world's fastest 64GB microSDXC. The company rate the speeds at 80 MB/s read and 50 MB/s write, unheard of before from a microSDXC class card. The company are marketing the card at the latest tablets and smartphones released this year. The card is obviously much faster …

Fancy something different to drive into work on a daily basis? Is a new BMW not eye catching enough? Then perhaps the new Terracraft might turn enough heads as you trundle through the city. This 3 wheeler vehicle is a hybrid car and motorbike design offering a retractable roof and …

Sky are launching a new £10 box which will bring catch up TV, Sky Sports and Sky Movies to any television set, without long term subscription fees. Sky are saying that the box is ‘smaller than a pub beer mat'. Sky have experienced reasonable success so far with their NowTV …

Megatron would be proud. While mere mortals scratch around trying to make 60/120GB SSD drives last for the lifetime of their system, those armed with 240GB and above have managed to look suitably smug. Until now. KitGuru pulls out the trusty abacus to see exactly how many NAND gates have …

The Australian version of the Wikileaks Political Party site has been hit by a denial of service attack. It's been down for just over 12 of hours and is still very difficult to access at the time of writing. It does appear after a while, but it's not quick. Claiming …

Can't say I blame you either, as that's the platform I want to play it on too. Unfortunately, Rockstar has yet to announce any news of the fifth game in the series appearing on the platform that started its career back with GTA One and two. However, a large number …