Yesterday we ran with a story which explained that Megaupload users may start losing their data. The latest news to reach us is that the data will be safe for a while longer. Kim Dotcom, founder of Megaupload is under trial for piracy, money laundering and racketeering charges and subsequently …
Read More »Acer plan to attack ultrabook market in 2012
Acer are planning to attack the market this year and are targeting four sectors – tablet PC, smartphone, notebook and ultrabook. Acer Chairman JT Wang spoke about the plans at the company ceremony for the Lunar New Year. A key focus for Acer is to attack the ultrabook market and …
Read More »RIM claim Blackberry are No1 seller in UK
Research In Motion had a rough year in 2011, but it appears that they have escaped unscathed in the United Kingdom. According to the company themselves, their handsets claimed the number 1 spot. Data released has highlighted that Blackberry have averaged 27.7 percent market share in 2011 and have now …
Read More »XFX HD7950 Black Edition Overlocked Review
Today AMD release their new HD7950 graphics card, tackling the GTX580 ‘head on' at the same price point. When we were finally in a position to review HD7970 partner hardware, XFX stole the show thanks to a dramatically effective, highly modified ‘Double Dissipation' version of the card with dual fan …
Read More »HIS HD7950 Review
While Nvidia regroup to launch their next round of discrete graphics cards, AMD have been running amok in the high end. Their HD7970 has reclaimed the single GPU throne from the GTX580. Today AMD release the HD7950, which should be available in the UK at a slightly more palatable price …
Read More »Sapphire HD7950 Overlock Edition Crossfire Review
AMD launch their latest graphics card today … the high end HD7950. We have analysed several partner products already this morning and in this particular review we will focus on the custom Sapphire card, which is supplied in an overclocked state with proprietary two fan cooling solution. While our other …
Read More »Hitachi adds 7200rpm 4TB HDD to its Deskstar family
Initially available through Japanese channels, Hitachi has outed a 7200RPM version of its 4TB Deskstar series HDD for folks seeking top end capacity with the best possible performance. Oddly however, despite there being 1TB platters available these days, Hitachi has chosen to stick with previous generation 800GB platters, meaning there …
Read More »Swiftech’s full coverage Komodo HD 7970 Water Block pixelated
Gabe of Swiftech has kindly given us a treat over at the XtremeSystems Forums in the form of some pre-release CGI drawings of the company's upcoming waterblock to suit the new Radeon HD 7970. The block gives full coverage, making physical contact with the entire PCB area of the card …
Read More »Microsoft ‘Office 15’ reaches Technical Preview stage
Alongside Windows 8 development, the next version of Microsoft Office (codenamed Office 15) is also right on track with a Technical Preview having just been distributed to a select group of customers under non-disclosure agreements for testing. PJ Hough whom is CVP of Development for Microsoft's Office Division said, “At …
Read More »VTX3d announce new HD7950 graphics card
VTX3D, a leading manufacturer of AMD based graphics products, is proud to announce the release of the brand-new HD7900 GPU based model, VTX3D HD7950, with higher performance and new features. VTX3D HD7950 is designed to work perfectly with the latest PCI Express 3.0 bus architecture, delivering double bandwidth per lane …
Read More »ASRock Z68M-ITX/HT Mini-ITX Motherboard Review
ASRock have worked hard in the last year to compete with the big players such as ASUS and Gigabyte in the enthusiast sector. Products like the 990FX Fatal1ty motherboard that we looked at a few months back show just how far they have come and how they can now compete …
Read More »Sony announce three extra Cyber shot cameras
Sony have just announced three new Cyber shot cameras for the mainstream audience. The DSC-WX50, DSC-WX70 and DSC-TX200V are all scheduled for release in March, a couple of months after the W610, W620 and W650 which were announced at CES a few weeks ago. The WX 50 and WX 70 …
Read More »State settlement with Microsoft buys 1,400 iPads for US schools
Money from a State Settlement with Microsoft is being put to good use, although we aren't so sure that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will have the same view. A total of 1,400 iPad tablets are being purchased for students. These iPads are being paid for with part of a $3.4 …
Read More »Angry Birds launching on Facebook on Valentines Day
The Facebook version of Angry Birds is due for release on Facebook this Valentines Day, February 14th. In the past you may have taken your better half to the movies or to the theater, but now a romantic pairing of Angry Birds on Facebook is the way to celebrate your …
Read More »Should consumers boycott Apple?
We have been reporting recently on the working conditions at partner factories which produce Apple goods. Since then many of the mainstream press organisations are also latching onto the stories of terrible working conditions and ‘slave labour' claims. The company could face a boycott now if things don't change, quickly. …
Read More »Megaupload users may start losing data
Federal prosecutors in the states have said that data from Megaupload users could start being deleted by Thursday this week. The lawyers for the defense however are trying to fight the procedure, saying that they are less able to defend themselves in court if data is removed. US prosecutors have …
Read More »iPad 3 almost exactly the same shape as iPad 2
Ringing the Apple PR team and asking about future products is about as effective as using a Ouija board to ask Steve Jobs himself. It's a pretty pointless exercise. Fortunately, KitGuru does not have to be a master of the tea leaves in order to update you on the iPad …
Read More »NVIDIAs Kepler making its way to Ultrabooks?
While much of the focus has been on AMD in the graphics realm recently with the birth of the HD 7970 in particular, NVIDIA is getting some real momentum happening in the mobile segment with its new 28nm TSMC based architecture, Kepler being well into production and apparently now shipping …
Read More »Globalfoundries back on track with 14nm on the cards
GlobalFoundries publicly disclosed for the first time its preparations for 14nm process node technology during an interview with EE Times late last week. The world's third largest independant semiconductor foundry has already begun planning phases for 14nm, indicative that they have made quite the turn-a-round after experiencing a year that …
Read More »LandingZone gives simplified yet versatile MacBook Air docking
We've seen all kinds of docking stations for Apple's vast array of devices over the years, but perhaps nothing quite as cleverly designed as the LandingZone for MacBook Air. The docking solution was spotted at this year's Macworld|iWorld conference and really stood out thanks to the sheer ease and versatility …
Read More »Bitfenix Raider Mid Tower Review
Today we have the Bitfenix Raider Mid Tower chassis in our test lab. The Raider is the latest offering from Bitfenix and going on past experiences, we hope this is a quality case at a competitive price point. Bitfenix have become well known for the special surface treatment they use …
Read More »Mark Bolland confused at Marks & Spencer. New captain anyone?
Remember the one about HP leaving the PC behind? At the point where the PC giant decided to run away from the tablet and PC markets, its channel stock got dumped to low, low prices – and sales increased – prompting calls for (a) heads to roll and (b) new …
Read More »New Core i5 processors coming without IGP support
Thanks to an updated compatibility list on GIGABYTE's website for its LGA1155 motherboards, we can expect to see a few new Core i5 processors from Intel sometime soon. All three models are said to be the first Core i5 processors that are stripped of their integrated graphics circuits, with GIGABYTE …
Read More »Kinect-enabled laptops said to be not far away
We've known for a while now that Kinect will be making its way to PCs as software developers have been given access to Kinect for Windows SDK. But what's of particular interest is in the way it will be used with notebooks. You're probably quick to picture a large awkward …
Read More »Corsair Vengeance K60 FPS Gaming Keyboard Review
We recently looked at Corsair's top of the range gaming keyboard, the Vengeance K90, which impressed us with a combination of exceptional build quality, sublime aesthetics and great performance. So we are quite interested to see what they can deliver at a more affordable price point which will appeal to …
Read More »3D Porn: producers losing interest
3D in theory sounds like it would make a lot of sense. After all people could enjoy the material in a more ‘realistic' manner, right? Producers don't seem to think so. One of the adult industries top executives spoke out at the recent AEE show saying that many organisations are …
Read More »Writer threatens divorce unless partner converts to Apple tech
Apple lovers are a fanatical bunch and we often hear of funny and amusing stories, including camping out for days in the rain for a new product launch. New York Writer Susan Orlean was recently on stage at Macworld talking about her love of technology and new gadgets when she …
Read More »Nintendo forecast is bleak, losses up to £534 million predicted
Nintendo have extended their full year forecast, after yesterdays report, focusing on lower than predicted sales for their 3DS handheld console. The net loss ending in March 2012 may be up to 65 billion yen ($838 million/£534 million), compared against an earlier forecast for a 20 billion yen loss. Nintendo …
Read More »Windows 8 Final Beta to surface in days
Things look to be moving well for Microsoft's Windows 8 developer team with indication on a Windows developer build tracking site that the next Microsoft OS has just reached final pre-beta build (8189.0.winmain.120120-1830) status; another big milestone met in timely order. The next step in the works requires Microsoft's own …
Read More »Samsung’s Galaxy S III will be a no show at MWC
For those of you who were holding out for next month's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona primarily to see Samsung's Galaxy S III formally announced, a bit of sour news has surfaced today that goes against all prior indication that this is when it would be launched. Samsung has reportedly …
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