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As it appears, the Nokia brand-name will disappear from smartphones and mobile phones produced by the former devices and services division of Nokia Corp. that now belongs to Microsoft rather sooner than later. Microsoft Corp. is already working on consistent brand for its new devices. “The Nokia brand is available …

Many believe that video game consoles are preferable platforms for game publishing because of the lack of piracy and therefore better opportunities to earn higher revenue. However, since PCs are so widespread these days that even with piracy the market of PC video games is now larger than the market …

Samsung Electronics on Monday said that it had begun mass production of the world’s first enterprise-class solid-state drive based on triple-level-cell NAND flash memory. The new SSDs combine affordable TLC NAND with enterprise-grade performance and reliability for the first time. The number of erase/write cycles a TLC NAND flash cell …

A Japanese manga publisher by the name of Kadokawa has announced that it's bought an 80 per cent stake in From Software from its previous owners, Trans Comos. The Dark Souls developer will now become a smaller company a subsidiary of Kadokawa. Kadokawa made the move towards the end of …

If you're still clinging on to the 12 year old Windows XP operating system then you might want to think about upgrading as a new security flaw has been found that allows hackers to gain full user permissions over your computer. This means that once a hacker has access, it …

Plants VS Zombies: Garden Warfare has gone down pretty well with console gamers so far and unlike the mobile versions of the Plants VS Zombie games, it has stayed micro-transaction free- until now. An upcoming update will add in the option to buy in-game currency which could potentially hinder the …

If you thought Twitch Plays Pokemon was an exercise in frustration, have a look at the new Hearthmind collaborative play stream, as for now, with player numbers only in double digits, it is actually possible to do something worthwhile with your clicks. It's not even a case of just being …

Major League Gaming, one of the world's premier eSports organisations, has announced a partnership with two Chinese firms, which are going to help it build a 15,000 spectator eSports arena on Hengqin Island in Zhuhai, China. Unlike other previously held games in venues like the Staples Centre which hosted the …

Asking the question, “How Scary is Alien Isolation?” a load of the staff from IGN have been playing a quick level from Amanda Ripley's upcoming survival adventures and indeed, it seems the answer is “very.” Everyone manages to get a sweat on during their play and though some of the …

Even though it was just a few weeks ago that we reviewed the latest Action Camera from iSaw, the company has already put out a new firmware update, upgrading its features, fixing a few problems and improving power saving to keep it working for longer. One of the biggest feature …

KitGuru was recently invited to a press event where Asus discussed and showed-off its series of motherboards based on the ‘future Intel chipset'. While information surrounding the chipset is still under Intel's NDA, prepare to indulge in a photographic gallery of Asus' upcoming motherboards. Asus ‘Z97' Series motherboards Asus' ‘Z97' …

Boards designed for extreme overclockers have been constants for all of Intel's most recent platforms. Gigabyte hit success with the Z87X-OC motherboard by driving the overclocking-geared part to an aggressive mid-range price point. Many of the key overclocking-orientated features were still present, but the bank-busting price tag was not. Gigabyte is attempting to …

The Atari 2600's movie tie-in game, ET, didn't go down particularly well with gamers all those years ago and as a result, thousands of copies of the game were dumped in an undisclosed landfill site. Since then people have speculated as to where Atari dumped the games with some rumours …

If you're a serious PC gamer and you've been anywhere near the internet in the past day or so, there's a chance you will have seen mention of the Overclockers Infinity Vesuvius. It's a monster and monsters have a thirst – so how much juice is needed to keep it …

Japan Display said this week that it had developed the world's first 10.1″ liquid crystal display (LCD) module with an ultra-high-defition resolution of 3840*2160 pixels (4K) for future tablets. The company said that it had already begun to ship samples to interested parties. It will likely take at least a …

Although we may not see another Apple iPhone-compatible fitness tracker from Nike, the company will continue to offer fitness applications and will keep on working with Apple, its chief executive officer said. Many believe that after Apple releases its own smartwatch later this year, it is going to cease working …

New-generation video game consoles from Microsoft Corp. and Sony Corp. not only help AMD to offset declines of PC chips sales, but actually drive the company’s share on the market of x86 microprocessors. In the first quarter of 2014 AMD managed to gain share, whereas Intel Corp. lost some ground. …

Mad Max, a post-apocalyptic video game based on the film series, has been delayed again, this time in to 2015. The game is being developed by Avalanche Studios and was first revealed at E3 2013 for release on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC. The …

In the market for a new CPU cooler? Then you should probably take a look at SilentiumPC's latest offering, known as the Fortis 2 XE1226. Besides the catchy name, it packs features like pure copper 6mm heatpipes, a near silent 22dBa 120mm fan and it supports almost all modern Intel …

A smaller version of Microsoft Corp.’s Surface media tablet has been discussed ever since the launch of the original Surface back in 2012, but the software giant has never confirmed plans to release such a product. Nonetheless, in many cases rumours do materialise and the so-called Surface Mini tablet is …

Rumours are suggesting that Samsung is currently working on a 7″ smartphone, not a tablet or even a phablet but an actual smartphone, taking our screen sizes to the extreme. Samsung has been experimenting with new screen sizes for the last couple of years, bringing us phones like the 6.3″ …

A law that was set to pass in Mexico that could have given the government the power to shut down the internet if it wanted to has been blocked, after hundreds of protesters took to the streets and even more voiced their disapproval online. Similar to the filtering system being …

Gears of War creator, Epic Games, is currently working on a new “high-end” game that will push the next generation of graphical fidelity. This was revealed by the developer's founder, Tim Sweeney, in an interview with Edge Online. The game will be powered by Unreal Engine 4, which recently became …

The first major update for the Unreal Engine was rolled out yesterday, giving it official support for both Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PS4, meaning developers can get cracking on making UE4 games for both major consoles. Unfortunately for Nintendo though, there's no sign of Wii U support to be …

Brazilian politicians and several digital rights leaders have called for a changing of the guard with who has the dominant stake in the management of the internet, hoping to make the whole thing less US-centric, at the NETmundial conference. NETmundial is a Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance …

Have you not yet joined the Solid State revolution? If funds have been tight this year then today we have just the competition for you! OCZ have teamed up with KitGuru to give away a shiny new Vertex 460 240GB Solid State Drive. To win the drive: You can like …

Even though the Wii U is still struggling to find its place in the modern console environment, especially considering how underpowered it is compared to its main competitors, it's shown some surprising beauty in the hand drawn art games like Rayman Legends and looks to continue that trend with Child …

Although Intel Corp. already offers 64-bit microprocessors for ultra-mobile devices that are compatible with Google Android operating systems and a number of ARM partners plan to reveal their 64-bit system-on-chips featuring ARMv8 architecture in the coming months, actual 64-bit Android-based devices will only emerge by end of 2014. “We have …

OCZ Storage Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toshiba Corp., on Thursday introduced a new RevoDrive 350 solid-state drive with PCI Express interface that is designed for workstations and enthusiast-class personal computers. The new SSDs feature incredible performance previously obtainable only from enterprise-class drives. OCZ RevoDrive 350 is powered by four …

Sapphire Technology, the largest supplier of AMD Radeon graphics cards in the world, on Thursday said that it had begun shipments of its dual-chip AMD Radeon R9 295X2 graphics solutions. Especially for those who demand something more than just the world’s fastest graphics card (read our review of the Radeon …