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In what seems a clear violation of Intel's NDA for Haswell, NEC has launched its next generation laptop far too early. Now that the details are out on the web, it's hard to know what will prevent other system builders from following suit. If the info is in the public …

Today we are going to take a look at the Edifier Predator 2.1 Speaker System which promises to combine a unique design with excellent sound quality characteristics.  It uses a simple configuration which consists of a large subwoofer unit with a pair of front facing drives.  This makes it ideal …

If you come from a Blackberry point of view, the idea of a smartphone with a sealed battery seems very silly, but manufacturers like Nokia and Apple work on the basis that your phone should be as slim/light as possible and locked in wherever it can be. Which might look …

If you buy a new smartphone, the chances are you will want to ensure it doesn't get wet, even in a heavy rain shower. Sony are trying to turn all this around by releasing the Xperia ZR which can not only handle being dropped into water, but will be able …

All geeks love fast, super expensive cars and none look better than the Lamborghini Egoista concept. This vehicle looks extremely over the top – it has a single seat Apache helicopter cockpit with more buttons and gadgets than Bill Gates playroom. It still retains the class Lamborgini shape, but takes …

Google are celebrating the 37th birthday of the class Atari game Breaktout in a very entertaining way. They have turned Google Image Search into a version of the game. To get the Easter egg running, simply type in Atari Breakout into Google Image Search and press the return key. The …

Nintendo caused quite a stir last week when it was revealed that players in the Japanese only game, Tomodochi Collection: New Life, were able to marry two male characters and even have and raise children with them. However, Nintendo has now announced that this was a bug and it will …

It was way back at the end of January that I discussed why I felt esports were better than real sports and apparently I'm not the only one, as a bar is now set to open up in out fair capital, providing gaming inspired drinks while broadcasting esports as the in-house …

While Everything Everywhere and other mobile providers have been keen to push their 4G offerings on customers with big data habits, Samsung has apparently already figured out the next-generation of wireless data transfer, naming it cleverly: 5G. The speeds are huge too. This is beyond WiFi and even faster than …

Last week we reported that a player from the Starcraft 2 team run by Evil Geniuses, Greg “Idra” Fields, had been fired after ranting on a forum about how he thought fans were “f***s” and that he got paid to treat them like it. Now, he's announced that he'll be …

[As a heads up before starting this piece, it contains spoilers for the discussed game, “Train”] Imagine you're at a gaming expo. You sit down at a table with a few other players, to have a go at a simple looking train management game. It's all about efficiently loading passengers …

This is the basic premise for web-game, GeoGuessr, which sees you trying to figure out where in the world you are, based solely on what you can see on a Google Maps streetview screen. Of course you know where you actually are, but where is your virtual counterpart? That strange …

Nokia are going to release a new smartphone with 48 days standby battery life, costing only $99. The Asha 501 will be shipping with a 1200 mAh battery which will allow for 17 hours of straight talk time and 56 hours of music playback before a recharge. They will supply …

Looking at people while you talk to them is a dubious pleasure. A quick straw poll around the various KitGuru offices reveals that many of us have had video call capability built into our phones for a long while – but never really use it. Then along came Apple. And …

Are you concerned with pollution, yet find cycling or walking into work very tiring every day? Then the new solar powered electric scooter might just be the solution. Californian renewable energy experts Tony VanMeetern and Mike Donnell spent the last four years working on PV panel based, full sized emission …

With Intel's new Haswell platform just around the corner, many power supply companies have been rushing to get compatibility confirmed. You may not know, but Intel's Haswell C6/C7 power states require a minimum load of 0.05A on the 12V2 rail and many current power supplies will fail to provide that …

Once upon a time the default web browser for everyone was Internet Explorer. Those days are long gone though, but so are the ones that saw everyone that considered themselves a bit of a tech head using Firefox. Now people seem to be split quite evenly with the latest IE …

America is a strange country with regards to its gun laws. Governments and actors seem to not want anyone to own a gun legally, despite the fact that the USA is the biggest weapons dealer(and glorifier through Hollywood movies) in the world, while large portions of the public argue that …

Now that the Sony execs have done their UK tour, including Vodafone's head office in Newbury, it seems that more and more details of the up coming Apple/HTC name coupling ‘i1' are leaking out from our special sources close to the action. KitGuru polishes off another cup of tea and …

It's always a wonder what happens to those sites that fall from grace. The once great meeting points of the internet become ghost towns and we all just forget about them usually. Sometimes with the likes of Digg or Myspace, a Justin Timberlake or investment firm will come along and …

At least, in terms of staying with his current team, Evil Geniuses. This one doesn't involve the “toxic” gamers in League of Legends, but a Starcraft 2 pro player called Idra, real name Greg Fields. The reason behind his firing? He insulted fans and made as if he couldn't care …

While we have plenty to be getting on with down here on Earth, with new graphics card and CPU releases, one of humanities next great steps into the universe is to put a pair of booted feet on Mars. However, one of the biggest issues with doing so, looks to …

Don't worry Gearbox fans, the Dungeon Siege developer is alive and well, it's Timegate, the one that they farmed out a lot of the mechanics to, has shut down following its bankruptcy filing last week, with all staff laid off and everyone sent home early. There's no official announcement on …

Scientists in Germany have created a protective glove that warns the wearer of toxic substances in the air by immediately changing colour. There are many laboratories worldwide that have to deal daily with dangerous substances. The most dangerous are those that don't have a smell or colour, as it is …

Astronauts on the International Space Station have discovered a leak of ammonia coolant on their orbiting habitat. NASA say they are looking into the problem although they say it poses no immediate danger to the crew, according to the latest reports. The space station uses chilled liquid ammonia to cool …

Youtube have released details of their plan to let producers sell paid subscriptions to their videos. Youtube is owned by search engine giant Google and they said the subscription rates will range between 99 cents and $7.99 a month. Early adopters are Sesame Workshop, the producer of Sesame Street. They …

There was a time when mobile phones would not even capture a photograph, yet the new products being planned by Sony for the end of August will take video processing into a whole new realm for a smartphone. KitGuru has been listening to the rumblings and is ready to report …

Blockbuster, the long time film rental company that was bought in March this year by a company that presumably was paying homage to the South Park episode about just such a strange purchase, is hoping to keep its head above water in the UK by securing a one week rental exclusivity deal …

In a claim that will likely be laughed at by a good number of people, including internet mogul Kim Dotcom, Eric Holder, the US' attorney general, has claimed that Hollywood has no influence on Washington politics, especially not in the copyright infringement case surrounding Megaupload. When asked by Radio New …

The Ouya Android console has taken a bit of a beating recently. Early reviews of the developer hardware that went out were not good. People described it as being significantly underpowered and only offering something that most smartphones are capable of. Despite this, the company behind it have managed to secure another …