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Microsoft have had great success so far with the Kinetic accessory which was originally planned just for the Xbox 360. PC owners can expect a sizeable update when Version 1.5 hits the Windows platform. Microsoft's Craig Eisler posted in his blog this week, offering a peak at the upcoming additions …

Sharp have announced an alliance with Foxconn today. Four Foxconn subsidiaries will obtain 9.88% stake in the company and become the largest shareholder of Sharp. Foxconn also get shares in Sharp Display Products, which was a joint venture between Sharp and Sony to produce large size panels and modules. Sharp …

Always big on the customer service, Apple has decided in Australia that advertising The New iPad (3) as being 4G, while it is not in fact compatible with the local 4G network, was a mistake. Will the UK follow suit? In a nod to global corporate speak, Apple has decided …

Following its first swallow-up in June of last year when it acquired Kombo Animation Studio, Angry Birds creator Rovio has just aimed its slingshot and hit dead on at an even bigger target – none other than Futuremark's “Games Studio” division. A formal announcement has been given on Rovio's website …

After many months of Ivy Bridge talk and still another month or so to go before its supposed launch date, it's been discovered that there doesn't appear to be any Core i3 models coming out for notebooks; rather, Ivy Bridge mobile parts will be confined to Intel's Core i7, Core …

For those tech readers who don’t always get time to check out our game related content at Kitguru gaming – here is a round up of content published in the last week. “Is the Smithsonian's Video Game Exhibit Missing a Critical Element?” Although the exhibit received a lot of attention, …

Sometimes a CEO will open his mouth and make a controversial statement. Sometimes these statements get marked down in the annals of history, remembered decades later. Sometimes these statements can come back and bite the CEO on the ass. Michael Dell knows that feeling very well. In October 1997, Dell …

My new iPad 3 turned up a few days ago and since then I have been addicted to the new Angry Birds Space game. If you have grown sick of the Angry Birds concept over the last year, then the new title brings a new dimension to the standard gravity/physics …

Apple CEO Tim Cook has traveled to China to talk with government officials as he tries to clear up a raft of problems in this heavy growth market. Cook has never been to China, since taking over from the late Steve Jobs last year. He is keeping to a guarded …

BMW are recalling around 1.3 million cars worldwide as a result of battery malfunctions which they say in extreme cases could cause fire. The company issued a statement which said that the battery cable cover inside the trunk may be mounted incorrectly. The problem may cause malfunctions including the ability …

Aria are holding another competition to win a new Z77 motherboard direct from MSI! There's also 300x Runner-up prizes of £25 Cashback!! You can find out how to enter over here on the ARIA forums

The NZXT Phantom 410 has been on the market now for many months but today we are looking at a special coloured version of the case. NZXT have decided to re-release this popular case in duotone colours – Black/Orange, Black/White and White/Blue. We get a very special version however for …

One of the most, if not most, annoying things about travelling by air is the fact you must switch off any personal electronic devices before takeoff until you reach cruising altitude. Nick Bilton of the New York Times recently got in contact with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and learnt that they …

Game have offically shut down now, and have pulled the plug on their website, showing a ‘is down for maintenance' message. They say on the page “MJA Jervis and SD Maddison have been appointed as Joint Administrators of The GAME Group plc, Game Stores Group Limited, Gameplay (GB) Limited, Game …

Imagine a display that offers much of the readability in sunlight and battery life of today's E Ink displays yet also offers refresh rates and colours equivalent to LCDs currently available, thanks to Samsung and Liquavista that dream will soon become much more than a dream. Following Samsung's acquisition of Liquavista last …

New, double resolution images have been found in the second developer build of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. This means that new Macintosh computers could very well ship with a Retina display, or HiDPi mode. We have all seen how the ultra high resolution panels have improved the iPad 3, …

Thermaltake has been making cases for several years but they also have many different product lines such as power supplies, CPU coolers, fans, keyboards and mice.  Today we have the opportunity to review one of their new full tower cases.  The case we are going to examine is the Thermaltake …

Windows 8 hasn't been getting the warm reception from the enthusiast desktop PC audience that Microsoft would have hoped. Many people who have tried the consumer preview are very unhappy with the new interface and can see very few benefits to ‘upgrading' from Windows 7. One of the main sticking …

The battle against Pirates Bay continues, with many ISP's blocking access to the site now. Microsoft are joining the censorship by stopping people sharing links to the site with others. Windows Live Messenger now refuses to pass on links, claiming they are unsafe. It looks as if Microsoft are now …

Reports indicate that Microsoft, with an escort of U.S. Marshals seized control of command and control servers on Friday in two states in America. This is an ongoing campaign by Microsoft to take down botnets involving 13 million computers infected with the Zeus Malware. Microsoft announced last night that “some …

Over the weekend Nvidia dropped the NDA on it's Geforce GTX 680 graphics card based on their new Kepler architecture. Which in the case of the GTX 680, Kepler beats the AMD competition, the 7970 on many levels with some degree of ease. As a result of a successful launch (excluding a …

Thermaltake make a wide range of power supplies targeting all sectors. The ToughPower 1,500W Modular supply is firmly aimed at the hardcore gaming enthusiast sector who need to power multiple high end graphics cards. The ToughPower 1,500W can deliver up to 1,600Watts at peak load and is 80 Plus Silver …

It can't be fun trying to compete with a company like Intel. If you look at the $50Bn worth of engineering, marketing and sales muscle the sponsors of tomorrow has at its disposal, then look over at AMD's $6.5Bn revenues, you you get an idea of the scale of the …

It seems like every month that we are looking at a gaming peripheral from a company targeting the gaming sector.  Even though some of these companies have created very impressive products like the new Corsair Vengeance range, many gamers will opt for a tried and tested brand instead, such as …

Research In Motion have been knocked off the top spot in hometown Canada for the first time, to be replaced by Apple's, with their iPhone. The maker of Blackberry smartphones shipped 2.08 million Blackberry phones last year in Canada compared to Apple's 2.85 million, according to data complied by Bloomberg …

Without doubt, Koen ‘Big Daddy' Crijns is one of the nicest guys in the technology industry. Widely respected in his native country of Holland, Koen left ComputerTotaal magazine as reviews editor around 10 years ago and never looked back. Earlier today, he dropped a cool link into KitGuru and we …

Facebook have bought 750 patents from IBM to help the company battle against potential patent infringement allegations. The information came from an unnamed source close to the situation who spoke to Bloomberg. The patent purchasing is said to cover various areas such as networking and software. This acquisition will increase …

The Solid State market has been thriving in the last six months. Part of this growth has been caused by the Thailand floods which raised the prices of mechanical drives. If you are in the market for a new Solid State drive, but only have £100 to spend then the …

Today leading international mainboard and graphics card maker MSI officially announces the new GeForce GTX 680 graphics card featuring the latest 28nm GeForce GTX 680 GPU and 2GB of GDDR5 memory. The GeForce GTX 680 graphics card is outfitted with the latest GPU that not only meets PCI Express 3.0 …

Palit Microsystems Ltd releases the powerful new Palit GeForce GTX 680 and its delivers more than just state-of-the-art features and technology. It gives you truly game-changing performance that will transform the way you experience all your favorite titles-now and in the future. Armed with 1536-core GPU that clocked at 1006MHz …