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Recently we looked at the Spectrum 5XB, SteelSeries' first attempt at an Xbox 360 gaming headset …. essentially their 5H headset with a clever adapter which allowed you to plug it into an Xbox controller for Xbox Live chat.  Not to rest on their laurels, the SteelSeries' boffins have been …

We currently have the new ASUS GTX580 Matrix Platinum in our labs, and the review will be published shortly. We thought in the interim that our readers might like to see some high resolution pictures of the card before our full indepth analysis. The GTX580 is one of my favourite …

Intel are dominating the high performance processor industry, and Silicon Graphics International (SGI) have said that they are wanting to build a computer 500 times more powerful than anything today, by 2018. SGI's chief technology officer Eng Lim Goh said that the company wanted to pair up Intel's many integrated …

Apple are going to be releasing a new AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule. Information was leaked by an unnamed source to 9to5Mac. The new part numbers are : • MD031LL/A AIRPORT EXTREME 802.11N (5TH GEN)- USA • MD032LL/A TIME CAPSULE 2TB (4TH GENERATION) USA • MD033LL/A TIME CAPSULE 3TB (4TH …

Technology analyst Charlie Wolf from Needham and Company is claiming that Android is going to drop marketshare against iOS over the coming months. His reasoning? Apple are due to release the upgraded iPhone. Android has actually seen a slight US decline already in recent months and Wolf predicts that the …

There was a time when a good kit of memory cost as much as a few weeks salary … how times have changed. With the recent earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan many analysts had predicted that memory prices would rise. While they might still increase by the end of …

Nokia are aiming to release their first Windows smartphones later this year although it looks as if they won't hit the channel in volume until 2012. Stephen Elop, Nokia CEO was speaking at the Nokia Connections event in Singapore and had a positive outlook on Nokia's change in stance. “We …

3D TV in the UK has failed to capture the imagination of the public and sales figures in recent months indicate that the buying people are quite happy with their ‘regular' high definition LCD and Plasma screen. We ask the big question. ‘Why?'. Well it doesn't take a rocket scientist …

Today Kitguru are partnering with YoyoTech to provide one lucky reader with a state of the art media center. Over the last year we have given away crates of hardware to readers and forum members – this competition today is quite easily one of our best. Regular readers will already …

Firefox has had a strong following for many years, with many enthusiast users ditching Internet Explorer a long time ago for the foxy browser. The latest Firefox 5 release is just around the corner and it has been available on the HTTP server for a few days already if you …

We recently took a look at Razer's first attempt at a mechanical gaming keyboard which left us with mainly positive impressions.  Throughout our review we compared it to SteelSeries' existing mechanical keyboard, the 7G, which has been around for a good few years now and can be found on the …

Imagine a world where advanced electronic devices can be embedded into the human body, correcting problems and monitoring/enhancing function. Impressive stuff. But there is a dark side. A very dark side. KitGuru dreams of a jump-suited Raquel Welch while considering a modern day fantastic voyage. Roll the clock back 40 …

Team Web Ninjas have posted a blog online which is said to expose some members of Lulzsec, the underground hacking group who have targeted many businesses and government agencies in recent months. The blog, entitled lulzsecexposed.blogspot.com has received hundreds of thousands of hits over the weekend, and they even have …

The New York Post is coming under attack with a recent decision to block Safari users on the Apple iPad. They are redirecting visitors to download the publications specialised application through the App Store – which is pay only. Paid Content reported the findings at the weekend, saying that the …

It is a term I never though I would hear, but according to the International Business times, executives are saying that the iPad is leading “a ‘post-PC' consumer world where users roam free from their desktops with tablets and smartphones.” Counting the success of the iPad aside, it appears that …

Apple are a company continually in the spotlight and recent figures from DisplayBank indicate that they are responsible for 84% of all 9.7 inch displays which were sold last month. Apple use two main suppliers for their iPad screens – Samsung and LG. These companies combined delivered 4.5 million of …

Kitguru has been reporting for weeks on various attacks by Anonymous and Lulzsec. After the initial Anonymous attacks on Sony, it seems as if Lulzsec want the the majority of the press with various high profile intrusions in recent weeks on various companies. During the week they posted 62,000 users …

We had hoped that the hacking news reports would stop for a while, but Japanese game maker Sega have been attacked and compromised. Hackers have walked away with the personal data of 1.29 million customers. The Sega Pass website, which is controlled by London based Sega Europe has been breached …

Today we are going to look at a very impressively designed drive caddy which can convert both 2.5 inch mechanical and solid state drives into RAID arrays. It is also built to withstand serious abuse and to fit inside a standard 3.5 inch drive bay. If you have several older …

There seem to be an ever increasing number of brands trying to take a slice of the gaming headset pie, especially at the value end of the market where consumers are less ‘brand' conscious.  We hadn't actually heard of Cyber Snipa before they sent us a headset for review but …

KitGuru spent the day with AMD in Berlin, learning about the latest addition to their Fusion APU range, the A-Series. There was a lot of hype surrounding Fusion when it launched back in January. We tested some products based on the E-Series Fusion platform and were left with generally positive …

Kitguru has some of the best competitions on the net, we have given away video cards, computers, power supplies, and even a brand new iPad 2 in recent months. Today something very useful for your next system build, or even for a current upgrade. Our good friends over at ADATA …

Operating system software giant Microsoft have just released a Windows Software development kit for the successful, hot selling Kinect motion sensing controller. Microsoft have been selling millions of the Kinect controllers over the last months and it is a runaway success story on the Xbox 360. Instead of locking it …

There are no shortage of quality 80 Plus Gold Certified power supplies on the market today, but when a new model is released from Enermax it always deserves a closer look. The MaxRevo range is their new flagship series of power supplies with three hardcore flavours – 1200W, 1350W and …

It seems we can't go a day without mentioning Lulzsec, as the proficient hacking group continue to compromise websites and online businesses. Yesterday they posted the information of 62,000 hacked email accounts and the information relating to passwords makes for some interesting reading indeed. Looking through the list last night …

Generally when Apple are mentioned, people discuss the runaway success of the iPad, but recent predictions from J.P. Morgan indicate that Apple would turn the Macbook Air platform into a $3 billion a year business with the release of the iCloud software. Mark Moskowitz wrote in a note to investors …

We would like to thank everyone for entering the Dirt 3 competition and we had many entries in the last couple of weeks. The five lucky winners are David Holt ‘Bruno' Padre Schlauch Kurt san juan Edmund Trent Please check your email for the key to get your game online …

Research In Motion reduced their profit forecast 2 months ago however they showed earnings results yesterday that were worse than even the lowered analyst expectations. RIM are one of the pioneers of the smartphone market, making one of the first smartphones ever released. In recent years however they are struggling …

“Beat the bushes to startle the snakes” is an age old maxim and, in the case of KitGuru's earlier story about the possible merger of AMD with nVidia – we seem to have stirred up a response to the question, “Who will be AMD's new CEO?” While there is definite …

News just in from the interwibble indicated that Apple is in the process of instigating 1984-style controls on what you can do and when you can do it with an iPhone. Big brother is watching you – and preparing to zap you with evil infra-red rays. KitGuru steps into room …