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Regular readers of Kitguru will already know that Apple are facing a potential customs ban in China over a trademark dispute for the iPad name. The problem now looks as if it could expand into the US territory. A representative for Proview in China said “I think in the future …

Nomophobia is the fear of being out of mobile phone contact and according to research conducted by OnePoll the percentage affected by this strange phobia is on the rise. OnePoll surveyed 1000 people in employment in the UK and found that two in three people fear misplacing or spending time …

Germany is well and truly Apple's stomping ground when it comes to anything related to lawsuits and today German courts have ruled in favour of Apple in a lawsuit against Motorola. Apple has been granted an injunction against Motorola for utilizing the “slide to unlock” style lockscreen which is patented …

J&W has now jumped on the Cedar Trail bandwagon in releasing a pair of mini-ITX motherboards for HTPC users in particular. Falling under the company's Minix line, the D2700-DC and D2500-DC are essentially the same board in terms of layout and specs, only they differ in the Atom chips embedded …

It has become apparent through several retailers and distributors that Samsung has decided to pull the plug on bringing a 32GB Galaxy Nexus to market, leaving us only with the 16GB launch model. This would be particularly disappointing news for the many folks who were holding out for some Ice …

Are you a tech-head? Would you love the opportunity to review a product and get it published online under your own name? We have an very interesting opportunity for an enthusiast courtesy of ADATA. Instead of relying purely on employees with established review sites, ADATA want to ship their new …

According to ViewSonic's product marketing director in the Asia Pacific region, Max Liu, ViewSonic is planning to expand on its ViewPad line of Android-powered tablets and bring some Windows 8-based models to market later this year when Microsoft outs its next Metro UI wielding OS. During his brief discussion with …

Kitguru spends a lot of time looking at the latest and greatest gaming peripherals on the market and seeing how they can improve our gaming experience. We do however spend less time looking at more ‘mainstream' products which appeal to a wider audience and fall within the budget constraints of …

Conference attendees wanted to know what Apple are going to do with their $90 billion cash reserves, according to Venturebeat. At the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference Tuesday, CEO Tim Cook was asked why Apple haven't taking the usual moves of buying back stock or issuing a dividend to …

The Apple lawsuit against Samsung in America is bigger than initially reported. AppleInsider have information which shows that the company name patents for 13 smartphones, two media players and two tablets. FOSS Patents writer Florian Muller reports that the Apple suit targets 17 Samsung products with a total of 8 …

The Apple App store is the store to rule them all, according to latest information released. Last year, the British Version of the App Store received a total of 255,922 applications, which averaged around 21,326 a month. We can't verify the quality of the applications, but for those people who …

An interesting study was released that shows BitTorrent piracy may not have such a bad impact on box office sales. The University of Minnesota and Wellesley College indicated that BitTorrent piracy doesn't have a significant impact on movie sales even though industry executives may feel otherwise. The report says that …

Google's next iteration of Android is rumoured to be known as Android 5.0 Jelly Bean, which may launch as soon as the second quarter of this year. I have read in the past that some features and optimisations were planned to be part of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich but were …

In the second LG smartphone related leak in as many days (the first being the successor to the Optimus 3D,) the upcoming X3 has been shown off with some specification and benchmark information. The upcoming and presumably flagship LG smartphone will run on the mighty powerful Nvidia Tegra 3 chipset, just like …

Sometimes in life, things can come as a bit of shock. For instance, the first time you look in the mirror and realise you have a pot belly, and grey hairs. I had a shock today, when I was least expecting it ... as I was listening to Radio 2 …

AMD launched their HD7770 today, and it was met with a mixed reception in our reviews. The performance isn't bad, but the price point seems a little high. The issue hasn't been helped with the very low pricing of the last generation HD6850 via etailers today. It would appear the …

Acer's upcoming Iconia Tab A510 which was announced last month at CES is reportedly due for a launch in Europe next month attached with a healthy price tag. The latest Acer tablet packs in Nvidia's latest Tegra 3 chipset and a full gigabyte of RAM but it gets exciting when the …

It now appears as if PayPal are now working on their own form of payment technology; turning their back on Near Field Communications (NFC). Although they have experimented with NFC in their Android application and as a point of sales system in Sweden recently, they do not see the brilliance …

Intel have been focusing lately on their Ultrabook range of computers, working with partners to release many machines this year. Their plans are to offer a variety of machines with excellent processing power and stylish design cues. It has already worked well for Apple with their Macbook Air, but Intel …

Apple may face problems in China for the upcoming release of their iPad 3 tablet computer. They are locked in battle with Proview, a company who claim that Apple are infringing on the ‘iPad trademark'. Proview have filed for a customs ban with local authorities to stop the import and …

CrackBerry has published a number of images purporting to show off the new look of the upcoming BlackBerry 10 smartphone OS. The images were taken from a 14-page RIM briefing document that was sent out to advertisers just recently. RIM is putting a lot of its eggs into one basket …

Got a thing for the cleanliness of All-in-One PCs at the home or office but haven't found anything big and bold enough to tickle your fancy yet? – HP's Z1 might be more your cup of tea with the company claiming it as the world's first AIO “Workstation” positioned PC, …

Today AMD release their new HD7750 and HD7770 series graphics cards targeting the mainstream enthusiast audience. In this review we analyse the Sapphire HD7770 1GHZ Overclock Edition which is supplied resplendent with custom cooling solution. Sapphire are AMD's largest partner and over the last year they have been releasing some …

AMD have had great success so far with their HD7970 and HD7950 high end graphics solutions, however the cost of both models has been prohibitive for many people. The reviews today will appeal to a wider audience who have a budget of around £150 or less to spend on a …

Our other editorials today focus on the new AMD HD7770 1GHZ graphics card, which is the higher end model in the 77xx range. In this review however we look at the HIS HD7750, a card which aims to target the budget aware gaming audience. HIS haven't quite yet earned the …

DNS servers, those things that are supplied automatically by our ISPs and all too often like to mess with our internet. Come to think of it, I am probably better off blaming my ISP's DNS servers than my modem for problems I have had in the past. This is why …

A report has surfaced over at AnandTech that the Corporate VP & CTO of AMD's Graphics Division, Eric Demers is finishing up with the company at the end of this week for reasons unknown at this time. Anand said that, “he's not going to Intel or NVIDIA but I suspect …

The industry gave Western Digital a huge boost at the Distree Channel Awards, by voting them the ‘Storage Vendor of the Year'. Given that WD struggled to ship drives at all in the busiest period, this was a grand gesture. KitGuru snapped up some of the atmosphere. When record rains …

MySpace have announced over 1 million new sign ups as a result of the launch of the new MySpace Music Player. The American account sign ups have risen to around 40,000 new registrations every day. The new music player is proving popular as it features the biggest online catalogue of …

Almost never spotted in the wild, Noctua engineers have been responsible for some of the finest sandwiches [sorry, coolers – Ed] in human history. If you catch a glimpse of Zardon in the lab, with his 2600k nuts clocked past 5GHz and the breeze from the cooling solution blowing his …