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Leaked screenshots have appeared online showing that Apple may be introducing new multitouch gestures on iOS. The image shows that multitasking gestures can be enabled or disabled and underneath it details that four or five fingers can be used to pinch to the homescreen, swipe up to reveal the multitasking …

Here at KitGuru we get excited every time a plain brown box arrives in our offices as we know that there is likely to be some exciting new tech within.  In this case, the tech isn't new to the market but that doesn't mean the contents of the box are …

Apple are having a tough time right now in China, as 36 Chinese environmental groups are accusing them of failing to address concerns over pollution and worker health issues in factories which supply components for their products. A report, due to be published later today shows that the groups are …

Microsoft launched an investigation last week into a Windows Phone 7 bug that caused some end users to experience unusual data transmission over 3G. Up to 50GB in some cases, even when connected to Wi-Fi. The results of this enquiry have been divulged to the Seattle PL and according to …

Rumours of the iPad 2 have been circulating over the last week, with many people saying it will feature the Retina Display. John Gruber, Apple watcher claims that this is incorrect. A while ago, sites and publications found higher resolution graphics inside recent builds of Apple's iOS programs, available on …

KitGuru reported yesterday that Steve Jobs has taken a leave of absense, so he can deal with health issues that have been causing him concern now for many months. The big question we need to ask however is should he finally step down and hand over the company to Tim …

Nintendo have announced that the 3DS will be on sale from March 27th and the price will be set at $249.99. This long awaited gadget will play video games in 3D without the need for glasses, and it can also take 3D photographs and display them on screen. Nifty. At …

Everyones favourite dirty old man Hugh Hefner has revealed on Twitter that full, uncensored issues of Playboy will become available for the iPad in March of this year. While Playboy already has an official App Store program, it has been restricted and contains no nude images. There are still no …

In such a short space of time, our little folding @ home team has went from nothing into the top 1000. I would like to to thank everyone for their time, effort and dedication to this project. Not only is it putting Kitguru in a good light, but it is …

The AMD HD5450 has proven to be a popular card with the enthusiast HTPC audience, due to the low pricing and media acceleration capabilities. This particular series has also been adopted by the business audience who value a low cost strategy with support for multiple monitors. The HIS HD5450 Silence …

MSI's upcoming N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II OC card has been listed on some retail stores, ahead of the official release. This card will feature MSI's excellent custom cooler with an ‘out of the box' overclock. The card was listed at 280 euros but at such an early date, this price …

In the mainstream enthusiast sector, IBM aren't often brought up in conversation. Although with the recent news of them backing ARM technology, this might change. Latest financial reports however show that in the professional sector they racked up $100bn of sales in 2010. IBM mainframe sales in 2010 were the …

In Q4 of 2010 Acer said that netbooks were selling well and that they would keep concentrating on releasing quality products in 2011. It appears they have changed their mind and have announced that they will reduce their netbook range and limit the volume. Whether we like it or not, …

Apple announced that they have sold over 160 million devices, powered by the iOS mobile operating system. Many critics are asking why they aren't dropping the price of the iPhone, with average prices now set at $625 per unit. Apple held a conference call yesterday and KitGuru was there to …

Google's Android is growing exponentially fast with over 300,000 devices being activated every day. The latest Gingerbread operating system (version 2.3) accounts for only 0.4 percent of the userbase. The statistics come from Google Android Developers website and it points that the slow adoption for Gingerbread is because that it …

Apple had a great 2010, selling many millions of iPads and ensuring that many other companies would take an interest in the tablet sector. This market is so strong that 44.6 million tablets are going to be shipped worldwide in 2011, over 2.5 times as many as 2010. IDC has …

Every performance enthusiast system needs high levels of cooling. An unfortunate side effect is that many fans on the market today can generate excessive noise. There is nothing you will regret more than buying a handful of cheap fans online without research. Unless you want to end up with a …

Following hot on the footsteps of the success of the ROG Rampage III Extreme, a revamped version of the motherboard was introduced at CES 2011. Listening to user feedback from the gaming community, ASUS went over all suggestions and incorporated the best into the all-new ROG Rampage III Black Edition. …

ARM are one of the UK's most exciting companies and they have just announced a deal with IBM to help with the 14nm production process. ARM are dominating the low power market right now with a high percentage of their designs being used in smartphone, tablet and embedded sectors. They …

It took a long time to get The Beatles songs on iTunes, but boy was it worth the wait. Since their material arrived on the Apple store on November 16th 2010 sales have been incredible. They sold two million songs and 450,000 albums in the first week alone, but latest …

Memory giant Kingston are releasing their newest SDHC cards, which are the highest speed class available on the market. These new Secure Digital High Capacity cards – ‘(SDHC) UHS-I Ultimate XX' are built to high security standards and offering class leading speeds. Aimed at the professional photographer and video creation …

Research In Motion have agreed to filter out pornographic content on their Blackberry devices for all users in Indonesia, according to a government spokesperson. This has been a forced compliance as Indonesia have threatened to revoke Blackberry's license to operate in the country, the world's most populous Muslim nation. Research …

Steve Jobs, probably the world's best known CEO has been battling serious health problems for years now. He said on Monday that he is taking a leave of absense. This has obviously raised questions about whether Apple should be concerned about their future. This announcement has caused a lot of …

We recently tested Intel's latest desktop Sandy Bridge processors which really impressed us with their impressive performance.  But we haven't yet had a chance to test any Sandy Bridge based laptops to see how they compare to the previous generation models. Kobalt Computers are renowned for producing some of the …

There are a plethora of laptops aimed at the business user, many of which fall into the ‘grey, boring and clunky category'. Dell are trying to shake this market up by offering a rather sexy alternative which stands out in a crowded market. No longer will a sharp dressed executive …

Every now and then, something comes along that is totally engaging and completely useless. The frog ring tone and the Rubic's Cube are two examples. Sunday morning, KitGuru received a link in the inbox (ouch!), opened it and spent the next half hour doing nothing productive whatsoever. You have been …

One of the most serious security issues in recent years was the release of the Stuxnet worm. Latest reports from The New York Times suggest that the creation was a joint project between the US and Israeli governments. The report suggests that the virus was created by the Israelis while …

Having found out that Miodrag Relic moved from EVGA to Asus and Iain Bristow from Asus to AMD, we had spent a while looking for a 3rd move to put this hat-trick of new year transfers together. We've found it, but it isn't the one we needed to complete the …

In Hong Kong today the rumour mill is burning hot with news that Apple are working on the new generation iPhone and that it may be using the ARM architecture based A8 ‘system on a chip' for the next generation model. The Apple A4 processor which is clocked at 1GHz …

As AMD begins a huge shake up of its company organisation, it looks like top personnel are being brought in at various levels to bolster the company, ready for a huge assault on the market in 2011. KitGuru has just learned of a significant movement in the local market, read …