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Two sources online have leaked information on the range of cards coming from AMD in the near future, these are leaked slides with updated information. ‘Twice The Horsepower' is a good header because it looks to be quite close going on what we are reading. The Barts XT core, which …

Outspoken Google CEO Eric Schmidt has dismissed the potential threat from social networking giant Facebook and has instead pointed to Bing as being Google's main competitor. Schmidt has said that Bing is ‘doing well' and is owned by a company who has more cash and resources than Google and has …

It has been a tough period for Nokia and KitGuru has been reporting on the issues they have been facing, with product delays, share prices dropping and declining market percentages. Rumours persist that there are internal issues within company divisions. Information has been leaked to publications that Nokia have been …

Latest rumours in suggest that Microsoft may hold the Windows 7 launches on October 21st and November the 8th. According to Neowin sources, which is not officially confirmed. The launch on October 21st is apparently aimed at audiences in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain with the USA …

Back in June, we presented some of the world's first shots of the upcoming Thermaltake Jing cooler. Now, three months later, the product is about to ship in volume and we've got it in our lab early. Before we begin the torture testing, here's a quick look see. After the …

It seems that many companies have ‘jumped upon the PSU wagon' in recent years with Corsair, Sapphire and XFX all having dipped their toes into the market with various levels of success. Recently Tul Corporation, or ‘Powercolor' as they are more commonly known announced their intentions to enter this sector …

AMD have had a really positive 12 months, however they have updated their projections for the Q3 financial quarter which ends tomorrow. It looks as if they will report a loss between 2 and 4 percent. AMD have released a statement saying that they “expect revenue for the quarter ending …

These days, a good deal of ISPs include a router with their broadband packages to sweeten the deal and to make setup easier.  But as they are usually included ‘free', such routers are usually made very cheaply and only have the bare essential features.  So there is still a sizable …

The HP Slate has been discussed for some time now, but a man reporting to have a prototype in his hands has published a video on Youtube. “I have one here in my hands,” says the man, who is known as x313xkillazx on YouTube. “It's not actually out yet … …

Apple have overtaken PetroChina Co. to become the second biggest company on the planet. Apple are now valued at $265.8 billion which surpasses the worth of PetroChina at $265.5 billion. Apple are one of the fastest growing companies on the planet and are still trailing Exxon Mobile Corp who are …

Facebook has not been having a good week, facing the second wave of downtime, the most it has faced in four years. This time it has been throwing out continuous error messages which was due to an internal system error. With a blog post they have explained the outage was …

Kitguru posted news earlier this week that IE9 will not work on Windows XP, but latest reports are in which detail that it will require Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Vista SP2 to work properly. According to an FAO which was posted on the companies website, Windows 7 users will …

We have reviewed many NAS units on Kitguru – it is a thriving market and one which many enthusiast users have been embracing in 2010. This is competitive industry with manufacturers such as Buffalo, QNAP and ASUS releasing a variety of products for the home sector. Today we look at …

Terrible news has reached us today that security researcher Samy Kamkar has created a horrific tool designed to create browser cookies that can not be deleted, The EverCookie API. Kamkar is coming under flak from many organisations due to his coding which is able to generate a series of cookies …

DVD rental group BlockBuster have been hit hard by online film rental services and mail order dealers. The 25 year old company is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US today. Blockbuster have been in operation for 25 years now and they may very well reemerge after a …

ASRock aren't often considered as one of the top motherboard manufacturers around but at KitGuru, we think their products are somewhat underrated.  We recently looked at their P55 Extreme4 Motherboard which walked away with our most prestigious ‘Must Have' award. Today we are going to look at the 890GX Extreme4 …

Dell have detailed their second tablet computer in a move to enhance their mobile range – in a head to head battle with the Apple iPad for sales. In a similar move to Samsung, Michael Dell said their 7 inch tablet will be running the Google Android operating system. They …

Bill Gates is still the richest man in America, however the Forbes list of the 400 richest people in America shows that Steve Jobs has been overtaken by FaceBook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The legendary Gates, co founder and former CEO of Microsoft topped the list again with an estimated worth …

Reports in today show that over 1 million iPhones have been sold in Korea since the launch – our figures are showing 1,050,239 units as of last night. This number is impressive because Korea are generally slow in adopting new technology, a point which Apple will be keen to detail. …

The Twitter worm that has been running rampant was the brainchild of a 17 year old kid from Australia, named Pearce Delphin according to sources at AFP. The teenager had worked out the flaw to allowing javascript code to appear in tweets and he posted some code which was picked …

Unfortunately we weren't all born millionaires, because XFX would need to hire more staff so we could all run these beauties in CrossfireX. Today we bring you all right down to earth and focus on the competitive and highly lucrative £100 price point. Make no mistake, while we all drool …

KitGuru recently reported on how Computercenter, one of the world's biggest HP customers, had shunned HP Blade servers for its own data centres. Instead, Computercenter chose newcomer Cisco. Looks like things might be about to get a whole lot worse for HP. As HP is fond of saying, maybe this …

In a move set to enrage various religions, a team at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder OHIO has detailed a possible explanation for the Moses ‘parting of the Red Sea'. At the right spot – a sharp bend where a shallow river meets a coastal lagoon …

Microsoft have made the first public preview of Windows Small Business Server 7 (SBS7) available for download. This version is built upon Windows Server 2008 R2 and includes Exchange Server 2010 SP1, SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Windows Software Update services. SBS7 is a part of the suite due to be …

Planet Michael, an online virtual world devoted to the memory of the late Michael Jackson is going to be released next year in the attempt to give the general public an interest in the MMO genre. People who would find World Of Warcraft intimidating. “There will be a whole restructuring …

Apple are not only facing stiff competition from Samsung with their new 7 inch Galaxy handheld computer because BlackBerry are due to release their new ‘BlackPad', possibly within the next few weeks. The Blackpad is rumoured to be based around a 7 inch touchscreen and will have at least one …

Researchers have found that almost nine in 10 Apple customers are ‘pleased' with their computer purchase. Steve Jobs must be equally as happy hearing this. Windows 7 was also on the ‘happy list' with customers much more satisfied with the platform than the ill received Windows Vista. The American Customer …

Casio have released a new megazoom camera with the ability to geo-tag photos and video with ultra precise detail. The EX-H20G is the newest camera from Casio in their EXILM hi-zoom range and it is in the first on the market to offering indoor geotagging, according to the company. It …

If three screens just isn't enough for you then the new card from Zotac might just tickle your fancy. It's the first Zotac graphics card to support Quad monitor configurations and is based around the excellent GTX 460 solution. New ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 460 3DP graphics card ZOTAC GeForce® GTX …

Nokia have not had an easy 12 months, with declining sales and the replacement of their CEO. News has just reached us that they are delaying their flagship N8, once again. The N8 is seen as Nokia's first major smartphone to launch a challenge against Apple's iPhone, the success of …