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Earlier this month, we announced that we were teaming up with VIBOX to give away one of their Element Blue AMD-powered gaming rigs to one lucky KitGuru reader. After receiving thousands of entries and scrolling through all of your pictures, we have finally decided on a winner! The system itself …

The person allegedly behind the recent hack of several million children's accounts on the VTech Innotab tablet has been arrested. The 21 year old from the UK was said to have exposed information, pictures and audio recordings of as many as 6.4 million children and their parents after cracking the …

Being connected as a teen is pretty important. As much as older generations may have adopted social networking, children of today have grown up with it – it's in their blood. But it may not be for much longer, as a new change to EU data protection laws could make …

The first British astronaut to head into space under the banner of the European Space Agency, Tim Peake, is set to launch into Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) and join up with the International Space Station later today. He will be joined by American astronaut Tim Kopra, and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko aboard …

As much as the original Turok: Dinosaur Hunter on the N64 is a great game, going back to it now leaves you a little disappointed at the effect your rose tinted glasses have had. The draw distance in particular is horrific, leaving you staring at blue fog for half of …

While HBM still seems set to be the next big thing when it comes to VRAM on high-end graphics cards, we may have another contender in 2016 as reports are claiming that Micron is currently developing GDDR6 memory. This isn't the first time we have heard about a new version …

The UK High Court has once again ordered internet service providers to expand its list of blocked sites, with a new wave of 85 sites set to be blocked this week on the likes of Sky, Virgin Media, BT and TalkTalk. This will be one of the larger ban waves …

Over the years, Google has tried out a number of features with YouTube, some of which don't necessarily take off. One of these features happens to be the ability to upload video footage to the site directly from a Webcam, though this infrequently used feature will be going away for …

Following on from months of beta testing throughout the year, Microsoft now has its digital assistant, Cortana, available for both iOS and Android. Cortana is also set to be ‘deeply integrated' with the Cyanogen OS too, starting with the 12.1.1 update, which is coming to the OnePlus One soon, this …

Since the launch of both the Surface Book and the Surface Pro 4 tablet, Microsoft has received plenty of complaints from customers over a mix of both minor and major issues. Most have been fixed, but still, Microsoft has decided to apologise to early adopters of the two new Windows …

Lionhead Studios and Microsoft have been teasing us with Fable Legends since 2013 and while it was initially due to launch this year, things have slipped a little bit. Fable Legends will be one of the first games to support cross-play between Xbox One and PC, though the title will …

A week after the initial tease launched, OtherSide Entertainment has officially announced that it has begun development on System Shock 3. The timer on the teaser site has now expired, showing off the game's title along with an image of SHODAN, the AI antagonist, along with an audio file that …

Netflix and other streaming services like it are crowning achievements of modern web standards and technology; able to stream pedabytes of data to consumers around the world, simultaneously and (mostly) without difficulty. However it faces the same problems as other large online entities, colossal web-traffic bills and the inerrant security …

This year's celebrity Instagram phenomenon has arguably been the ‘hoverboard,' the Segway, swegway, Elite-Board… whatever you know it by: the two wheeled, self balance board. It's been tearing it up in social media posts and many real-world people have enjoyed them too, but amid safety concerns, Amazon has now stopped …

As much as many cheered on Arab Spring protests in Africa and the Middle East over the past few years, it was obvious even in less developed countries that the technological disparity between protesters and governments is widening. So what can modern day protesters do to keep themselves safe from …

The founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, is set to be questioned by Swedish authorities at the Ecuadorian embassy where he has been living for the past three years. This was given the go ahead by the Ecuadorian government but is not set to take place until the New Year. The …

What does $100 million buy you in game development? So far it's purchased the fans of Star Citizen a second Alpha, as with the continued expansion of the number of backers – now over one millon – and ever increasing pledges, that astronomical total has now been reached. The celebratory …

It looks like overclocking could be possible soon on Intel's non K-series Skylake processors. Recently, the Overclocker ‘Dhenzjhen'managed to take a Core i3-6320 and bump its base clock up to 127 MHz using a SuperMicro C7H170-M motherboard but reports are suggesting that this feature could be enabled on more motherboards …

Back in 2013, Valve set out on a mission to reinvent the gamepad to bring PC gaming to the living room. It has taken a while but the Steam Controller finally launched this year and now, we can see how it is put together be the Aperture Science branded robots …

This week, Valve really shook up the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community with a new gun, the R8 Revolver. The gun was swiftly discovered to be insanely powerful and accurate, with massive base damage and the ability for one shot kills. Now after much feedback, Valve has patched the gun to …

AMD has once again confirmed that its new Zen architecture CPUs for desktops are on target for a 2016 launch, following reports that the AM4 platform is due to launch as early as March. This marks the second time that AMD has officially confirmed that its new CPU architecture will …

Although far from its largest show of the year, Multiplay's major Christmas LAN event, Insomnia 56 (i56) still has a lot on show. While we'd love to take you all with us on a virtual tour of the entire show, we can't quite afford that new Nokia VR camera just …

A short while back, Microsoft announced plans to switch up its OneDrive cloud storage plans. One of the big changes was set to be the 15GB of free storage shrinking to just 5GB for users, this decision generated a ton of complaints, around 70,000 to be exact, so now, Microsoft …

We've been hearing a lot of rumours over the last few months regarding Nintendo's next console, the NX. So far, we have no idea what it is going to be or what features it will bring to the table but we do know that Nintendo has been making some interesting …

Although Oculus is the darling of the virtual reality world, HTC's Vive headset has been making waves since it started shipping out to developers who wanted to build games and experiences for its commercial release. However the general public have had a chance to play around with the headset and …

Google has gone ahead and dropped a little bit of information about future Android features along with next year's Android update, currently known as Android N. While some apps and smartphone makers, have experimented with split-screen multitasking functionality in Android, Google is going to officially implement it as a feature …

Back before Wind0ws 10 launched, there was talk of Microsoft's new browser, Edge, being compatible extensions.  The feature has taken a while, in-fact Microsoft initially planned to include it in November's big Threshold 2 update for Windows 10, but now after a few delays it seems that a release is …

When it comes to the Final Fantasy series, Square Enix has a track record of taking its time to get a new game out, with the most obvious example right now being Final Fantasy XV. So when Final Fantasy VII: Remake was announced, many assumed we wouldn't see the game …

Competitive gaming is becoming a huge thing these days, with the rise of eSports and massive livestream tournament events like ESL or The International. Given how popular it is all getting it shouldn't be too surprising to hear that EA is jumping on that and has formed its own competitive …

EVGA is adding another power supply to its range, this time focussing on offering value. The EVGA 700B PSU comes 80 Plus Bronze rated, offering 85 percent efficiency under typical loads and as the name suggests, it also offers 700 watts of power, for those with lots of demanding components. …