The woes of Research In Motion seem to keep rolling in, as latest reports indicate they now have to pay out $147 million in damages for infringing on patents owned by Mformation Technologies. A jury determined at the weekend that RIM's Enterprise Server infringed on Mformation patents and awarded damages …
Read More »Overclockers wonder if Prodigy will be firestarter
With its headquarters up in Staffordshire, Overclockers has always been associated with supplying the components that enthusiasts need for custom builds. Now it's branching more-n-more across to ready-assembled/pre-overclocked systems and to illustrate that fact, it's today launching the a brand new gaming rig in one of the latest chassis. This …
Read More »Apple iPhone 5 leaked pictures: update
Yesterday we ran a story featuring multiple images highlighting key design elements of Apple's iPhone 5 which is due for official release later this year. Due to external pressures, which we are unable to detail publicly we felt it necessary to remove this story and all related images. If you …
Read More »Digg sold for $500,000, worth $160m at peak
Digg, the once rising star of the social news industry has been sold for only $500,000. Betaworks, a New York based technology development company bought the website however according to breaking news on the Wall Street Journal, it will not be retaining any of the staff. Digg was founded in …
Read More »Leaked bios to turn HD7970 into GHZ Edition
You may have read Zardon's review earlier this week of the reference AMD HD7970 GHZ Edition. While the performance was great, our closing thoughts raised issues with AMD's cooling solution, power consumption and the potential UK price point. Many of AMD's partners have been releasing high grade HD7970's for a …
Read More »Win the VTX3D HD7870 EyeFinity 6 Graphics card!
July is hardware giveaway month! Are you fed up with your lackluster computer? Would you like to add a couple of new monitors but lack the graphics power to do it? Then today we have the answer to your conundrum. Our good friends at VTX3D are giving away the stunning …
Read More »G.SKILL ” Like, Share & WIN” Event Announcement
G.Skill are running a new competition to win some very nice hardware along with T.shirts and Polo shirts. You can enter over here.
Read More »Know a friend who can’t get online today? help them out
If you can read this today then you are likely to be safe from the DNS Changer malware which has reportedly infected thousands of computers. We reported last week that week that 277,000 people may be struggling to get online today. This malware has been active since 2007, and it …
Read More »Interact with BeQuiet! win Dark Power Pro 10 550W!
We opened a support forum for BeQuiet! users, officially endorsed by the company. We would like to get our readers interacting with BeQuiet! and we felt it was a cool idea to give something away. We all know how you love sexy, cutting edge hardware – who doesn't? Today we …
Read More »277,000 users may lose net access on Monday
Reports from the FBI say that over a quarter of a million users could lose internet access on Monday. The FBI are taking down a ‘safety net' which is protecting these people from a malicious piece of code infecting their systems. The FBI say that 64,000 Windows machines are infected …
Read More »Mozilla to release Firefox OS for mobile market
Mozilla are planning to release the FireFox Operating System, based entirely on HTML 5 and open web standards. The plan is to unlock many restrictions of mobile Web development. Mozilla aim to target the emerging markets, starting with Brazil in 2013. They posted a blog yesterday to say that the …
Read More »Win the KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 LTD OC 2048MB (1268mhz!)
We have one heck of a prize to give away today, courtesy of Overclockers UK. We have teamed up with one of the UK's finest technology stores to give away the extremely rare KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 LTD OC 2048MB. This is not the slower clocked version, but the 1,268mhz …
Read More »New Graphics Card Brand Launches In UK
Multi award-winning graphics card manufacturer, AFox, has launched in the UK for the first time. Originally Foxconn’s branded graphics division, AFox became independent of the company in 2008. The company headquarters are now in Hong Kong, with divisions in the US, Germany, Taiwan and Russia, employing in excess of 420 …
Read More »Spray on Battery powered bathroom tiles created
This is one of the more interesting stories today. Researchers at Rice University have developed a new spray on battery. They layer five coats of specially formulated paint, a thin coat of lithium ion storage is applied to multiple surfaces, including ceramics, glass and steel. The early tests seem positive, …
Read More »Philipp Humm, CEO of T-Mobile, USA resigns
Phillipp Humm has resigned as the CEO of T Mobile USA and will be replaced by Jim Alling on an interim basis. Humm was in charge of the fourth largest U.S. mobile operator since 2010 and he started in the German mobile business before heading to America to take charge. …
Read More »BBM for Blackberry 10 OS images leak online
Images of what is purported to be the upcoming Messenger for Blackberry 10 operating system have leaked online. These images were posted online at N4BB, which highlight a darker theme said to improve battery life. The annotations to the images posted online hint that the darker colours and optimisation for …
Read More »Seagate acquire stake in DensBits Technologies
Seagate announced that they are acquiring a stake in Haifa, Israel based DensBits Technologies. No figures have been disclosed. Seagate are best known for their mechanical hard drives in both 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch form factors. The announcement shows that Seagate are interested in delving further into the flash …
Read More »Retina based Macs could generate $1 billion profit
Management consultant Rags Srinivasan has reported on gigaom that the new Retina powered MacBook Pro computers could generate another $1 billion in pure profit for Apple. He explains that Apple made a gross margin of $18.5 billion in the last quarter, it says $1.65 billion of this is due to …
Read More »Win BeQuiet Dark Power Pro 10 850W and Silent Wings 2 fans!
We have another great competition up for grabs this weekend, courtesy of our friends over at noise specialist market leader BeQuiet! We have a fantastic Kitguru ‘Must have' 9.5 out of 10 award winning Dark Power Pro 10 850W Power Supply as first prize to one lucky reader, worldwide. The …
Read More »Today’s bargain: 64GB Flash drive on offer for £23.99
We like to hunt out bargains for our readers and today's special offer seems a deal almost too good to be true. Ebuyer in the UK are selling the Patriot Axle USB 2.0 64GB drive for £23.99, with free shipping. For added peace of mind there is a 2 year …
Read More »90 inch Sharp Aquos – biggest LED TV so far
I love a big television, and until this morning I thought my 50 inch Sony screen was worth a discussion. Not to be outdone, Sharp have released their latest Aquos television, weighing in at a whopping 90 inches. The new LED television (LC-90LE745U) is a full 1080p screen with Active …
Read More »Facebook settle $10 million lawsuit – paying charity
Facebook has agreed to pay out $10 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the site of violating users' rights to control the use of their own names, photographs and likenesses. Court documents were released over the weekend. Facebook are paying the $10 million to charity. The lawsuit was initiated …
Read More »Retina Macbook Pro – ‘the least repairable laptop’
Apple have been receiving a lot of praise for their latest Macbook Pro update with Retina display. Popular teardown site iFixit have published their detailed analysis on taking one apart and their findings are interesting. They say that the Retina Macbook is the least repairable laptop they have ever taken …
Read More »Win a £1,200 CyberPower system with Gigabyte
With the Euros in full swing and the Olympics coming up soon enough, the world plus dog seems to be getting more competitive. Today we have a challenge in from the PC integration team at CyberPower alongside the mainboard maestros at Gigabyte. Entry is easy – so read on. The …
Read More »ASRock first to get Windows 8 motherboard Certification
No one in the enthusiast desktop sector may actually appear to want it, but ASRock are the first motherboard manufacturer to get Windows 8 hardware certification. They proudly announced “With the outstanding R&D capability, ASRock motherboard is hardware ready to support the newest operation system Windows® 8, delivering a safest …
Read More »Win an Asus GTX680 courtesy of ARIA and Kitguru!
Thanks to our friends at ARIA we are giving away a stonking, brand new GTX680 from ASUS. We know how tired everyone is coming up to the weekend so this time we have kept the terms of entry really simple! There is no doubt about it the Nvidia GTX680 is …
Read More »Microsoft Office for iPad on the horizon?
It may be hard to believe, but Microsoft have yet to release their extremely popular Office suite for the Apple iPad. According to earlier reports from The Daily in February, it was said Microsoft would release the software ‘in the coming weeks', but it never happened. Microsoft said at the …
Read More »Google warn users of security risks: update your password
Google Vice President Security Eric Grosse has spoken out on the company blog, warning users to take immediate steps to protect their data. He said “We are constantly on the lookout for malicious activity on our systems, in particular attempts by third parties to log into users' accounts unauthorised…Today, we …
Read More »Aria offer cut price BeQuiet! E9 power supplies
BeQuiet! have earned a great reputation for working with quality OEM partners and releasing high grade power supplies. We have been informed that they are offering a cut price deal on their E9 80 Plus Gold range. They have a range of power supplies from the 500W to the 700W …
Read More »Google mark up 140 takeovers since 2010
Google are strengthening their portfolio this year with patent and company acquisitions. Their latest purchase is software company QuickOffice, who create mobile office software. Quickoffice have offered a service very similar to Google Docs, free alternatives to Microsoft Office software. Quickoffice has been focused completely on mobile devices such as …
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