At the weekend, it can be interesting to get a hold of marketing research and company financials – it looks like Matt Richman has been busy doing some profit calculations. Earlier this month Peter Misek of Jefferies and Company indicated that Mac gross margins were hovering around 28%. When we …

Older Mac lovers will remember playing Marathon on their 68030 or 68040 powered computer many eons ago. The latest news is that the 1994 genre redefining shooter is coming to the iPad. Bungie, the makers of the original game however won't be involved because the port is being handled by …

High profile hacking group Lulzsec are in the news almost daily in recent weeks, and their latest target according to industry sources is the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Lulzsec hacked into the network and downloaded hundreds of law enforcement files, which they released. This is the latest in a …

I admit it, I own several Apple Macintosh computers. Before you all send me hate mail however – in my defense I am a child of the Unix era, and find that OSX suits my needs more than Windows. I don't game much, and I like the robustness of the …

Nokia, the pride of Finland have completed job cut negotiations within some of their divisions at their headquarters. Nokia previously announced that they would be cutting jobs within the organisation over the coming years. They have structured the removal of staff within the Symbian and MeeGo software development teams and …

TUL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of AMD graphics cards, today announces the very first dual GPU solution with BART XT graphics engine: the PowerColor HD6870X2. Powered by dual graphics engine, the PowerColor HD6870X2 delivers ground-breaking performance against the competitors and takes the game to the next level, enabling an unprecedented …

Apple are a company continually in the spotlight and recent figures from DisplayBank indicate that they are responsible for 84% of all 9.7 inch displays which were sold last month. Apple use two main suppliers for their iPad screens – Samsung and LG. These companies combined delivered 4.5 million of …

Kitguru has been reporting for weeks on various attacks by Anonymous and Lulzsec. After the initial Anonymous attacks on Sony, it seems as if Lulzsec want the the majority of the press with various high profile intrusions in recent weeks on various companies. During the week they posted 62,000 users …

We had hoped that the hacking news reports would stop for a while, but Japanese game maker Sega have been attacked and compromised. Hackers have walked away with the personal data of 1.29 million customers. The Sega Pass website, which is controlled by London based Sega Europe has been breached …

The folks over at Antec believe that they are able to offer professional-grade, back-lighting which reduces eye fatigue, increases image clarity. Here's their take on the new product – brought to you by the KitGuru Dutch News Bot over in Rotterdam, Netherlands. In its 25th anniversary year, Antec today announced …

Citigroup, the US giant bank corporation has told clients that around 360,000 credit cards were compromised by a hacking attack last month, this is twice the number that was originally stated. Citigroup said late last night that the security hack has hit 360,083 North American Citi branded credit cards, after …

Both Acer and Samsung were slow off the mark, with Kogan releasing the first Agora Chromebook on June 7th. Both market leaders however have released new laptops based around Google's Chrome operating system. The Agora machine was being marketed at a very respectable £269 inc vat. Google have revealed that …

Today at The Cable Show, Intel Corporation announced that its Intel CE media processors are helping power Comcast’s next-generation Xfinity TV experience which uses a new guide and user interface to make the television more interactive, personal and social. The Intel-based set-top box, designed and developed by Pace, enables Comcast …

USB 3.0 has been promoted heavily in recent months, but sales figures so far are not encouraging. According to market researchers In-Stat however this is due to change, very soon. They are forecasting huge growth in the next year saying that close to 80 million peripherals should ship in the …

Firefox has long been the browser of choice for Ubuntu, but Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth told Network World that he is a big fan of Google's Chrome. The interesting news is that Canonical may replace Firefox with Chrome as the default browser in the operating system. The indication was that …

Free leaks indicate that Apple may update their MacBook Air mid week. Twitter user Chronic, who is a well known source of insider information with successful ‘predictions' in the past has posted last night that his sources have 100% confirmed a Wednesday release for a MacBook Air update. Earlier today …

Well another day, another legal wrangle. This time iCloud Communications are suing Apple over the ‘iCloud' trademark. iCloud Communications offer VoIP products and services which use the same centralised server principle as Apple's service. The complaint says “The goods and services with which Apple intends to use the ‘iCloud' mark …

Microsoft will be crying into their cornflakes this morning as the US Supreme Court ruled against them. The outcome is that they infringed patents held by i4i, a small Canadian company. The judgement forces Microsoft to hand over $290 million to i4i who accused Microsoft of infringing patents it holds …

Assassins Creed Revelations has been getting a lot of attention after the amazing gameplay demo at E3 this week. Fans of the stealth games look to be getting worked up on the latest exploits of Ezio, the double jointed Assassin. For Ubisoft, there is no better source of income than …

Well they keep coming, with almost daily updates now, but Sony are contending with two more hacks on their servers. The company have suspended their Brazilian music entertainment website as they look into a possible breach. Sony are looking into further claims that a hacking group have stolen data relating …

Apple have announced a new update for their iBooks application. V1.3 for the iPhone and iPod and iPad gets a new read aloud function for specific childrens books and unlike alternative systems, it actually uses a real narrator's voice rather than a computerised speech enabled method. By selected ‘enhanced ebooks' …

CyberLink Corp is excited to introduce PhotoDirector 2011 Beta by presenting a limited time opportunity to receive the official release version for free. PhotoDirector 2011 Beta allows users to experiment with a vast array of photo workflow, editing and management tools before the official release version is launched in June, …

AMD reintroduced the FX brand for PC processors and platforms at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). FX-branded products will be geared toward enthusiast PCs and HD entertainment aficionados. AMD also announced new members for its “Gaming Evolved” program, driving the PC gaming experience forward with native HD3D support in Eidos …

Today the UK is being treated to the first Chromebook laptop, which is created by Australian IT company Kogan. This machine is based around Google's new Chromium OS and comes ahead of releases from market leaders Samsung and Acer which will launch in a weeks time. Chromium is a browser …

It seems that every day there is a new story about Sony being compromised and yesterday hacking group Lulzsec said they had successfully targeted Sony, for the fifth time, posting network plans and code from the companies developer network and music entertainment group. Some of the files which Lulzsec published …

Kitguru reported earlier this week that Lulzsec, a group of skilled hackers, claimed to have compromised Sony servers. Last night Sony confirmed this was true, saying they were the victim, yet again, of an attack. Michael Lynton chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment and Amy Pascal, co-chairman …

Windows 8 is getting a lot of hype this week, and Kitguru has been onhand with several articles detailing the upcoming flagship product from Microsoft. The news that everyone asks ‘will I need a new computer to run it?', has been answered by Microsoft. The answer? no, you will be …

The Sapphire stand was buzzing yesterday and we managed to get some shots of the Sapphire Pure Black 990FX-N motherboard which looks to continue Sapphire's excellent series of Pure Black products. Kitguru has already reviewed the Pure Black boards for both P67 and X58 platforms, so we are looking forward …

Kitguru are over at humid Computex and there are plenty of very attractive products on display. Hand assembled only days before Computex 2011, the TJ12 is at least 12 months away from production – but is already attracting serious attention The case itself is a whopping 78cm deep…  And YES, …

Apple released a new security patch yesterday to stop the dreaded MacDefender malware that has caused a plethora of issues for Macintosh owners. Only a short while later however a new version was released which bypasses Apple's security patch. The trojan is incorporated within a pkg file called mdinstall – …