The hottest story this morning, is the news that Crysis 2 has been leaked and is presently cascading its viral way across the world's newsgroups and torrent sites. KitGuru has been inundated with information. Here's our latest update. When Doom 3 was going to launch, all those Martian moons ago, …
Read More »Crysis 2 available as free download – EA begins investigation
There seems to be a crisis down at Crysis HQ. As with many modern triple-A titles, someone with insider access at the games giant seems to have lifted the code lock, stock and two smoking phased plasma rifle barrels. KitGuru scans police frequencies for chit chat. While the first game …
Read More »Microsoft release IE9 Release Candidate
Microsoft have launched the release candidate (RC) of Internet Explorer 9 which features improved privacy features. The release candidate will be the last pre release version for testing, before last minute bug fixes and final release. Microsoft have said that IE9 is available in 40 languages and they are saying …
Read More »Wacky professor forced to get camera surgically removed from head
In December we reported on Wacky Wafaa Bilal, a New York University photography professor who had a camera implanted at the back of his skull. This was part of a project he was involved in, so he could see what was going on behind his head. He has had it …
Read More »Absent Steve Jobs masterminding new iPad and upcoming iPhone
Steve Jobs health forced him to leave Apple for an indeterminate length of time. However at he rests at home, he is closely involved in the upcoming iPad and the new version of the iPhone. Apple have made a statement, when Jobs left saying that he would still be involved …
Read More »Nokia confirm joining forces with Microsoft
KitGuru has been covering the potential alliance between Nokia and Microsoft for weeks now and our predications came true. They are forming a software partnership with Microsoft in the efforts to challenge Google and Apple in the mobile sector. Shares have fell by up 9.8 percent however after the announcement, …
Read More »Dell Streak 7 released: is it any good?
KitGuru boss Zardon, loved the original five inch Dell Streak. He actually liked it that much he reviewed it twice. The Dell Streak 7 has been released at just $200 with a two year service contract. This is Dell's latest attempt to compete with the Apple iPad, and it is …
Read More »Zuckerberg stalker gets restraining order
Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire Facebook founder has managed to get a restraining order against a man who has been stalking him and his family. Zuckerberg got the court ordered ban against 31 year old Pradeep Manukonda after a verbal warning from the police failed to stop the man following Zuckerberg …
Read More »AOL will buy Huffington Post for £190 million
AOL have paid £190 million ($315 million) for the Huffington Post. Part of the deal sees Arianna Huffington, the Huffington Post co-founder and editor in chief named president and editor in chief of the Huffington Post Media Group. AOL said that the price will be funded from cash on hand. …
Read More »Is Asus the victim of industry backstabbers?
Yesterday KitGuru was privy to some rather interesting email chatter across the grapevine, which indicated that Asus had in fact advised its partners to continue selling Sandy Bridge boards with potentially problematic slow drive controller issues. We love a little gossip… So what's the truth? The recent Intel Sandybridge Cougar …
Read More »‘The Daily’ for iPad is launched
News Corp., the organisation behind some of the worlds leading newspapers has just launched a tablet only news application called ‘The Daily'. While many applications for the iPad are ‘HD' upgrades, News Corp. has designed this program from the ground up, focusing on delivering the best newsreading experience possible. It …
Read More »Netgear boss issues apology for tasteless attack on Steve Jobs
Netgear boss Patrick Lo landed himself in a lot of hot water after making some rather unsavoury comments about Apple chief Steve Jobs. Patrick Lo is well known for being rather outspoken however his latest comments turned a few heads. The Daily Telegraph supplied a transcript of the meeting. When …
Read More »Bill Gates says its easy to kill the net
Bill Gates was interviewed by US TV anchor Katie Couric, and when he was asked if he was surprised that Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak could take action in killing the entire Egyptian internet he replied with ‘no'. “It's not that hard to shut the Internet down if you have military …
Read More »Samsung offers full refund for Intel customers
Samsung Electronics issued a statement today, saying that any of their customers who bought an Intel system with the flawed chipset will be entitled to a full refund. Kitguru covered the news yesterday that Intel have found a design problem in the new chipset that is expected to cost it …
Read More »Wikileaks Assange dressed as woman to evade gov spooks
Wikileaks Julian Assange was so wary of government spooks that he resorted to travelling, disguised as a woman, according to a profile published on the Guardian. ‘You can't imagine how ridiculous it was,' said James Ball, a one-time volunteer for WikiLeaks. ‘He'd stayed dressed up as an old woman for …
Read More »Apple iPad market share falls to 75 percent
The latest figures in from Strategy Analytics shows that Apple are seeing the first effects of competition in the tablet sector. Their marketshare has dropped from around 96 percent to 75 percent in the last few months. Android tablets are the biggest issue for Apple right now as they have …
Read More »Apple sued: iPhone 4 breaking glass
It seems in the States that people can sue over almost anything. The latest news show that Donald LeBuhn is sueing Apple over the iPhone 4's glass housing. LeBuhn has filed a class action suit in L.A. County, claiming that the company is aware of the problem and refuses to …
Read More »UK police arrest Wikileaks group for web attacks
Police in the UK have arrested five men yesterday related to distributed denial of service attacks (DDOS). The group known as Anonymouse have been in the press regularly in the last month. In the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said that their agents have undertaken more than 40 …
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page gets hacked
It was bound to happen, especially after the release of the recent movie, but Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's page was hacked on Tuesday. This is certainly a good indication that the security in place still needs to be improved. The message that the hackers left read “Let the hacking begin: …
Read More »News Corp ‘The Daily’ iPad newspaper out in two weeks
James Murdoch, son of industry mogul Rupert Murdoch has said that the iPad exclusive paper ‘The Daily' should be available within the next two weeks. The Daily is the heavily promoted digital only publication which was originally planned for a January 19th launch but was pushed back at the last …
Read More »Apple move parts to Taiwan in cost cutting move
Apples upcoming plans for the iPhone 5 are rumoured to see it move a large number of parts from Japan to Taiwan. Foxconn Electronics, Foxlink, Epistar and Gold Circuit Electronics are all supplying parts such as the white headphones, LED lights and boards. Apple are said to be looking for …
Read More »Hacker selling government websites
Security group Imperva accidentally came across a hacker's offer in an underground forum in the black market of a US Army's Communications Electronics Command (CECOM) website. Imperva said the hacker claims websites control that includes military, universities and government websites. The hacker is charging between $33 and $499 depending on …
Read More »Laser weapons on verge of deployment
Ever since we were kids, we've known that the day would come when lasers, phasers and disruptors would become the weapon of choice. Now it seems that, at some level, that day is at hand. Los Alamos, America's famous ‘Can we kill them better/faster/more efficiently' centre has issued a statement …
Read More »Nvidia GTX560 pictures leak online
Someone send for a plumber, it seems we have a lot of leaks today, with CoolPC having shown some images of the upcoming reference design GTX560. This product launches next week. Website CoolPC seem to have pulled the images down now, but TechConnect are hosting them still over here. Based …
Read More »Microsoft blame 3rd party for Windows Phone 7 3G data issue
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 …
Read More »Unrestricted porn for your iPad? Hugh Hefner says yes.
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 …
Read More »Acer reduce netbook production in favour of Sandybridge tablets
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, …
Read More »Apple tally 160 million iOS device sales
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 …
Read More »The Beatles sell 5 million songs and 1 million albums on iTunes
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 …
Read More »Steve Jobs takes medical leave: Apple future worries
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 …
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