With one of the biggest media splashes of the year, Samsung pooled a heap of press and associated industry lovers for an evening of Galaxy S4 wonder and musical delight. Well. We say delight. If Gary Barlow is to your musical taste. Here's a glance inside the year's biggest launch …
Read More »Gigabyte Tech Tour 2013 lands in London
Gigabyte is one of the oldest and most famous technology brands, with a huge fan base and reputation for challenging at the top end of the market for mainboards, graphic cards etc. With multiple new sexy product lines launching, Gigabyte HQ sent a team of presenters over to tell the …
Read More »In Pictures: Gadget Show Live 2013 – The Public Event
You may have caught our coverage of The Gadget Show Live's press day here and here, but we also soaked up the excited atmosphere of the ‘public event' that was attended by many thousands of people from a variety of age groups. No further introduction is required, so let's get viewing pictures from The Gadget Show …
Read More »Do we always look backwards to go forwards with design?
With CeBIT a distant memory, all eyes in the tech world are now focused on Computex 2013, Taiwan's technology show case for everything that's good and right in the world of IT. Looking at the early emailers about what we will be on at the event, KitGuru has noticed something …
Read More »Get $400 off the Adobe MAX event in May
Exactly what Adobe will be presenting from 4th to 8th May in Los Angeles is still a bit of a mystery, but we know for sure that there will be a version of the Apple App Store called Exchange. In what seems to be a classic case of cut-n-paste [Clone …
Read More »NCAC launches new youth film competition about video games
The National Coalition Against Censorship, is once again running its annual youth film competition, with the theme of 2013 being video games, with potential prizes of up to a thousand dollars and several thousand more towards future film school tutelage. Titled “Video Games in the Crosshairs,” the 2013 Youth Free Expression …
Read More »Gadget Show Live Part 2 – The good and the lazy
Part 1 was a little depressing, I'll give you that. I basically said the show had few of the big names it usually does and that it was full of people pushing products most of you don't want. To counter that, this one's going to be a little more positive, …
Read More »Gadget Show Live 2013 Part 1
Gadget Show Live has, like Channel Expo before it, is one of – if not the – biggest tech shows in the UK. It's designed to showcase new gaming developments, new hardware from manufacturers and of course, gadgetry – since the inspiration for the show is the TV programme, with …
Read More »Exclusive interview with Richard Huddy about Intel moving beyond DX
Johan Anderson is a programmer who has dedicated his life to making games more immersive. From his days developing some of the most famous games on the Sega Mega Drive, he has been focused on creating ‘believability'. He famously laid out a series of 5 major problems that he would …
Read More »Samsung prepares Galaxy S 4 for biggest launch in history
With an 8 core processor and 1080p rumoured, Samsung is promising an iconic phone. Times Square is an iconic location. This afternoon, Samsung will take over the whole square for what promises to be the biggest launch in phone history – for what Samsung hopes will be the biggest selling …
Read More »Helen Thomas from GFT drives innovation at CeBIT
Historically. the CeBIT trade show was all about innovation. It was the place you went to see products that had not been released and which might change the market for good. At CeBIT 2013, inovation was thin on the ground – except in the massive GFT booth, branded CODE_n. KitGuru …
Read More »Synology launches free upgrade for DiskStation Manager
Synology has today released the latest update to its popular DiskStation Manager software. While the ‘4.2' version name itself might not sound like much – the company's CEO claims that this is one of the biggest advances in storage software for some time. KitGuru considers a free demonstration over on …
Read More »AMD takes component marketing to the Max
The days of building a slightly better mouse trap and waiting for the customers to bang down your door are gone. These days, marketing is everything. Ahead of CeBIT 2013 and the showcasing of its latest APU products, KitGuru catches up with the chap who's taken over generating demand for …
Read More »Audio Technica plans to make loud noise in the market
As the various markets have come together over the past few years, we hear the word ‘convergence' more and more. Normally it means the process of bringing ever more technology into a single device, but KitGuru has noticed a different kind of convergence. One that Audio Technica is planning to …
Read More »ADATA prepares to launch DashDrive Air AE800
Following hot on the heals of the AE400, ADATA has taken the opportunity to present the brand new DashDrive Air AE800 to new retail customers at the Distree event in Monte Carlo. It offers some cool new features, but will the channel fall in love with this new portable drive? …
Read More »GfK claims IT industry confidence growing
Over at the Distree 2013 event in Monte Carlo, the cream of the European, Middle East and African (EMEA) IT industry have gathered for 3 days of friendly connection, competitive jostling and a little mutual commiseration. Alongside the technology show itself, break out rooms are filled with briefers eager to …
Read More »Asus launches Total Cost of Ownership competition
While TCO was a buzz word back in the 90s for complete business infrastructures, it looks like Asus is planning to bring the idea front and centre for the 21st century – any it's not stopping at the ‘system level'. We caught up with Ellina Webb, Asus PR Guru and …
Read More »Gaming rises to the Surface with Intel
After the huge success of Angry Birds and all the other iPad-o-sphere games that followed, it looks like the next generation of man-machine interface is going to be a lot more mature. Intel and Eugen Systems have collaborated together to introduce the next revolution in Surface gaming. KitGuru was on …
Read More »Ramp up for CeBIT 2013 begins
By the end of the first week in March, hundreds of thousands of souls will have passed through the gates to the Hannover Messe – one of the world's largest trade fair grounds. But to the experienced eye, it will look like a ghost town. KitGuru tallies the numbers to …
Read More »Antec GX700 ready for battle at £69
At CES 2013 in Las Vegas, Antec was on hand to launch the brand new GX700 chassis. KitGuru has done some investigation into the UK and European launch pricing. Seems attractive, so what are you getting for your money? There was a time when Antec chassis ruled the world (of …
Read More »Motorhead phones – severe case of Overkill?
CES in Las Vegas is a time when the riders ride, into the night, into the West, to see who's gun's the best. Are they all fools? To live by the rules? When we know that the rider wearing black, is gonna gonna shoot em in the back. KitGuru sets …
Read More »Asus claims the Sapphire crown with ARES II launch
While the claim has yet to be proven in the KitGuru Labs, we have been told by Asus that its new Republic of Gamers ARES II is the fastest card ever. That means ROG wants Sapphire's 6GB 7970 Toxic, KitGuru's Product of the Year 2012, to move over. Is there …
Read More »Kingston launches worlds first 1TB USB 3 Pen Drive
Way back in 1985, a couple of students were discussing technology and touched on the idea of a 1GB memory module. The idea that so much data could be stores in one place – at one time – seemed incredible. They're now both associated with KitGuru and both made the …
Read More »Silverstone launch SG10 at CES – get your first look here
For such a high quality chassis manufacturer, Silverstone also does a good job of making products that are affordable. One of the key personnel in driving the ‘affordable luxury' message is Tony Ou. We managed to catch up with him on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in …
Read More »New AMD video highlights Richland and Temash software experience
With an array of new products coming through thick and fast from AMD, one of the last lines in any press release seems to refer to the ‘software experience'. No – we had no idea either. Rather than try to explain it – or draw stick men having the experience …
Read More »AMD Richland A10 6800k Vs Haswell GT3 – graphics performance analysed
Both Intel and AMD have been puffing out their collective chests when it comes to graphics in the integrated market. It's the one area where AMD has consistently beaten Intel in recent years. It's an area where Intel is working overtime to redress the balance while AMD is running like …
Read More »AMD launches new Richland APU with 40% faster graphics at CES
From the time we first saw the next generation of APUs (codenamed Richland) on AMD roadmaps, back in November, the general consensus among the press community was that ‘nothing much' would be delivered. The announcement from AMD is that things have got measurably better. KitGuru pulls out a stop watch …
Read More »Silverstone goes thin and lite to launch Petite 13 at CES
As we've already reported, there is a big push from Silverstone at CES on cool and small. Which is a good thing. While the standard ‘Sugo' branding makes it hard to understand what exactly you're buying (means ‘sauce' in Italian) the ‘Petite' is a little clearer. KitGuru pulls out a …
Read More »Intel may show off set top box at CES
While it still remains a rumour mere days before the annual electronics show begins, Intel could be set to debut a new type of set top box at CES, that would allow for what is being described as, “virtual cable TV.” The idea behind it is that it would offer streaming …
Read More »Samsung to demo flexible display technology at CES
With the Consumer Electronics Show just over two weeks away we are starting to get a better idea of what will be teased, demonstrated and unveiled at the convention. The latest reports suggests that Samsung's display division will show off a pair of flexible displays that could one day change …
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