General Tech

We've all experienced G-Force, from a casual pulling away at the lights to hitting sudden turbulence when flying. But we can guarantee you that nothing you've ever done will prepare you for the experience of being sat in a tiny plastic chassis and then launched to 240kph in a matter …

Vince “k|ngp|n” Lucido and EVGA took over the top spot in the 3DMark Hall of Fame on 10/11/2010 with a Performance score of over 70,000 and still climbing. This score was achieved on an EVGA Classified SR-2 motherboard, with 4x EVGA GTX 480’s and an EVGA Classified SR-2 1200w Power …

As KitGuru has reported in the past, while the iPad is a top seller, the LCD technology doesn't make it the best option for reading books, a factor that has helped the Amazon Kindle 3 sell so well in recent months. This may all change as researchers have managed to …

Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim of the University Of Manchester have won a Nobel for their creation of Graphene. This project first became public in 2004 when they were able to demonstrate electronic effects with ultra thin sheets of carbon that they created by “mechanical exfoliation … of small mesas …

One of the most sought after gadgets, the Nintendo 3DS will be hitting retail in February in Japan and March in Europe/US. Nintendo have pushed their original release launch for April, forward. Proving they are ahead of schedule right now and ready to get major sales for this hot handheld …

The Obama administration is undergoing legislation to require social networking companies and voice over internet providers to adapt their technology so law enforcement agents can monitor communications during criminal and terrorism investigations. In a proposal that looks set to alienate a large portion of the public, the government feels that …

The owner of Segway, who make motorised scooters has plunged to his death in a freak accident while driving one of his own scooters. Jimi Heselden, 62, was found dead in a river after falling 80 feet over a limestone cliff near to his home. He was riding a rugged …

Bill Gates is still the richest man in America, however the Forbes list of the 400 richest people in America shows that Steve Jobs has been overtaken by FaceBook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The legendary Gates, co founder and former CEO of Microsoft topped the list again with an estimated worth …

In a move set to enrage various religions, a team at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder OHIO has detailed a possible explanation for the Moses ‘parting of the Red Sea'. At the right spot – a sharp bend where a shallow river meets a coastal lagoon …

Casio have released a new megazoom camera with the ability to geo-tag photos and video with ultra precise detail. The EX-H20G is the newest camera from Casio in their EXILM hi-zoom range and it is in the first on the market to offering indoor geotagging, according to the company. It …

We all know that the web is fast. Certainly faster than paper. But it's not often that we actually get a chance to put down markers and measure the difference. KitGuru received an email blast this morning from the biggest IT publisher in the UK and it made us do …

KitGuru spent the weekend at Newbury Racecourse attending the UK's largest LAN gaming event, Insomnia 40 (i40).  Being gurus of kit, we were mostly interested in the hardware on show from the numerous exhibitors. First of all we had a look at Immacula's stand, displaying products from Alienbags, SteelSeries, Synology …

Here at KitGuru we've been eagerly awaiting the Android 2.2 update on our Vodafone HTC Desire, especially since the recent 2.1 update that added a vast amount of bloatware to our phone!  This update removes all this bloatware (due to numerous complaints on Vodafone's forum) and brings with it all …

A week after Dell agrees to buy 3Par for $1.13bn, HP throws a spanner into the works by offering $1.5bn for the storage specialist. 3Par specialise in software for organising data on corporate servers and provide their services on a subscription based service over the  web.  Their software is designed …

Latest news has reached KitGuru that Motorola are working on a new digital tablet device that will allow people to watch their television shows via it, a market obviously dominated right now by the Apple iPad. This device will also have a 10 inch screen and will be running Google's …

Most of us have seen some cool ‘hacks' in movies – but the most widely dreamed about is when we can walk up to an ATM in the street and take out all the money, without anyone knowing. While many people believe this is fictional, it appears that with the …

Intel Corporation today announced an important advance in the quest to use light beams to replace the use of electrons to carry data in and around computers. The company has developed a research prototype representing the world‟s first silicon-based optical data connection with integrated lasers. The link can move data …

Yesterday there were reports that NZXT were going out of business, due to an email sent by the co founder. This came as somewhat of a blow to many people who have valued the companies products for many years. We spoke to NZXT PR today and it appears that their …

I was reading the UK Times newspaper (as I do every morning) and I found this story particularly exciting. An experimental solar powered plane landed on Thursday after completing its first 24 hour test flight. The solar powered plane can stay in the air indefinitely, as it can recharge its …

Its a burning question many authorities have tried to answer for years now and there appears to be no solution for the billions lost on movie, game and application sales. KitGuru has reported many times in the past on bitorrent and newsgroups sites, including the temporary close of Pirates Bay …

We love the Playstation 3, mainly because it still has one of the finest BluRay players known to man. According to ZDNET Sony fans are in a for a treat as Sony Japan have just released information on the new ‘classic white' version which will be released on July 29th. …

We reported a few days ago on the upcoming release of the Microsoft Kinect (previously known as Project Natal) and Microsoft have been remaining firm lipped about the pricing of the device. Gamespot however have listed it at $149.99 on their store and they have also listed the Arcade and …

Valve made the bold move a short while ago of releasing Steam on Macintosh OSX. Many doubters thought this was a waste of time, after all many have said that OSX is not a particularly good gaming platform and supporting it is too costly. It appears that this might be …

We reported recently on the suicides at the Foxconn factory in the far East, which attracted a lot of attention. In a very public move, Foxconn have decided to raise pay at the factories by 30 percent which is set to cost them millions in extra wages. Staff at the …

It seems impossible to avoid the Apple success story lately and news has just filtered in that Apple are in fact now worth eight times as much as computer giant Dell. In NASDAQ trading today, Apple gained $1.95 to $239.74 to hit a market value of $218.12 billion or more …

Data Protection officials from France, Spain and the Czech Republic have announced plans to analyse Google's collection of data from wireless networks in their respective countries. This could well be the first step in regards to sanctions from European countries. Earlier this week Google made the statement that they had …

YouTube made a public announcement stating that they get over two billion hits each day which works out at over twice as many people who watch all three of the biggest US TV networks combined. “I see this great growth opportunity in the online video market and we are positioning …

Nintendo's latest financial records are very positive indeed with figures showing that the Wii console has just passed the 70 million mark sales figure. There were 20.53 million sales in the fiscal year which ended March 31st, 2010. 70.93 million means that Nintendo have around 49 percent of the home …

It has been a great opening week for KitGuru and we thank you all for helping us get onto our feet with such a warm welcome. Our first competition is a beauty and we have our very good friends AMD to thank for it. We have not one, but three …

Technology is making an impact everywhere (no pun intended) with the latest advanced electronics taking over many of the vehicles we drive today. Volvo have been at the forefront of this technology and have always been a proud purveyor of producing the safest possible cars on the market. That all …