As is often the case in this world – especially when it comes to piracy – rule makers and enforcers like to employ a “do as I say, not as I do,” kind of attitude. That's no less obvious in the case of Richard Humphrey, who was sentenced to two …
Read More »Sony executives will cut wages and forfeit bonuses this year
Sony has been spiralling down hill for the last few years and as a result of the company's fourth annual loss in a row, top executives including CEO and President, Kazuo Hirai, are forfeiting bonuses and will be losing half of their salary this year. Similar to what Nintendo did early …
Read More »Rumoured E3 playable games list surfaces – Nintendo in hot seat
Nintendo's E3 this year is going to be big, or at least, it needs to be. While the 3DS is still going pretty strong, its market is being eaten alive by the mobile gaming segment and that's only going to get worse as the power of the devices improve year …
Read More »British satellite firm offers to track all planes, after missing MH370
Following on from the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, I'm sure I wasn't the only one surprised to learn that planes aren't required to be tracked at all times. Well, technically they are, but the pilot has the ability to switch off that tracking in certain emergencies, like in …
Read More »Pirate Parties are gunning for European parliament
With the European elections less than two weeks away, many political parties around the country and the continent have been ramping up the rhetoric and sending out their adverts in an attempt to sway voters. This is pretty standard fare, but what isn't, are the numbers of Pirate Parties looking …
Read More »IBM planning big changes to combat stagnancy
IBM, once one of the most booming businesses in the world of tech, has fallen on tougher times in recent years. While still one of the world's biggest corporations, with over 400,000 employees and a net worth in excess of $120 billion, it's struggled to remain relevant as thee world …
Read More »US rules politicians can receive bitcoin donations
Users of the digital currency bitcoin, will soon be able to use it to make donations to their favoured politicians after a ruling by the United States' Federal Election Commission (FEC) okayed the move. However, there is one caveat: you won't be able to do it anonymously. This of course …
Read More »Netflix confirms details of its slight price increase
A few weeks back we heard that Netflix might be planning to raise its prices a bit in all parts of the world for new customers, however, at the time the company hadn't decided on an exact course of action. Now Netflix has finalised its plans as it began sending …
Read More »Piracy deal struck between UK ISP’s and entertainment industry
UK ISP's are now on board with the entertainment industry as a new deal has been struck to help combat piracy in the UK. The Voluntary Copyright Alert Programme has been debated for around four years now according to the BBC, but it is finally coming to life soon. Rights holders …
Read More »Microsoft, Google and Facebook join the fight for net neutrality
Back in January a US court struck down the FCC's rules on net neutrality and since then the Federal Commission has been working on a new set of rules that would allow ISP's to charge Americans extra for things like watching Netflix or Hulu. Obviously this is a completely immoral …
Read More »MSI break Z97 silence with upcoming motherboard deals
While their competitors have been very actively promoting upcoming motherboards, MSI have been keeping really quiet about what they have planned for the coming weeks. When companies like MSI go quiet, we always wonder what they have up their sleeve. Well we have some news from the MSI camp which …
Read More »New Android malware is holding phones to ransom
Researchers have uncovered new Android based malware that holds smartphones for ransom, claiming that you must pay $300 or face completely false criminal charges for viewing illegal porn. In order to really freak people out, Android-Trojan.Koler.A uses Geo location data to tailor warnings to whichever country the user is based in. …
Read More »Amazon now lets you shop on Twitter
Amazon launched a new service yesterday called #AmazonCart, the online retailer is hoping that you'll be scrolling through Twitter, see an Amazon link and and want to buy the product on less than 140 characters worth of information. In order to add Twitter items to your cart, all you have …
Read More »Phanteks launch Enthoo Pro Chassis
One of the more unusually named items in the history of computing, there's no denying that the Phanteks products we've seen so far DESERVE to stand out. With today's launch of the latest version, KitGuru wonders if this specialist engineering and design company can pull it off again? Not only …
Read More »You can 3D print a lightsaber with these free files
Star Wars day was two days ago so this might seem a bit late but Ultimaker has released some free files to allow anyone to 3D print their own lightsaber which is modeled after Obi Wan Kenobi's from the movies. The finished product looks awesome, complete with Lightsaber glow: A lot …
Read More »Skidrow pirating group complains about its work being pirated
Chances are if you've been on a torrent site before, you will have come across a Skidrow torrent or two but what happens when a rival pirating group steals from the other? Skidrow has recently learned what its like to be on the other side of the fence as a …
Read More »Apple VS Samsung patent case gets a verdict
The Apple VS Samsung patent cases seen to never end but after a lot of stalling and several appeals, the court has finally given its verdict on the second patent case and neither company really wins. Apple was suing Samsung for a hefty $2.2 billion over some of its pre-Galaxy …
Read More »Bill Gates is no longer Microsoft’s biggest share holder
Bill Gates is no longer Microsoft's largest individual share holder for the first time in the company's history. It was revealed that Gates sold off some shares last week in a regulatory filing, leaving him with 330.1 million shares, which puts him second behind former CEO, Steve Ballmer, who owns 333 …
Read More »Exclusive Interview with AMD’s Sasa Marinkovic: Top 8 Trends in Computing
I recently had some time to sit down with AMD's Sasa Marinkovic -the Head of Technology Marketing, in the Client Business Unit. I have always enjoyed chatting with Sasa, he is a very intelligent, focused executive with a clear strategy for the future. So much is happening simultaneously in the …
Read More »Evolve community manager fired over controversial tweet
Turtle Rock, the developer behind the upcoming game, Evolve, has fired its Community Manager over a controversial tweet backing LA Clippers owner, Donald Sterling, who was banned from the NBA for life after a recording of him being racist in his own home leaked. Sterling had told his girlfriend not to …
Read More »Google facing antitrust lawsuit over search engine monopoly
Google has been hit with another anti-trust lawsuit, this time over its apparent search engine monopoly on Android devices. Law firm, Hagens Berman, filed the suit on behalf of two Android phone users who are claiming that Google illegally monopolised its search engine on its mobile OS in the US. …
Read More »ZeniMax wants to sue Oculus
Oculus and Facebook may be facing a legal challenge as John Carmack's former employer, Zenimax, claims that the famed programmer stole the company's intellectual property when he left to work for Oculus. Zenimax's claim is on a prototype that Carmack built long before the Oculus Kickstarter campaign, it was a …
Read More »8Pack leads OcUK team to multiple performance records
Given that our most recent survey shows that 93% of KitGuru's audience are serious PC gamers, we know how much you all crave the smooth frame rates and high levels of image quality. That all takes power. Probably more than you're prepared to pay for. Enter overclocking. KitGuru casts an …
Read More »YOYOTech launches retro chic 901 chassis in the UK
Unusual one this. You'd normally expect a manufacturer to announce the availability of a chassis, but with the InWin designed 901 it looks like system builder YOYOTech has a bit of a deal to control the supply. KitGuru checks to see how customs will be checking the border. While mining …
Read More »A storage tape with the capacity of almost 200 hard drives?
Researchers at Sony have created a new kind of magnetic tape that can store 148GB of data per square inch which is impressive in itself but the company is planning to sell cartridges that will hold up to 185TB of data- it's essentially an old school tape with the capacity …
Read More »Skype is finally offering free group video calls to everyone
Microsoft is finally catching up to the competition and offering free group video calls to Skype users on Windows desktop, Mac and Xbox One. Previously, group video chatting was reserved for Skype Premium members only, which could cost as much as £8.50 a month. Rivals such as Google Hangouts have …
Read More »Sony’s financial year loss to be 20% worse than predicted
Sony is going through a bit of a rough patch financially at the moment but things might be worse than the company previously predicted as it has issued a warning stating that its end of fiscal year loss is going to be about 20 per cent worse than it expected …
Read More »Google Glass only costs around $80 to make
Google Glass has been on sale for a while now but only to those who Google had previously been invited in to the explorers program, the wearable costs $1500 and just recently went on sale to the general public in the US. $1500 is a lot of money but it …
Read More »Hackers to release Bitcoin laundering app
Bitcoin has shot up in popularity through recent years, so much so that the idea of digital currency almost seems normal, with many online stores beginning to accept bitcoins as payment. However, this also means that governments around the world are moving to try and regulate the currency and some …
Read More »Oculus Rift experiment brings lag to the real world
We've all had to deal with lag while gaming at one point or another but what would happen if lag could affect us in the real world? A Swedish ISP conducted the experiment with some hacked Oculus Rift dev kits, to showcase lag in real world scenarios. The “Living with …
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