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Kickstarter success stories are nothing new. There are one man operations and massive companies alike that have benefited from the swell of interest and funds that come from a well run campaign. However, there's only so many times you can read a story about a new this or that getting …

Ian Chambers, previously IGN's international director, has joined GAME, where he will take on the role of chief digital officer beginning at the end of July. This means he'll be managing the online side of the business, as well as covering business developments and digital marketing. “I am delighted with …

The Porsche 911 is an iconic car and one most of us strive to own during our lives. Over 820,000 of them have been built and sold in the last 50 years. They are celebrating the anniversary with a Limited Edition version of the car, sure to appeal to their …

Microsoft and the FBI have taken down a criminal network which was responsible for more than $500 million in bank fraud. Microsoft and the FBI said that they, together with a group of financial services had' disrupted' more than 1,000 botnets. The organisations have yet to identify the source of …

MoneySuperMarket has launched a new infographic breaking down how autonomous vehicles, that is, cars that drive themselves, are developing and when exactly they'll be hitting the marketplace. There's hot competition, with big car companies racing to beat Google to launch, who will be the first? As it stands, Mercedes will …

Alright guys, it looks like we might be finally get a sequel to Shaq Fu! Yea, right on… hurray… right? While it isn't for certain yet, basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal's licensing company, Mine O' Mine, has recently registered four game-centric trademarks surrounding the Shaq-Fu brand. It also recently acquired the …

Cameron D'Ambrosio, 18 of Massachusetts, has been given a further month in jail without bail, after he was arrested on 1st May for a Facebook post that the prosecution described as a bomb threat. He will now be held until early July before facing trial. The comment came shortly after …

Intel have released further details of their next generation Thunderbolt – their high speed interface it originally developed in partnership with Apple. Thunderbolt 2 doubles data transfer rates to 20Gb/s and with the incorporation of DisplayPort 1.2 it will allow the transmission of raw 4k video, as well as data. …

Knocking Noctua off top spot was a tough ask. Many tried. Most failed. Phanteks succeeded in delivering a new ‘ultimate CPU cooling solution' and they deserve kudos for that. Now the Phanteks engineers have applied their digital kung-fu to the issue of creating the perfect chassis. In the VIP suite …

Microsoft confirmed yesterday that they have cut prices of Windows 8 and Windows RT licenses to hardware partners building smaller sized tablets as an incentive to drive sales. Analysts have been discussing if the cuts are enough to dramatically lower tablet prices and drive sales and are unsure if Office …

While Zynga higher ups might have been hoping that the staff members it fired out of the blue just a few days ago, would ride off into the game development sunset, that's not how it works when there's an internet to please. One disgruntled ex-employee has conducted a Reddit AMA, …

Amazon is one of the world's biggest commercial driving forces. It's where you can buy everything, from – this is where I would normally list a load of varied products, but you all know what you can get at Amazon, we all use it. But one  market that the etailer …

Plextor has always been about quality and durability when it comes to storage. In the past it was always about media readers for disks and CDs, but over the last several years they have expanded to SSD's, under the ‘PLDS' (Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions) umbrella. That's all good, but …

Ahoy Techgeeks!! Computex 2013 has launched in Taipei, Taiwan and when we say ‘launch', we mean in the nautical sense – in to a huge body of water. KitGuru dons water wings and a snorkel to see what's what in Formosa. Each year in June you can be sure of …

Remember when Zynga bought up the developers of hugely popular fad game, Draw Something, last year? Remember when it signed the cheque for $200 million? Remember when Zynga went on to shut down that same company and fired almost everyone involved, just over a year later? That just happened. We …

It seemed clear from yesterday's rants by Turkish PM  Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that he's not a big fan of the internet and specifically social networks. In the past, countries undergoing heavy civilian protests have attempted to crack down on internet usage because it helps protesters organise and get the word out …

If there's one thing the human brain and the internet have in common, its deriving meaning from something very mundane and both of these phenomenons have struck again, with the recent “discovery” of the Mars rat, a small rock that does indeed look like a rodent – on Mars. It …

When it comes to money, burgers or brains – you can make the argument that bigger is better. But when it comes to technology, there is always a special place in the heart of everygeek for things that can be made smaller, sleaker and neater. Enter SanDisk. Taking the Computex …

Zynga has been bleeding staff and studios all over the world since its height, early on last year. Since then, it's consolidated and consolidated some more and recently, it's felt the need to do so again, cutting another 520 staff from its roster, in what's being described as a “restructuring …

Our reviews of Richland are slightly delayed due to masses of content we have published in the last week, we are playing catchup. In the interim you will be pleased to hear that UK retailer ARIA are stocking the new processors – and they seem very competitively priced indeed. Head …

Intel's Executive Vice President Tom Kilroy has said that the PC Market could recover – even though it faces a stiff challenge from tablet systems. He said that Windows 8 had a ‘modest launch' and it meant that the PC market was ‘a year late' getting a ‘shot in the …

ASUS have officially announced the world's first consumer based 4k resolution monitor. The PQ321 is a 31.5 inch panel but the company have to this point been low key about the pricing. We would expect the price to be between £3,000 and £3,500 when it hits these shores, so it …

The prime minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has named social media as “the worst menace to society,” suggesting that it is a tool of liars, that is being utilised to bad mouth the government and support protests in the country. Protests have been taking place due to the proposed …

Anyone of a certain age will remember the Baked Bean wars of the 80s, where rival supermarkets began all out war – based solely on the price they could achieve for a tin of baked beans. It got so bad that legal changes were made to try and prevent such …

Hot on the trail of Asus, Gigebyte, Asrock and MSI, Taiwanese manufacturer Biostar has unleashed its own set of Intel Z87 chipset mainboards. Looking through the specs, it seems that Biostar wants to make sure it has ticked every possible feature box. KitGuru pulls out a magnifying glass to check. …

Carphone Warehouse announced at the weekend that they are taking pre-orders for the new Lumia 925 flagship phone. The retailer are offering contracts over 24 months with Orange, EE's 4G Network, 02, T-Mobile and Vodafone. The Orange deal is £29.99 up front and £32 per month with unlimited minutes and …

Apple are on trial in New York in relation to price fixing charges brought by the U.S. government. Apple will face the U.S. Department of Justice in a non jury trial under the control of Judge Denise Cote for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. …

The Kickstarter campaign for the affordable, beginner's 3D printer known as the Buccaneer, has tripled its goal in under 24 hours, having already managed to hit its $100,000 funding target in just ten minutes. How much is each of these little, fully constructed, 3D print stations? Just $387 (£254). This …

After a lot of complaints – Microsoft have decided to bring back the Start Button in the Windows ‘Blue' update. Microsoft finally announced that the much discussed menu system will make a reappearance in Windows 8, in Version 8.1. Antoine Leblond, the corporate vice president of Windows Program Management, delivered …

One of the main reasons given by pirates for their downloading of TV shows and movies, is that there's no decent quality, convenient and fast way to watch the content when they want, how they want. However, this isn't necessarily the case with the recent launch of the Netflix funded …