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You always need to be at least a little suspicious when a company shows you a set of comparative benchmarks. But, as they say, forwarned is forarmed. AMD had a number of systems on show in London yesterday and world famous overclocking expert (and now AMD PR expert) Sami Makinen …

From the point where Intel launched Conroe, AMD has had some serious challenges in the desktop processor market. Now, speaking as the head of the desktop business team on the eve of the launch of Trinity, Leslie Sobon seems quietly confident of her company's ability to grow its market share. …

There doesn't seem to be a day that goes past without some company seeking legal action on another, and today LG have decided to target Samsung, over claims of patent infringement. The news which hit a couple of hours ago suggested that Samsung are infringing on an LG Display patents …

Blackberry are facing a tough struggle against market leaders Apple and Google. At their recent event in San Jose, California they could barely fill a third of the 1,500 seat venue. A far cry from the pioneering company of yesteryear. Later today they are due to release financial results which …

Digitimes in the Far East are claiming that the upcoming Haswell based processor range may have a negative impact on some of the second tier motherboard players. This may even force some of them out of the market completely. Haswell is set to integrate functions such as power phase control …

It didn't take long for Apple users to express their dissatisfaction with the latest iOS6 operating system. A new poll shows that Apple's smartphone users are less satisfied with the operating system than they were with previous releases. It has been impossible to miss the explosion around Apple Maps recently, …

After details were revealed by Radu Dragusin over at IEEElog.com a few days ago that passwords and user details for some 100,000 members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers had been made publicly available on the company's FTP server for at least a month, the organisation has now …

A new video appeared this morning on the MrKimDotcom Youtube channel, headlined “Kim Dotcom – Making of Megabox,” which plays out like a movie trailer, with shots going in and out of focus, a thumping musical backing track and sample footage of the new website in action, giving a hint as …

Foxconn are facing a new wave of criticism, as the latest fight at one of their factories has placed the spotlight on their security team. Reports are coming in that the heavy handed security team and the regimented dormitory life may have been the tipping point for the brawl which …

Innovation and inspiration are not quite twins, but they are very close cousins. By the same token, derivation and downright rip-off are also closely related. Lawyers get phat on the differences between these words and, right now, some of those lawyers belong to Acer, Foxconn, Kingston and Toys ‘R' Us. You may …

Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins spoke out at the press briefing at the BlackBerry Jam event. He said that betting everything on the upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system would allow the company to grow their user base again in the United States and North America. Research In Motion have …

MySpace, once the pinnacle of social networking advancement is far from the entity it once was, though at its peak it had only a fraction of Facebook's insane user base. Still, its current owners, like those of the newly revamped DIGG, are hoping to draw back a few of the older users …

Ever thought to yourself, “I'd love to buy some Special K cereal, but I have no money. If only I could pay with my tweets”? If you're one of the very few people that answered yes to that question then I may have the shop for you. The world's first …

While AMD might struggle to match Intel's tick-tock on the CPU side of life, the old ATi graphics team has no such difficulty in pushing out next-generation GPUs. We have spoken with our sources in the Far East and discovered AMD's launch plans for the Radeon 8000 series. KitGuru orders …

Foxconn have reopened one of their Chinese factories after closing it yesterday due to a fight among 2,000 workers. Foxconn said the police were investigating the issue, and it was so bad that they closed the factory yesterday to calm the tensions among their staff. Many are claiming that the …

Iran no longer has access to the Google search engine, or the Gmail email system, with no explanation by officials as to if or when they will be reinstated and what the reason for their filtering was. The announcement for the digital blockade was made by an official named Khoramabadi – …

An inquiry has been ordered by the New Zealand Prime Minster, John Key, into whether the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) – NZ's foreign intelligence agency – conducted unlawful spying on the Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, as part of the investigation. According to Mr Key(via Beehive.govt), the GCSB acted unlawfully …

Sony Computer Entertainment Australia will be cracking open the Champagne today as they have announced their Playstation 3 console has outsold all competing products to take the top spot in the first half of the year. NPD Australia data shows that the Playstation 3 is top spot in Q1/Q2 2012. …

Apple have been pressuring a judge to award them extra damages of $535 million in their U.S. Patent case against Samsung Electronics. This is in addition to their permanent injunction against sales of Samsung infringing products. Apple attorneys have said that ‘The harm to Apple was deliberate, not intentional' in …

Foxconn have closed one of their factories in China's Shanxi province after a fight broke out between up to 2,000 workers. 40 people were sent to hospital and other employees were arrested by authorities. Louis Woo, spokesman for Taipei based Foxconn said by phone to Bloomberg “We want to give …

Despite managing to meet its sales target of making £10 million in pre-tax profits this year, HMV's sales have continued to drop leading to a further reduction in share price by 8 per cent. While the company was keen to blame what it described as a lack of new music …

The head of Kim Dotcom's US legal defence team, Ira Rothken, has been speaking with Radio New Zealand about the Megaupload trial stating that he believes it has grown beyond its original meaning into something that's important for all New Zealanders, because it shows how well protected they are from …

The weekend is here, time to treat yourself to some new hardware? That smell when opening a new box is all the sweeter when you didn't pay full retail, right? We posted a deal that ARIA were running earlier for a half price CM Storm Inferno gaming mouse. Sadly these …

4m 44.609s – The world’s fastest SuperPI 32M score achieved by the renown Russian overclocking team, OCLAB.RU, with G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 memory, Intel Core i7 3770K CPU and ASUS Z77 Maximus V Extreme motherboard Congratulations to the Russian legendary overclockers, Slamms and Smoke, from team “OCLAB.RU” on breaking the new …

ARIA have a one day deal running right now for one of the finest mice available on the market today. The CoolerMaster Storm Inferno 4,000 DPI mouse is available at almost HALF PRICE ! Normally in the United Kingdom you would pay £35-£40 for this high end gaming mouse, but …

Apple have updated their mapping software, switching from Google's system to their own with the latest release of iOS 6. The company are facing a massive backlash worldwide from customers, which has surprised everyone. The criticism is based around the new map system, and an array of errors which pollute …

One of the four men charged with facilitating copyright infringement as part of the Pirate Bay (TPB) trial and bankroller of the site's early days, Carl Lundström, has filed for personal bankruptcy. At this stage, after interest increases and additions, the four collectively owe 76 million Kronor (£7.2 million), but …

Comments made on social network Twitter, are unlikely to lead to criminal charges, the current director of prosecutions, Keir Starmer has said. This follows in the wake of scandal surrounding jokes made about Olympic diver Tom Daley and another made about blowing up a British airport. Starmer clarified the point, …

Regardless of recent events between Samsung and Apple, such as the billion dollar patent battle in California, Samsung's marketing team has taken another swipe at Apple customers barely a week after the announcement of the iPhone 5. The ad as usual mocks Apple fans waiting in line for the latest iDevice. …

I spoke with an industry insider a couple of hours ago and it may be the case that NAND flash memory prices will increase soon. The four largest NAND flash chip supplies, Toshiba, Samsung Electronics, SanDisk and SK Hynix are discussing the options for raising prices soon due to the …