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At GamesCom 2012, the vast majority of the show is about what is being release, but in Hall 11 there is a strong focus on ‘what will come'. KitGuru takes a break from the top end action and meets a talented Swedish chap who's working in Poland to bring an …

Microsoft are treading a fine line with their partners and the latest news out of Taipei last night is that sources close to the company are claiming that Microsoft are aiming for a $199 launch price. Their partners are already furious at the news which is circulating ‘behind the scenes' …

Bill Gates, the co founder of Microsoft is determined to tackle the world's growing ‘poop' problem by helping to drive better toilet designs. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation hosted a ‘Reinvent the Toilet Fair' on August 14th and 15th. Gates is concerned that poop is a growing worldwide problem. …

Without doubt, one of the most resource hungry games of all time was Crysis. At launch, it would bring even the most powerful machines to their knees at high resolution/image quality. How strange that the company responsible for such a behemoth would bring its expertise to an online game, but …

With 11 massive halls full of product vying for a gamer's attention, you have to forgive the publishers from pressing the simple marketing buttons. The one that they learn to press earliest and hardest is shiny, red and it aims to deliver instant satisfaction. KitGuru takes time off from game …

Memory and PSU manufacturer Corsair, has bought out peripheral maker, Raptor Gaming, with intentions to continue the brand alongside Corsair's own products, including the Vengeance range (some of which we liked a lot) which includes the same sort of kit that Raptor is known for: mice, keyboards etc. “Corsair and …

While the majority of the halls at GamesCom 2012 are filled with mega games that will cost £40 at launch and you'll spend 3 or 4 days scrambling furiously to complete, there are also some very cool online games that are, initially, free. KitGuru feels the need to create around …

When Christian Sturmberg Mut sat down with his business partner last year, he was sure that the market was missing something. At Gamescom 2012, KitGuru got a chance to sit its phat arse down and experience the CouchMaster first hand. The concept is simple enough: You want to game for …

You can never have too much of a good thing, that's what previous generations have told us. With the fastest single GPU card ever to grace KitGuru Labs, Sapphire we certainly delivering a good thing – but has the supply well dried up?  That's the question being asked in forums …

Just a couple of weeks after Hotmail became Outlook with a completely revamped interface, SkyDrive has been given the same treatment in anticipation for the launch of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 later this year. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaWw0zLT67E'] Obvious tweaks include the presence of the not Metro but “modern” interface, as well …

Samsung have gone on the offensive in court, calling an expert witness who testified against the Apple iPhone and iPad. The witness said that Apple are violating three of Samsung's patents with both products. The third week of the trial is heating up as Samsung called in Dr WoodWard Yang, …

Hightech Information System (HIS) introduces its fastest single-GPU graphics card, the HD 7970 X based on AMD's latest 7970 GHz Edition chipset. According to HIS, the card is already a world record breaker thanks to its 3dMark Vantage and 3Dmark 11 scores of 84669 and 29937 marks, respectively, when used …

With the nVidia GTX 660 Ti's release imminent, AMD's popular HD 7950 graphics card will soon be the recipient of a clock speed-boosting BIOS update. The update is intended to better prepare the 6 month old card for the stiff competition that it should receive from nVidia's GeForce GTX 660 Ti. The …

EA has today announced at GamesCon that it plans to bring its Origin game store to Macs, Android smartphones, Facebook and even Smart TVs. Electronic Arts has moved away from the Steam platform recently but now intends to follow in its footsteps. No specific release dates have been announced yet …

The man behind Surfthechannel.com, a site that offered links to websites streaming copyright protected content has been sentenced to four years in jail. Found guilty for fraud and facilitating copyright infringement, 38 year old Anton Vickerman, designed the site and took others onboard to help source movies and TV shows …

Update: Since writing this story, Eurogamer is saying that the Half Life 3 rumour is “a mistake,” according to the organisers of Gamescom. The hotly anticipated sequel to 2004's Half Life 2 and its ensuing episodes, could appear for the first time at Gamescom, according to a PDF from the …

EXCLUSIVE INTEL INTERVIEW: At a recent Analyst's Day, nVidia went through its usual array of slides regarding a wonderful history, present conditions and how glorious the future is likely to be. All well and good, we'd have done the same if we had Tegra, Tesla, Quadro and GeForce in the …

After accusing more than 20 Samsung devices of patent infringement, three have been removed from proceedings in the United States Apple vs Samsung court trial. Judge Lucy Koh has ruled that the Galaxy S GT-i9000, the S II GT-i9100 and Galaxy Ace will no longer be involved when the jury is …

Toshiba have canceled their plans to make Windows RT devices because of delays in getting the components they need. Microsoft have however named four other PC makers who will offer devices using their new Windows operating system. Dell, Asus, Samsung and Lenovo will be making computers using Windows RT – …

It would be hard to escape the continual, negative news on Research In Motion, the company behind the iconic Blackberry smartphones. The company are at an all time low point and some analysts are even predicting their demise within 2 years. CEO Thorsten Hein's spoke to CNET in an interview …

Barnes and Noble have decided to cut the pricing of their popular Nook Color and tablet computers as they face stiff competition from the likes of Google and Amazon. The Google Nexus will hit the market for only $199 and Amazon are expected to release an update to their Kindle …

HMV is continuing its struggles to stay relevant in an increasingly digitally dominated media world, by offering a click and collect system, where users can reserve online and then buy and collect in-store. This saves on postage, which the company likely takes a small loss on – since it offers …

Lots of torrent news over the weekend for those downloading, legitimately and not. First up, Demonoid's domain names have now been listed for sale. The site has been down for some  time, with some fans of the popular torrent search site suggesting that perhaps it was just a temporary outage; since that had …

It was almost a year ago that the world's weather patterns combined to cause the tragedy of the Thailand floods. Alongside the loss of life, Western Digital's hard drive production was knocked for six and the world suffered huge increases in price. As KitGuru predicted, summer 2012 saw prices return …

The death of retail stores is coming, if Electronic Arts chief operating officer Peter Moore's prediction is right. He spoke to Reuters and said “There will come a point, whether it is two or three years from now, when we say: ‘We are doing more in digital media now than …

The Apple V Samsung battle continues, with the latest news this weekend coming from Boris Teksler, the director of patent licensing and strategy for Apple. He told the Federal court in San Jose, California that Apple made a presentation to Samsung in August 2010 warning them against copying the iPhone. …

Motorola Mobility are planning to cut their workforce by 20 percent while closing down around a third of their offices worldwide, according to a report on the New York Times. 4,000 people will lose their jobs as the company restructure their global plans, focusing on a smaller portfolio of products …

Facebook has finally settled its argument with regulatory body, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), over what was described as, “unfair and deceptive” changes to its privacy policy in 2009. While it was initially thought that the social network might be fined for its actions – in a similar fashion …

The release of Nintendo's next generation console, the Wii U, will be delayed in Europe due to a manufacturing issues, if the latest reports from people “familiar with the situation” are to be believed. The console itself isn't to blame apparently, but the fancy touch screen controller. Manufacturing issues aren't …

With the inexorable march toward miniaturisation, there is a corresponding pressure to reduce not only the size of a person's computer – but also its electrical footprint. On Monday 13th August, Silverstone will take a big step toward the future with a tiny power supply. KitGuru takes a trip down memory lane, …