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All businesses have sales. The periodic colonic that flushes out old stock and brings in a nice wad of cash to fund future purchases. Inboxes around the world are filled with announcements for these every day but, honestly, most of them aren't for a business as big and successful as Japanese retail …

We first published news on the Raspberry Pi in May 2011, but it has been hit with a series of delays and some people thought it would never be released. Good news however, because the distributors of the Pi have confirmed that the first batch will ship this week. This …

ApplesInsider published an article this weekend which highlighted news on a partnership between Apple and well known French designer Phillippe Starck. He said that he was working with Apple on releasing a ‘revolutionary' new product that will be released within the next 8 months. According to the report, Starck spoke …

Taiwan SemiConductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are attempting to take over the 12 inch wafer fab of ProMOS Technologies, who are seeking to acquire new funds and investors in the efforts to restructure their DRAM business, which is losing money. According to Digitimes they say “TSMC is now in talks with …

Sony's Playstation Network is going to be down for 13 hours today. The routine scheduled maintenance begins at 6.00 am PDT/9.00 am EDT, lasting roughly 13 hours. Sony claim the network will be back and running by 7.00 pm PDT / 10.00 pm EDT. If you need to use the …

The staff at KitGuru have spent a lot of time completely pixellated recently. Having covered the most popular resolutions for normal people, gamers and current surge in retina displays, we thought it was worth a quick look at the screen in your living room. KitGuru begins putting 27 pennies a …

Following up on KitGuru's earlier story about the most common resolutions found in modern online society, we decided to run a separate analysis on the resolutions preferred by gamers. That gamers want (and pay for) more pixels is no surprise – but what is their favourite resolution? KitGuru gets all …

One of the biggest trends out there in the mobile industry at the moment is displays with crazy resolutions; often outclassing what me and you are using at home or in the office. A couple of months ago we saw the new iPad with a 9.7 inch display with a …

While the entire market has gone up and down like a roller-coaster in recent times, the market for desktop PCs in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has been stagnant. Until now. KitGuru pulls out an abacus and checks some Gartner numbers. If Gartner has the number right, then the worldwide market …

Apple have been defending themselves over allegations from the US Justice Department that they have been working with publishers in regards to book pricing. They claim the charges are ‘simply not true'. Apple launched the iBookstore in 2010 to target the very successful Amazon bookstore. Natalie Kerris, a spokeswoman for …

It's a weird world, no doubt. Against the backdrop of an overall market slump, Gartner turns around and says that shipments of desktop PCs have just jumped almost 2% – to the surprise of just about everyone. At the same time, it's a competitive world and just because ‘more of …

For many years now 1024 x 768 has remained the most popular computer screen resolution with website developers always needing to ensure that the sites they're working on will accomodate that resolution first and foremost. However, the latest statistics shared out by StatCounter show that this oldschool 4:3 aspect resolution …

From today (Wednesday 11th April), customers wishing to unlock their device will now have to wait 30 days and ensure their first payment has been made to Three. Three will charge the customer £15.32 for unlocking their device. This can no longer be added to the customer’s bill and must now …

We never stop smiling at the irony around here. That the world's leading chip and OS vendors have almost no share of the fastest growing technology markets is quite amazing. It's possible that with all of their combined resources, Wintel can pull mobile back and control it – or it …

A fantastic video has appeared from Rob Schmitz, the Shanghai Bureau Chief of Marketplace. Apple granted him a pass into the Foxconn factory, and he was allowed to film the various production stages required to build the iPad tablet. Surprisingly, a lot of the construction is done by hand, rather …

Roll the clock back two years, and Intel was pushing hard on the idea that every product in the world could benefit from an Intel chip and that all of those chips should be interconnected. We seem to remember this being called the ‘computing continuum'. The chip giant is now …

Intel have been placing a lot of focus on their Ultrabook, and they announced last night that they have 75 new models in development. They will be releasing new form factors, including hybrids which can be switched between tablet and laptop. Some people have questioned the Intel focus on the …

Apple can't keep up with demand for the iPad 3, even with a growing list of hardware concerns. Apple are facing production concerns now due to a shortage of Retina displays and a shift in worker policy by Foxconn which has lowered the daily hours for their staff. Shaw Yu, …

Microsoft have won an ruling in a Seattle court which will prevent Motorola Mobility from gaining an injunction against them in Germany. This could have caused patent problems for Microsoft, halting sales of the Xbox 360 console and some other software based products. Microsoft had attempted to preempt potential distribution …

Making money in the mobile sector today is not easy, especially against fierce Apple and Android competition. Nokia have been struggling for some time now, but they have announced that the smartphone battle will hurt them in first quarter earnings. To make matters worse they claim that second quarter earnings …

Tech enthusiasts from across the country are flocking to Birmingham this week to attend the Gadget Show Live at the NEC.  Doors opened to the public today but KitGuru was there yesterday on the press day to give you a sneak peak of what you can expect to see! The …

Bharti Airtel is the world's third largest mobile telecommunications carrier in the world (only lagging behind China Mobile and Vodafone,) with nearly 250 million service subscribers, 175 million of which are located in India. This is perhaps why they will be the first to bring a 4G LTE network to …

It has been determined via several retailers that shipments of 2011 model 15-inch MacBook Pros are slowing down including variants that are based on higher processor clock speeds, which is indicative that Apple is lowering production in preparation for the new 2012 model roll-out. It's not uncommon that we see …

Following its recent “Captivate” event in which it has since continued to share out details of its current and upcoming projects, Capcom has announced that it is well into development on the third installment of the Lost Planet third-person shooter franchise. Lost Planet 3 is positioned as a prequel to …

One of my first computers was a Commodore 64 and I still have fond memories of trying to get a game to load (after 20 minutes) via the tape deck. I could never afford the powerful 68000 powered Amiga a few years later, so had to make do with the …

The products that leave Foxconn's factories are some of the most desirable in the world, yet the Chinese manufacturing giant has struggled to create a brand of its own. After years of pushing various ideas around without solid commitment, it looks like a strategy may have been set by Terry …

Research In Motion have had a dismal fiscal year, according to an analyst who filed a report yesterday. Peter Misek, an analyst at investment banking firm Jefferies said in a note to clients that when factoring in operating costs and inventory charges the hardware division have spent 4 percent more …

We're not sure why TSMC likes to call its production facilities ‘GigaFabs', but it does. The ground has now been ceremoniously broken for the expansion of GigaFab 14 and the race to open the new plant begins. KitGuru dons a protective helmet and adjusts its tool. Fresh from the success …

It's been discovered that Nokia's Lumia 900 is now available for pre-order in the UK as of today with availability expected to be “in the coming weeks”. It is possible to place your pre-order through Phones4U or Carphone Warehouse. While Nokia still hasn't committed to a specific time of release, …

Lenovo has teased one of its upcoming tablets via a YouTube video, the IdeaPad S2109 which runs Android 4.0 ICS and sports a 9.7-inch display. The video gives a good look at the tablet which is just 8.9mm thick and uses an alluring gunmetal unibody case. The 9.7-inch display equals …