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There's a very simple question that's been bugging a lot of people close to KitGuru over the past few months. It all centres on Energizer's amazing rechargeable batteries and the huge variety of batter/charger options they offer. KitGuru dons a bunny suit and heads to a local supermarket close to …

One of the more unpleasant stories this week was supplied courtesy of Emma West, aged 34 who lives in Croydon, UK. She insulted an array of people on a Croydon to Wimbledon tram shouting that people of ethic minorities should ‘get back to their own country'. The disturbing video has …

Samsung will be able to sell their Galaxy Tab 10.1 again in Australia as the Federal Court of Australia has overturned the preliminary injunction which was initiated by Apple, who claim that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 infringes on the design of their own products. Luke Hopewell reported for ZDNet Australia …

A story was published yesterday on MSNBC.com which suggested that hackers could compromise a printer and give it instructions so that it could overheat and potentially catch fire. This was picked up by many news related publications and they debated the possibility it was true. The story was actually based …

The speed at which a nation's citizens can connect to the interwibble super highway, is a great indication of how advanced a nation is in the grand scheme of things. Here's a pair of questions: Just how fast will the UK's broadband system become around 2015 and how great will …

SAPPHIRE Technology, a leading manufacturer and supplier of PC components and multimedia products worldwide has just announced the latest addition to its expanding product line.  SAPPHIRE Vid-2X is a device that allows two monitors to be connected to a single output on almost any computer system delivering increased display area …

Microsoft have sold millions of Kinect units this year, being one of their biggest success stories in recent years. News of the upcoming version has been posted online and it seems to be taking the technology to a whole new level. According to sources at Eurogamer, a member of the …

Facebook, the world's biggest social networking are preparing for a public stock offering in the coming spring which could raise up to $10 billion according to sources close to the matter. The Wall Street Journal reported that the company is hoping that the IPO would value the business at around …

We said it from the very start, but according to analysts, it looks as if the new Amazon Kindle Fire is on track to cause a serious dent in the Apple dominated tablet market. Citigroup Analyst Mark Mahaney spoke to Tabtimes.com and he predicted that Amazon will ship 5 million …

A recent study has confirmed what we already knew – Apple have the most loyal customer base. According to research firm GfK, Apple products generate the most fanatical following. 84 percent of the iPhone user base say that they would buy another iPhone to update their device. Google Android is …

NASA launched the new ROVER ‘Curiosity' successfully, as it heads on the long journey to the Red Planet. The journey will take eight and a half months, traveling  a staggering 354 million miles. The robot craft is part of a huge $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory mission and Pete Theisinger …

Scammers have decided to target online shoppers who are looking for bargain deals on Monday. People in America often head online after Thanksgiving looking for cheap online products. Last year almost $1 billion was generated on Cyber monday, beating out Black Friday as the highest volume sales day. This year …

According to reports today, the FBI and Philippine law enforcement officers have arrested four people apparently paid by terrorists to hack into AT&T. The company have said their system has not been compromised. The four people were arrested during the week in Manila, and have apparently been paid by the …

Crytek GmbH (Crytek) announced that it closed a licensing deal for CryENGINE 3, its proprietary real-time development solution, with Crystal CG, a world leading digital image service provider. Crystal CG is dedicated to providing customized solutions based on 3D digital visualization technologies and has been working on a number of …

Kingston have said that adoption of Solid State drives will improve in 2012, thanks to NAND flash prices dropping. Nathan Su, flash memory sales director of Kingston APAC spoke to Digitimes, saying that the average pricing for 1GB of NAND flash memory should fall to $1 US shortly. The prices …

Roccat have announced their ‘WTF!' World Tour, a Facebook contest which celebrates worldwide gaming ‘while focusing on the strange, the fascinating and the unexpected'. Fans are asked to submit their own photos, so we can only begin to imagine what will be posted soon! They say: “As part of the …

Apple are offering United Kingdom customers some offers on their hottest selling products. The iPad 2 tablet for instance receives a £31 price reduction, and there is £81 off a new Macbook and iMac. To round out the offers, they are cutting the prices of many other Apple and third …

The European court has ruled yesterday against forcing online providers to monitor customers online activity, to try and filter out illegal sharing of music and software. The ruling, by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg will certainly please many people in Europe, but it will not please music copyright …

NASA's Curiosity space rover, at a value of £1.6 billion is set to launch on Saturday, on a long journey to Mars. It will reach the red planet by August of 2012, if all goes well. The Nuclear powered rover craft will enter the thin atmosphere at 3,200 mph, descending …

Spotify are positioning themselves in a strong position, after a somewhat rocky start, three years ago. Claims have been made that they were struggling to convert users from free ‘advertising funded' services into fully paying subscribers. There have also been some complaints made from artists and record labels over the …

Google continue their cleaning cull and have decided to remove another seven programs from their software portfolio including Knol, Google Gears and Google Wave. This is the third time this year that the search engine giant has streamlined their operation by removing programs which haven't sparked the users imagination. They …

HIS today launched its “MAC-ximization” Facebook competition for Mac enthusiasts to win one of five awesome prize bundles. If you are a Mac enthusiast and multitasking is second nature to you then please read on. Imagine surfing the web, working on a presentation, checking your emails and never missing out …

The upcoming release of the new Amazon Kindle Fire tablet is set to cause some concern for Apple, even though they are the clear leader in the tablet sector. The Apple iPad has taken the world by storm, selling many millions of units since it was released and up to …

When it comes to broadband, the United Kingdom still lag behind many other countries. If you read many of the advertisements posted online and on television you would think that we had many ‘quality' high speed options to choose from. We reported in the past that Virgin Media advertise some …

The iconic Microsoft leader Bill Gates is to testify again today, defending his company against a $1 billion antitrust lawsuit which is claiming that Microsoft tricked a competitor into huge losses. Novell Inc sued Microsoft in 2004. They claim that Gates fooled them into thinking he would include their WordPerfect …

With Western Digital's competitors pushing hard to increase production, the market itself has found a stabilising point for hard drives. Well, they couldn't keep going up forever. Could they? KitGuru does a quick Scan and comes back with good news. Back on 3rd November, KitGuru brought you news that the …

All of us use passwords to protect our online accounts, such things as ebay, paypal and even sometimes our bank accounts. SplashData have compiled a list last week which show that many people are letting the hackers run away with their accounts. According to their research, the worst passwords online …

Since it was launched Modern Warfare 3 has had a huge problem with people cheating online. Infinity Ward, the primary developer have had to ban thousands of gamers for finding loopholes in the game code, to gain an unfair advantage against others. ComputerAndVideoGames have issued a report claiming that the …

The new Samsung Galaxy Nexus may be a leading showcase for Android's new Ice Cream Sandwich operating system but it currently has no support for Adobe Flash. According to Google it will support it eventually, but Adobe need to update their Flash code for the new OS. Interestingly, Adobe stated …

According to the LA Times scientists have created the lightest material on earth, called ultralight metallic microlattice, is it 99.9% air. To get this into perspective, Styrofoam is 100 times heavier. This ultralight metallic microlattice is mainly made up from air, thanks to the microlattice cellular architecture. Thomas Shandler of …