Intel have launched their new AppUp Centre Software store which focuses on application support for their Atom based Netbooks. The whole concept of Appup is to give netbook users a one stop shopping experience for applications catered specifically to support their devices. This project grew from the Atom Developer Program …
Read More »Google scary teen stalker fired
Google have been at the center of a rather unpleasant story lately. A google engineer has been caught spying on four underage teens for months. David Barksdale, a 27 year old ex engineer with Google took advantage of his position as a member of an elite technical group at the …
Read More »18W Fusion ‘Zacate’ APU battles Core i5 : KitGuru @ IDF
Kitguru have been making an appearance at IDF and today we spent some time with AMD at their ‘hotel location'. They were really keen to focus on their new CPU architecture with integrated graphics. The new ‘APU' chip is code-named ‘Zacate' and it is based on dual Bobcat CPU cores …
Read More »Amazon mock iPad glossy screen – Kindle better reading device
Amazon have released a new Kindle advertisement which mocks Apple's iPad while highlighting the low price of the third generation Kindle device. The advertisement shows a man at the side of a pool trying to read an iPad. Unable to make out the writing he asks the women next to …
Read More »Halo Reach – hundreds queue for their copy
Halo Reach has been receiving positive reviews so far from most of the online press and it is certainly going to be one of the biggest games this year. Hundreds queued last night to get their hands on a copy. 400 stores opened in the UK to sell the game …
Read More »New iPad coming soon – slimmed down with camera
The iPad has generated a lot of money for Apple, with geeks across the globe latching onto its portable goodness and high quality screen. Latest rumours in however show that a new version is already in the cards for release next year. The Apple iPad is a great product, but …
Read More »Microsoft employees hold a funeral parade for iPhone and Blackberry
Microsoft delivered a rather wacky ‘celebration' a few days ago when their Windows Phone 7 OS achieved ‘release to manufacturing' status. They held a rather weird funeral parade for the Blackberry and iPhone. This parade was held through the companies Redmond Campus, and was initially reported on by NeoWin. The …
Read More »Hundreds of Apple lovers camp out for Ontario store opening
On Saturday Apple opened a new store in the York Region at Upper Canada Mail in Newmarket, Ontario. As with every Apple store launch, it was an almost religious experience with hundreds of people waiting in line for the final moments. By 8 a.m., hundreds had staked out a spot …
Read More »Dell and Apple, who is ten times bigger in 2010 ?
Dell's top man Michael Dell has always been an outspoken CEO and in 1997 when asked what he would do if he was in charge of Apple he said “I'd shut it down and give the money back to shareholders.” Unfortunately this was the start of a ‘CEO-style' feud between …
Read More »Intel CEO says Apple TV is ‘for mom’
Intel top dog Paul Otellini said in an interview yesterday that the first Google TV devices will start shipping in September. He has also launched a rather scathing attack on Apple TV – probably because it is using an ARM chip rather than a Pentium M. Otellini said that he …
Read More »AT&T spend billions on networking enhancements
AT&T have been sending out news releases and letters to their customers in the last few days which is firing speculation that the carrier may be coming to the final days of the exclusivity deal with the Apple iPhone in the U.S. AT&T have said that this speculation has been …
Read More »Trend Micro next for acquisition?
Latest reports in from Taipei have shown that Trend Micro are receiving offers for a company take over, although the players involved are being kept quiet at this time. Trend Micro are a publicly listed company which means if the shareholders agree to a takeover deal then the CEO will …
Read More »Google TV service to launch this autumn in U.S.A.
We reported yesterday that Samsung are stepping up a new campaign to shift focus into the television market, using Google's Android operating system. In an announcement from Google – they state they are bringing the web to television screens in the US later this year and then worldwide in 2011. …
Read More »HP debacle continues – Mark Hurd lawsuit to block move
Hewlett Packard are in the press for all the wrong reasons lately and now they have launched a lawsuit to stop ex CEO Mark Hurd from moving to Oracle. Experts have said that this is going to be a difficult lawsuit for them to win because the California courts generally …
Read More »Is Android the future?
We have been publishing many stories recently on Google's Android operating system and we even reviewed the new Dell Streak which makes full use of the platform. What many people aren't realising however is that the platform is undergoing some staggering growth trends lately. Android in August has taken share …
Read More »Samsung step up Android campaign to battle Apple and Sony
We reported a few days ago that Samsung have high hopes for their Android based smartphone sales this year and it looks as if they may be expanding into the television market to tackle Sony and Apple, according to Bloomberg. Yoon Boo Keun, head of Samsung's TV business told reporters …
Read More »Oracle hire ex HP CEO Mark Hurd
KitGuru reported yesterday that Oracle would be hiring ex HP CEO Mark Hurd and today confirmation has came in that he will be replacing co-represident Charles Phillips, who resigned. Ellison was very outspoken when Hewlett Packard removed Mark Hurd, calling the board ‘idiots‘. “Mark did a brilliant job at HP …
Read More »Ex HP CEO Mark Hurd set to become Oracle Number 2
Mark Hurd ex Hewlett Packard CEO was defended immediately after his removal by Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, who called the board ‘idiots'. It seems Larry may be putting his money were his mouth is by contemplating him for a new job inside his company. Mark Hurd has been credited with …
Read More »AMD VP details why they ditched ATI brand, but ‘Radeon’ stays
KitGuru were the first to break news that AMD were dropping the ATI name, weeks ago. We might not have gotten credit for it, but we are big enough to take it on the chin. AMD Corporate Brand Vice President John Volkmann has explained in his blog why AMD decided …
Read More »HP acquire 3Par: Dell lose out
The ongoing battle to buy 3Par has finally ended after a bidding war erupted between HP and Dell. HP have agreed to pay $2.35 billion and Dell didn't counter the final bid. This is a $33 per share cash offer and it has been agreed by boards of both HP …
Read More »Nicked: Girl who threw puppies into river
We reported on a rather sick story this week of a girl who was filmed throwing puppies into a river. An Internet bounty was issued to catch her, and the good news in today is that she has been caught. Today police in the Bosnian town of Bugojno accounced that …
Read More »Toshiba recall 41,000 computers over burn risk
Toshiba has announced the recall of around 41,000 computers across the globe, due to potential overheating and related burn risks. The models they are recalling are the Satellite T135, Satellite T135D and Satellite Pro T130 notebook systems according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Toshiba are offering customers a …
Read More »KitGuru is almost 3 weeks ahead of the mainstream IT magazines ?
We all know that the web is fast. Certainly faster than paper. But it's not often that we actually get a chance to put down markers and measure the difference. KitGuru received an email blast this morning from the biggest IT publisher in the UK and it made us do …
Read More »Microsoft Windows Phone 7 released to manufacturing
Microsoft are investing hundreds of millions into their new Windows Phone 7 SmartPhone platform and they reached their release to manufacturing phase yesterday, September 1st 2010. Microsoft are keen to take mobile market share from big players Apple and Google and the RTM stage means that Microsoft's partners can integrate …
Read More »Intel aiming to take over the mobile world
Intel have been spending a huge amount of money lately … $7.7 billion dollars on security company McAfee and recently $1.4 billion on Infineon. It is clear they are focusing on the mobile marketplace with these purchases, especially when the MeeGo mobile operating system partnership with Nokia is taken into …
Read More »Internet bounty issued for woman throwing live puppies into river
The world can be a very cruel place and with the growth of the internet, videos and newstories can spread like a virus. One such video which is causing a great deal of distress for people is the footage of a woman dressed in a red sweatshirt, throwing six squealing …
Read More »Microsoft release new transforming ‘high tech gray’ xbox 360 controller
Microsoft are planning to release a new Xbox 360 controller which features a transforming D-Pad in November. This has been due to feedback from a sizeable portion of the user base. The most noticeable changes are with the design – the new controller ditches the white appearance with multicoloured buttons, …
Read More »Pixels created 8 times smaller than those used in iPhone 4’s Retina display
Technology advances at a staggering rate, and researchers at the University of Michigan have created a new display with nanometer thin sheets of metal that use slits to create pixels eight times smaller than those used on the iPhone 4. These Nanoresonators could possibly be the future for high quality …
Read More »Google release ‘Priority Inbox’ – is it any good though?
Google email is still widely adopted by millions of people every year and recently Google have released a new system called “Priority Inbox” which apparently helps to unclutter an overcrowded inbox. The system works based on algorithms which sort through email and move the good content to the top while …
Read More »Halo Reach leaks banning consoles from Xbox Live
Halo Reach on Xbox 360 has leaked a while ago and many people are downloading it from Bitorrent to play on their Xbox 360 consoles. Fudzilla have reported that their sources are telling them that some small retailers are selling the game earlier, breaking release date. Microsoft are still saying …
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