Software & Gaming

The Sony Playstation Network has had an outage today and rumours are rife that the online gaming service has been the victim of a DDOS attack from ‘hacktivist' group Anonymous. Many users across Europe and America have been reporting problems logging into the Playstation Network in the last 24 hours. …

We're all had bad sectors and suffered from old-drive amnesia, where large chunks of your data have suddenly vanished. But how safe is a busted drive? KitGuru dons a radiation suit to find out just how far you have to go. The InfoSec show at London's Earl's Court is a …

Portal 2 has already been warmly received, with initial reviews highlighting fantastic game play with a stellar updated engine. Sadly, the user community haven't been too enamored with all of the downloadable content available which totals extra charges of over $80. Gamers generally love downloadable addon's for their games because …

Yahoo have stated that they are going to keep records of their user's search engine queries for at least 18 months. This has abandoned an earlier policy in which it only held data for 3 months. This retention of search engine terms, which can call upon financial issues or other …

It has been pretty well covered since the release of its predecessor, with a mountain of conjecture and hopes piling up across gamer forums, but now it looks like Rockstar has confirmed its target date for the release of GTA 5. KitGuru fakes a pit pass and heads to the …

For the handful of people who still aren't aware, Valve have been involved in a rather cool marketing twist, before the Portal 2 launch. If people play any of 13 selected games, they can help unlock Portal 2 early via Steam. Portal 2 is one of the most awaited games …

With the region's most famous LAN gaming event set to kick off with a long Good Friday, the Multiplay chaps are preparing to move Heaven, Earth and several truck loads of kit down to the famous Newbury racecourse to begin preparations. KitGuru dresses like a roadie to get the inside …

Not a lot of good news this week for the PC industry, we reported yesterday that PC shipments were dropping, despite previous expectations of growth. NPD, a research firm who track video game sales have reported that software sales have dropped in March. The reason? Well, no one is actually …

This is an insanely fast paced industry. It seems like only yesterday when Internet Explorer 9 was released to critical acclaim and now we are already able to download an Internet Explorer 10 preview. Internet Explorer 10 is due for release next year. “We built IE9 from the ground up …

Opera have released a new version of their browser – V11.10, otherwise known as ‘Barracuda'. This improves the speed of the Turbo traffic compression service and expands the SpeedDial interface to provide quick access to an unlimited number of sites. Barracuda is now available for Windows, Linux and the Macintosh …

Hackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in Flash Player, according to Adobe themselves. The firm has said that the vulnerability could cause a crash and allow a hacker to tack control of an affected system. The CVE-2011-0611 bug is causing problems for Adobe as it is currently being exploited. A …

Angry Birds and Facebook were the winners at last night's Appy Awards in London. More than 30,000 people voted for 50 applications nominated across 10 categories. The winner, Angry Birds has been one of the biggest selling games of the year and it has been released on almost every platform …

According to reports, many women are getting hooked on internet porn as a way of dealing with anxiety. Quit Porn Addiction, one of the UK's main porn counselling services said that one in three clients are struggling with their own porn use. Founder and counsellor Jason Dean said that there …

Valve's Portal 2 for PS3 and Xbox 360 is already holding the top two game spots at Amazon, knocking down the very popular Pokemon black and white DS games. Portal 2 is due to be one of the biggest sellers this year, but the pre order success on Amazon is …

Mozilla are pushing out software faster than people can download it. Latest information released indicates that Mozilla have set a more aggressive timetable that may see Firefox 5 being released by June 21st. The documentation says “In general, each stage of the process (and activity pertaining to a particular version) …

Microsoft had a relatively easy March, having just three bulletins fixing four vulnerabilities. April is a different story, with 17 bulletins being issued, with 64 different vulnerability fixes. This ties with the ‘most bulletins' since December 2010 and takes the top position for the number of flaws fixed. Nine bulletins …

Anonymous, renowned hacktivist group have announced a war against Sony, and they appear to have struck the first blow already. They announced on Sunday that Sony's legal actions against hacker Geohot and their other corporate behaviours “have been deemed an unforgivable offense against free speech and internet freedom.” They have …

Microsoft are set to unify the appearance of their products, if the leaked screenshots of Windows 8 are anything to go by. New images of the operating system, such as the welcome screen highlight the Windows Phone 7 lock screen, while new navigation techniques used in Office 2010 look to …

Europeans are a competitive bunch. Each and every country – no matter how large or small – wants the chance to prove that it is superior to its neighbours. Today sees the launch of the Tt eSports European Cup tournament for Call of Duty 4. Let the competition for Euro-superiority …

Permission email marketing outsourcer Epsilon have announced a data breach which could affect millions of people. In a short statement, they announced that the breach affects a ‘subset' of its customer data, but has yet to disclose the full extent of the problem. The unauthorised entry into its email system …

Hundreds of thousands of websites have been compromised by a huge cyber attack. The attack was based around a well known exploit on other sites to insert a link to their website. Those visiting the cyber crooks webpage were told that their machines were infected with many different viruses. Security …

Internet Explorer was never seen as the defacto choice for the discerning enthusiast user. But with the release of V9, reports have been constantly streaming in that the browser is proving popular among the audience who until now has never embraced it openly. It is slowly gaining favour with Web …

CNN released a story which stated that Google were developing a facial recognition application. Google have since denied it, but the rumours persist. “Google plans to introduce a mobile application that would allow users to snap pictures of people's faces in order to access their personal information, a director for …

Eurogamer have found a secret document which doesn't put retailer GAME in a very good light. The article claims that GAME authorised their staff to take £1,000 out of store tills in order to buy game and console packs from Tesco and restock them as preowned. Tesco is said to …

A few days ago KitGuru ran a story, which originated on Maximum PC. Apparently Crytek were going to be adding a Direct X 11 patch to the PC version of Crysis 2. Be prepared for some bad news, because an official statement on the Crytek forums indicate that this was …

Microsoft are offering a locked down version of Windows 7 designed to turn cheap hardware into ‘thin-client' systems. This operating system is geared to administrators who want cheap and easy PC systems for employees, without having to worry about fixing a plethora of user generated problems. This operating system is …

You might not believe this, but the first review of Duke Nukem Forever have been handled by an Australian publication. What does the game offer? the same crude witty one liners and semi naked ‘chicks'. You betcha. The Australian Classification Board have given the game a MA15+ rating last month …

According to online rumours, Crysis 2 will be getting a Direct X 11 patch sometime today on the PC. This patch will unlock an advanced graphics menu in the game. This will be a relief to many gamers who are complaining that the PC version of the game is a …

Firefox 4 was released last week and KitGuru reported on the early download figures during the day, which were already looking very healthy indeed. The new browser was downloaded 7.1 million times in 24 hours followed by a second day figure of 8.75 million. Firefox 3 in 2008 was downloaded …

Nintendo 3DS mania is hitting the UK this week and supermarket chain store Asda have announced that they are opening tonight at midnight to get Nintendo fans get their hands on the new portable game console. We find the statement quite amusing however as many of the stores are open …