Yesterday Google announced their new 2nd generation Nexus 7, but they also focused on their Chromecast device, which streams media from Android and iOS phones and tablets. It also supports Mac OSX and Microsoft Windows computers. Chromecast may seem similar to Apple's Airplay, however the Google offering isn't tied into …

Game of Thrones continues to be a media force to be reckoned with, as the introduction of the show's third series on Tesco owned and operated on-demand service Blinkbox, saw an increase in year-on-year revenue boost of a massive 632 per cent. Granted we're only comparing the revenue earned on …

Cliff Bleszinski, or Cliffy B as he's more commonly known, used to run the show over at Epic when it came to Gears of War development. Now he's off doing other things but that doesn't mean people haven't been asking him what he thinks of the whole Xbox One debacle. Expanding …

While Sony has received a lot of accolades for its handling of the next-gen in terms of online activations (it isn't doing them), used game sales (it's not restricting them) and bundled hardware (the Eye camera isn't mandatory), it did take a bit of flak for its announcement that for …

Kickstarter success stories are nothing new. There are one man operations and massive companies alike that have benefited from the swell of interest and funds that come from a well run campaign. However, there's only so many times you can read a story about a new this or that getting …

Microsoft have sold a staggering 76 million Xbox 360 consoles since its release in 2005. Based on their May 21st event it would appear Microsoft want to target the huge audience of TV addicts. The Xbox One is going to be tightly integrated with the living room environment. The system …

LoveFilm, a former Amazon company was bought up by the retail giant once again after it started doing very well in the DVD rental game. Today though it's all about online streaming, and in that department (especially on the PS3) LoveFilm just wasn't as fancy as its main competitor, Netflix. …

Despite having promised to deliver as many as 2600 Microsoft Points to some customers if they signed up for a free trial of Now TV earlier this year, the Sky owned company still hasn't supplied a large portion of them, despite it being several months overdue. In January and February …

The US ambassador to Australia has posted up on his Facebook, about how he's the kind of man that likes to watch Game of Thrones with his family and legally too. Those dirty Australians though, they're pirating it and he thinks that should stop, because stealing is stealing guys; come …

Amazon have experienced strong sales with their Kindle and Kindle Fire tablets, and murmurings suggest that they may be wanting to release a set top box to partner up with your television set. Sources close to the project spoke to Business Week hinting that Amazon wanted to release a proprietary …

The PirateBay has been a permanent part of the internet for a long time now, but despite this, its domain hasn't been quite so stationary. We saw it go from PirateBay.org to PirateBay.se back in 2012 and now it's set to evolve into its next iteration: Piratebay.GL. This comes because …

The Ouya looks like it might turn out to be the little android console that could not, as the first reviews of the system – that will apparently receive yearly hardware updates – are not good at all, with one reviewer giving it a 3/10. Complaints range from the controller …

This is one of Nintendo's big selling points, that it's hoping will help turn the tide of very sub-par sales of its new console, with new marketing information. In it, the Japanese firm highlights the differences between the Wii and the Wii U and would you believe it, the Wii …

When KitGuru caught up with Patrick Moorhead from Moor Insights at Distree last month, one of the things that most interested us was the way that Patrick went into some detail about how he sees the actual deployment of Intel's Computing Continuum rolling out. How much is it worth? This …

One of the biggest choices for modern media consumers is whether to get their content legally, or illegally. While the former is certainly becoming easier, cheaper and faster, often times the latter is just more convenient. Most companies ignore this and do idiotic things, like sue their fan base, or …

As part of its live broadcast from New York, Sony has just unveiled – but not revealed – the PlayStation 4; which we now know is also its official name and not PlayStation Orbis, the oft used codename for the development. The event began with a big showcase of past …

Our own British Pirate Party has been targeted by copyright lobbyists in the past, and it's happening again with the Swedish version. Copyright lobby group “Rights Alliance” is threatening to sue the political party if it doesn't cease its hosting of The Pirate Bay website. The letter sent to the …

While it seems to be uncertain at the moment if it'll become a standard – here's hoping not – the possibility of adding DRM to HTML is being talked about as a very real possibility in the near future. Known as the Encrypted Media Extensions proposal, the project is already …

Intel have said that they will be releasing a set top box which will bring programming and other services into the home. The processor giant is continuing to try other markets for expansion. Intel are planning to bring a set top box which will enable the consumer to bring TV …

The blocks that many countries including the Netherlands, the UK, Finland, Ireland and many others brought in last year for torrent search site The Pirate Bay, were quickly shown to be ineffective at preventing access. Groups like the BPI then targeted proxy sites like the the one run by Pirate Party …

This has to be one of the strangest instances in technology for the past couple of years. Antigua, a small island nation in the Caribbean, has been given the go ahead by the World Trade Organisation to operate a completely legal pirated movie website, since it was granted the right to …

If you're one of the few people in the world that has dropped the £20k plus that you'd need in order to get hold of an ultra high definition TV and you happen to live in Japan, then you're in luck, as you'll actually be able to do more than …

The government of Antigua is planning to launch a rather unique form of protest, by offering pirated movies, music and software for sale from a new website without paying anything to US copyright holders. The reasoning? The US won't lift a blockade that prevents the country from offering internet gambling …

A documentary directed by Alex Winters, the most excellent companion to Keanu Reeve's Ted, from Bill and Ted, called Downloaded, is set to debut at the South by South West festival, chronicling the rise and fall of the internet's first dominant, Peer to Peer file transfer service, Napster, and its …

Price is quickly becoming a priority in this race to the bottom for Android tablets and ASUS has now added to the affair with an $149 USD tablet of their own. The MeMO Pad has been announced for debut this month in “selected markets.” There will also be a US …

In a move that seems like it should have been made sometime in the last decade, Amazon has announced that thanks to a new feature called AutoRip – unfortunately only available in the US at the moment – those that buy CDs via the site or have done so since …

While it still remains a bit of a rumour at this point, Sony is said to be looking to launch its own internet based TV channels and is currently talking with “at least two” major content creators to secure the rights to their programming. This bit of hear say comes …

While the digital distribution model has taken a while to get going, it's certainly picked up steam now, as more and more of us find ourselves listening to music through services like Spotify, watching movies through Netflix; we're renting access to content. However, while there's been a big push with …

While it still remains a rumour mere days before the annual electronics show begins, Intel could be set to debut a new type of set top box at CES, that would allow for what is being described as, “virtual cable TV.” The idea behind it is that it would offer streaming …

While Facebook has become the defacto instrument for communication in the 21st century, other sites have taken their place at the heart of our modern, technology-everywhere lives. Sitting around number 5 spot in the world, is Wikipedia. We all use it, but what are we searching for?  The Top 10 …