Seagate Technology was very late to the market of solid-state drives, however, the company seems to be getting serious about them now. On Thursday Seagate announced a plan to acquire the assets of LSI’s accelerated solutions division (ASD) and flash components division (FCD) from Avago for $450 million (£269.1 million, …
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Apple Mac Pro finally ships immediately after purchase
Apple has finally managed to solve the issues with availability of its high-end Mac Pro workstations. At present the systems can be purchased and obtained in several days. Previously it took Apple up to six weeks to ship its flagship desktops to their owners. Although the Apple Mac Pro was …
Read More »Asus unveils Strix R9 280 and Strix GTX 780 cards with 0dB fan tech
Asustek Computer is well-known for innovative cooling solutions for its graphics cards. Those coolers not only allow the company to offer factory-overclocked graphics adapters, but also to make its boards quieter compared to reference designs by AMD or Nvidia. This month the company made one step closer to perfection, it …
Read More »Apple: We have the best product pipeline in 25 years
Next week at the worldwide developers conference (WWDC) Apple plans to give a glimpse on products that are coming in the future. While at present it maintains an intrigue and does not even imply what will be discussed, some of its executives offer their personal impressions about the company’s new …
Read More »The UK gaming market rose by 20% last year
The UK gaming market generated £3.48 billion in 2013, which is a notable 20 per cent more than the year before. According to the latest statistics, almost every gaming industry sector grew dramatically throughout last year, with the exception of boxed software as well as music and film, which had …
Read More »Movie studios want to freeze Dotcom assets, again
It was announced last month that Kim Dotcom would be likely to regain all of his frozen assets, after New Zealand's high court ruled that it would not extend the foreign restraining order against them, thereby giving a real timeframe that would see Dotcom's cars, personal property like laptops and …
Read More »Dotcom announces Internet Party leader, invests $4 million
If anyone was worried that the alliance between the MANA party and the Internet Party in New Zealand was going to be underfunded, they needn't have bothered, as Kim Dotcom has invested over $4 million NZ since the creation of the party. That includes $1 million before the party was …
Read More »Linksys EA6900 AC1900 802.11ac Wireless Router Review
With growing adoption in laptops and portable devices, as well as desktop systems, 802.11ac WiFi continues to gain pace in the consumer market. With a theoretical transfer speed of well over a Gigabit per second, wirelessly, can the Linksys EA6900 802.11ac router prove that ultra high-speed WiFi connections are indeed …
Read More »THQ’s old building is depressing
THQ is one of the first companies that ever went down that I felt a little sad for. It's rare that the demise of a corporate entity can bring about emotion, but it did, because THQ was a company who's published games I grew up playing. So it's with a …
Read More »Sony will broadcast its E3 conference to US cinemas
As big as E3 is, there's a lot of us that won't be attending, but it seems like Sony is keen to give as many people as possible a great view of its new gaming experiences, because during its conference, it'll be broadcasting the entire thing to cinema screens around …
Read More »Apple confirms acquisition of Beats for $3 billion
Apple late on Wednesday finally confirmed its acquisition of Beats Music, a subscription streaming music service, and Beats Electronics, a supplier of premium headphones and speakers, for a total of $3 billion (£1.7938 billion, €2.2053 billion). The company said that it plans to continue selling Beats-branded products in its stores and …
Read More »Marvell unveils SSD controller with 15nm TLC NAND flash support
Marvell, a leading designer of controllers for solid-state drives, on Wednesday introduced its latest Marvell 88SS1074 SATA SSD chip that is expected to power affordable SSDs next year. The controller supports virtually all types of NAND flash memory, including the latest-generation triple-level cell (TLC) NAND flash made using 15nm fabrication …
Read More »Microsoft has no plans to spin off Xbox division, says Satya Nadella
Recently a lot of discussions about the possible future of Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox division arose. A comment regarding the Xbox unit made by Bill Gates even inspired talks that the software giant could spin-off its console business. However, according to Satya Nadella, the new chief executive officer of Microsoft, there …
Read More »Nvidia and partners start sales of the GeForce GTX Titan Z
Nvidia Corp. and its partners on Wednesday officially announced the immediate availability of the GeForce GTX Titan Z. The new graphics card is based on two Nvidia GK110 graphics processing units and is expected to be the highest-performing graphics board in the world. The solution is also the globe’s most …
Read More »Bomb squad called during Watch Dogs PR stunt
A PR stunt for the release of Watch Dogs didn't go quite as planned as a bomb squad was called in to a newsroom to inspect a mysterious, “creepy” looking package sent anonymously from the PR team behind Ubisoft's most recent game. A black safe was delivered to the Australian …
Read More »Corsair cuts price of Force LX SSDs, weds affordability and performance
Corsair this week reduced pricing of its last year’s Force LX family of solid-state drives. The new prices make the SSDs considerably more affordable, which is a good news for those, who want to get a high-performance SSD at a relatively low price. The Corsair LX series of solid-state drives …
Read More »EA will be releasing a new Battlefield game this year
EA might be pushing Battlefield into a yearly cycle as the publisher has announced Battlefield: Hardline, a spin off game focusing on the police force, developed by Visceral Games. The title will get its official reveal at E3 this year but we've already seen some leaked footage. Battlefield Hardline will …
Read More »Asus PB287Q 4K UHD 28 inch Monitor review
KitGuru was one of the first websites to regularly start using an Ultra HD 4K monitor in graphics card reviews, mid 2013. We adopted the wallet sapping Asus PQ321QE and have been mighty impressed with the gorgeous IGZO display. PQ321QE prices have dropped from £3,000 to £2,400 recently, but the …
Read More »Torrentz.eu is back, just one day after domain takedown
Yesterday saw the internet hold their hands over their hearts and bow their heads in remembrance, as Torrentz.eu, one of Europe's biggest torrent search sites was downed by a request to its Polish domain registrar from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU). However, just 24 hours later, the site …
Read More »This exoskeleton concept makes me want to be a Fireman
Being a fireman is a pretty crazy job. You're charged with saving lives, whilst fighting one of man's longest running enemies: Fire. It might have helped us out stagger out of our caves and lay claim to this planet, but it also eats up a fair few of us each …
Read More »Google set to build its own self-driving cars
Google has ditched any thoughts of twinning its self-drive technology with another more traditional manufacturer and has instead begun the steps to start its own line of vehicles. They're set to be built with a start/stop button, no controls and a look that's designed to make people see automated vehicle …
Read More »Valve pushes Steam machine controller release to 2015
While Valve's Steam Machine have generated a lot of interest in their own right, it's the controller that has people really excited, as it's something existing PC gamers can make use of. However, now it looks like no one is going to be playing with one for some time to …
Read More »Intel teams up with Rockchip for low-cost quad-core SoFIA chip
Intel Corp. on Tuesday announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with Rockchip, a developer of low-cost system-on-chips for mobile devices. Under the terms of the agreement, Rockchip will design an entry-level Intel Atom-based application processor for inexpensive tablets featuring Google Android operating system. At present not a …
Read More »Intel’s Core i7-4790K ‘Devil’s Canyon’ may not be available at launch
Intel Corp. reportedly plans to officially unveil its Core i7-4790K and Core i5-4690K central processing units designed for enthusiasts and overclockers next week. But while the new microprocessors will be introduced formally, they may not become available immediately, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. Intel’s positions on the …
Read More »Asus to demonstrate ‘the next incredible thing’
Asustek Computer plans to showcase a brand new product at the Computex Taipei trade-show. While the company does not reveal what kind of device it will roll out, it definitely expects it to impress the crowd. This week Asus uploaded a video to YouTube that depicts a person, who is …
Read More »Specifications of Intel Core i7 ‘Haswell-E’ processors unveiled
Specifications of Intel Corp.’s next-generation high-end desktop (HEDT) microprocessors have been published by Coolaler, a well-known overclocker. As expected, Intel’s new top-of-the-range processor will feature eight-cores, whereas the remaining expensive chips will sport six cores. Intel Core i7 “Haswell-E” family of central processing units consists of three chips: the Core …
Read More »Nokia X2 smartphone may feature two operating systems
It is not a secret that Microsoft Mobile is working on the second-generation Nokia X smartphone that was originally expected to be based on the heavily modified Google Android operating system and was projected to be sold mostly in developing countries. Apparently, the new Nokia X2 smartphone will not be …
Read More »The Order: 1886 has been delayed until 2015
One of the Playstation 4's most anticipated exclusives so far, The Order: 1886, has had its release date pushed back to 2015, joining other next generation titles such as The Witcher 3 and Tom Clancy's The Division. All of these delays are starting to take its toll on the software …
Read More »Microsoft announces a cheaper version of Windows 8.1 for OEM’s
Microsoft has confirmed that the company will be releasing a “cut-down” version of Windows 8.1 for OEM's. This will allow manufacturers to create cheaper devices for consumers and will help combat competition from open source solutions such as Android, Linux and even Chrome OS. The cheaper version of Microsoft's OS …
Read More »Samsung wants us to start waving at our watches
Samsung has a history of filling its flagship devices with gimmicky gesture based controls that people rarely find a good use for and now, it wants to bring similar features to its smart-watches. The Korean based device maker has patented a circular smart-watch to battle with the Moto 360 and …
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