Today we are going to look at the MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming motherboard.  It's MSI's latest model, targeted at the enthusiast audience, more specifically enthusiast gamers.  It boasts an impressive feature set which is specifically tailored for those gamers who want the best possible performance from their system. MSI are one …

Fair trade officials in Taiwan are investigating claims that Samsung have paid people to criticize rival HTC, online. According to reports, Samsung are said to have paid students to post negative comments about phones made by HTC. This wouldn't be the first time that well known companies have employed this …

With one of the biggest media splashes of the year, Samsung pooled a heap of press and associated industry lovers for an evening of Galaxy S4 wonder and musical delight. Well. We say delight. If Gary Barlow is to your musical taste. Here's a glance inside the year's biggest launch …

Gigabyte is one of the oldest and most famous technology brands, with a huge fan base and reputation for challenging at the top end of the market for mainboards, graphic cards etc. With multiple new sexy product lines launching, Gigabyte HQ sent a team of presenters over to tell the …

The lines between PC and server, server and NAS box have never been blurred as much as they are now. You only need to look at the descriptions associated with any ‘specialist' piece of kit to see that. But KitGuru has just seen a deal for a genuine HP server …

While we at KitGuru know ladies who prefer to choose one that can be easily slipped into a pocket or purse, there is no doubt that – overall – the movement is toward bigger and smarter phones. But how big is too big? KitGuru pulls out a length of string …

Twitter's not-so-secret music app is set to launch today according to some, following on from several unplanned leaks by random people give early access. The app works by suggesting tracks and artists to users based on several factors, including who they follow. The social blogging network has tried to keep …

In the high-speed, broadband-enabled modern world, it can be incredibly frustrating to run out of juice on your phone. While smartphones do add in features – we pay for those features in electrons. So what can you do to prevent the urge to kill someone/thing when the red bar shows? …

It's an interesting question – and certainly something that can be classified, for now, as a ‘first world problem'. But, sooner or later, the question of ‘What happens to a person's data when they're dead' will come up for almost everyone on the planet. KitGuru plays the theme tune from …

Driven by BioShock Infinite and Cadbury's Creme Eggs, retail game sales in the UK hit an annual high of more than £20m over Easter – only to see spending drop like a brick in the week that followed. KitGuru casts an eye over the runners and riders in the race …

We've been reporting on Bitcoin's value explosion over the past couple of months, but for the past few days it's been tumultuous at best. Yesterday saw the highest Bitcoin value ever, topping out at around $266 per Bitcoin, but this was the final slog in Bitcoin's uphill sprint as it quickly tumbled …

We have been working with Cyberpower to come up with a great competition for our readers. What would be better than a state of the art gaming laptop!? The Cyberpower X7-100 Fangbook is not just any gaming laptop. It is powered by an Intel Core i7 processor and Nvidia GTX675MX …

League of Legends is a big deal these days, with Esports, plushies, clothing and of course, the game itself, but there's always room for one more product. With that in mind, Addam, a username with no other designation, has created 3D renderings of League of Legends characters, in lego. He's …

Your first camera normally comes with something like a 50mm lens. You can shoot your family etc well enough, but very soon after you start, you want something bigger, longer better. The US Army has a huge desire for bigger and better – and it looks like it will be …

While it's not often you see someone making their way through the ghost town that is MySpace, one user has found himself in hot water after hijacking his ex-girlfriend's account and posting revealing pictures of her, along with derogatory messages – he's now been found guilty of several criminal charges. …

While it's been known for a while that New Zealand's intelligence agency GCSB (Government Communication Security Bureau) spied on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom without legal precedent, it turns out that it may have done so in more than 80 different cases, highlighting the need for further regulation and monitoring of …

OCZ Technology have been at the forefront of Solid State designs now for many years. They released their Vertex 3 drives which featured the Sandforce 2281 controller back in 2011. This was a popular drive among the enthusiast audience as it offered excellent performance characteristics at a competitive price point. …

If you use a modern smartphone there is a good chance that you will have the excellent WhatsApp installed. This very popular software is sought after by Google who are said to be contemplating a $1B takeover deal for the company who create it. Digital Trends apparently have access to …

HTC have documented record low profits in the first quarter of 2013. Delays in production of their upcoming flagship smartphone have not helped. HTC have explained difficulties making camera components for the HTC One device, forcing them to push back their full launch from the first quarter until the end …

From one of the world's fastest booming markets a decade or so ago, we now read the news with half an expectation to hear that another studio has gone under – or a chain of game-selling stores has pulled down its shutters for the last time. It's with a sense …

We had a good look over the initial documentation for the Thermaltake Urban S41 in an earlier story, but two vital ingredients were missing. We now have that info and we're prepared to share: How much and where? Before we spillz the beanz, where's a question for you: What price …

If you live on the mainland of any major country around the world, you will be spoilt for choice when it comes to fast moving, low cost courier services. Not so the folks in Northern Ireland. For many years, couriers have treated addresses in the north of Ireland as ‘very …

A new trojan has been discovered that is being spread through innocuous looking Skype messages, giving ‘hackers' control of your machine. Once they do so however, they aren't creating a botnet, or stealing credit card details, but making you part of a distributed bitcoin mining network. Those hit with the …

Confidence is a good thing. We like meeting people who have a well-placed confidence on their own skills and abilities. Bit like the master and commander of a sailing vessel. But what if a captain's last command ran into the rocks – and he was still highly confident?  KitGuru wonders …

One of KitGuru's bugbears has been AMD's consistency in releasing processors that may well be appealing – but then burying them under the weight of a mainboard that costs more than the chip. Now it seems that there better options available from resellers like Aria. KitGuru pulls out a Casio …

With CeBIT a distant memory, all eyes in the tech world are now focused on Computex 2013, Taiwan's technology show case for everything that's good and right in the world of IT. Looking at the early emailers about what we will be on at the event, KitGuru has noticed something …

In April we are running a competition designed to help improve our readers gaming experience. FUNC are giving away three sets of MS3 Mice and 1030XL mouse pads. This competition is open worldwide! We reviewed the FUNC MS3 back in February and Zardon said “The mouse itself is on the …

Whenever there's a new chip on the horizon, there's always a mad scramble to launch a brand new set of associated products – even when the new product isn't much more than a re-badge of the old one. KitGuru sits, spider-like, in the web of online pricing and notices a …

Exactly what Adobe will be presenting from 4th to 8th May in Los Angeles is still a bit of a mystery, but we know for sure that there will be a version of the Apple App Store called Exchange. In what seems to be a classic case of cut-n-paste [Clone …

Well we broke a lot of hearts this month by announcing the winner of our GTX Titan and Seasonic 1kw Platinum competition. It went to Ken Bevis, who must by now have one of the best gaming rigs on the planet. He sent over a picture today to thank us …