Last week my colleague Colin Beatty wrote an article on Windows 8, with information and statistics gleaned from 3 months of our poll statistics. Many of the comments posted in the article were actually emailed to me directly from Kitguru readers via our Facebook page system. Since we published The …
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Win Crysis 3 and Bioshock Infinite game codes!
Are you waiting to get hold of Crysis 3 and Bioshock Infinite? You may want to enter our little competition running on Facebook for the next couple of days. We are giving away codes for both, meaning you can keep your hard earned money for something more important such as …
Read More »Online trolling – ‘we do it cause its funny’
Online trolling has been going on for as long as we can remember. A new survey shows that one in three young people aged between 14 to 18 have been a victim of online abuse, and one in ten have carried it out. Trolling now is at its most popular, …
Read More »Thermaltake launched A41 Chaser chassis
The design team at Thermaltake have at least 2 definite methodologies. One focuses on creating iconic masterpieces like the Level 10 chassis and the ‘M' mouse. The other line of thinking is based around making plastic look aggressive and not cost too much. The A41 Chaser is in the second …
Read More »Windows 8 a flop with Kitguru readers
It would be fair to say that Windows 8 hasn't received the warmest of welcomes among the enthusiast users who visit tech sites like Kitguru. Over the last three months we have ran several polls on Facebook and we are currently running one on the main Kitguru.net website. The results …
Read More »Google are the coolest but Microsoft not so stuffy
Microsoft are getting ‘cool' again, according to a poll on Reuters/Ipsos although they fall behind Google who were voted as the coolest company. The polling organisation asked America's 18 to 29 year old's to vote for the coolest tech brands. Around half of them answered Microsoft, which surprised everyone. It …
Read More »Audio Technica plans to make loud noise in the market
As the various markets have come together over the past few years, we hear the word ‘convergence' more and more. Normally it means the process of bringing ever more technology into a single device, but KitGuru has noticed a different kind of convergence. One that Audio Technica is planning to …
Read More »ADATA prepares to launch DashDrive Air AE800
Following hot on the heals of the AE400, ADATA has taken the opportunity to present the brand new DashDrive Air AE800 to new retail customers at the Distree event in Monte Carlo. It offers some cool new features, but will the channel fall in love with this new portable drive? …
Read More »PlayStation 4 unveiled but not revealed, games debuted, Blizzard partnership
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 …
Read More »Patriot SuperSonic Magnum 256GB USB 3.0 Drive Review
As the demand for storage space increases we have seen a handful of manufacturers releasing larger and faster USB 3.0 pen drives. In January we reviewed the Kingston DataTraveler HyperX Predator 512GB drive which broke new ground for performance. The only downside was the asking price, a staggering £650 inc …
Read More »Apple admit hackers got to employee computers
Apple said yesterday that some of their employees Macintosh computers were attacked by hackers. The admission by the company is unusual and highlights that the ‘once impervious' Macintosh computer is also vulnerable to malicious code. Apple admitted that a ‘small number' of computers became infected after employees visited a website …
Read More »GfK claims IT industry confidence growing
Over at the Distree 2013 event in Monte Carlo, the cream of the European, Middle East and African (EMEA) IT industry have gathered for 3 days of friendly connection, competitive jostling and a little mutual commiseration. Alongside the technology show itself, break out rooms are filled with briefers eager to …
Read More »Burger King Twitter hacked with McDonalds logo
The Burger King twitter account was hacked yesterday and the offenders decided to post profane messages to the public. They also changed the profile picture to a McDonald's logo. The hackers had control for around an hour until Burger King successfully had Twitter suspend the account. Burger King aren't that …
Read More »Mega to expand into Email, chat and voice – now accepts Bitcoins
Kim Dotcom has announced via his twitter that in the future, Mega, the file locker website launched on the anniversary of the original Megaupload shutdown, will support not only cloud backup services, but encrypted email, chat, as well as voice and video communications. On top of that, this weekend he …
Read More »ASRock 990FX Extreme9 Motherboard Review
ASRock's latest addition to their 990FX series of AMD motherboards, the 990FX Extreme9, aims to occupy the company's AM3+ top spot alongside the Fatal1ty Professional board. With premium power delivery components, compatibility with AMD's 8 core PileDriver processors and support for 3-way SLI and CrossFire graphics configurations, the ASRock 990FX Extreme9 sports …
Read More »Former AMD CEO fires Slingshot at Intel
You might not have heard of Lauren Villagran, graduate of Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism with a background that includes Associated Press and CBS, but she's the lady that's helped pen one of the most explosive business stories of recent times: The decision by Hector Ruiz to stand up …
Read More »Robotic leaps through exploding gases
While we are able to pack tons of processing and memory capability into robots these days, there are still some skills that evade the non-sentient automatons. The ability to jump or leap is one of them. However, scientists at Harvard University are having breakthroughs that centre on exploding gases. KitGuru …
Read More »Exclusive TECH LOVERS competition with SEASONIC and SAPPHIRE
It's that special time of year again, when love is in the air all around. Well, for those of you who prefer boxes of tuned components to boxes of chocs, we have a brand new, exclusive TECH LOVERS competition to help celebrate Valentines. SAPPHIRE and SEASONIC have agreed to look …
Read More »Asus launches Total Cost of Ownership competition
While TCO was a buzz word back in the 90s for complete business infrastructures, it looks like Asus is planning to bring the idea front and centre for the 21st century – any it's not stopping at the ‘system level'. We caught up with Ellina Webb, Asus PR Guru and …
Read More »Sapphire EDGE HD4 Mini PC Review
Today we are looking at the Sapphire Edge HD4 Mini PC, the latest in their Edge lineup which features an Intel Celeron processor. We reviewed the EDGE HD3 in February 2012, powered by the AMD E450 and the EDGE VS8 in December 2012, powered by the AMD A8 4555M APU. …
Read More »EU to force digital companies to report hacks
The European Union has announced a new cybersecurity directive, that will place legal bindings on companies in key internet positions to report any breaches of their security, such as hacking attacks. This would bring companies like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and other large scale services in-line and force them to keep …
Read More »PandaLabs claims a third of world’s computers are infected
Anti-malware firm PandaLabs, has released new information from its 2012 security report, which suggests that just under a third of the world's computers are infected with some sort of malware. It's also been reported that there are 27 million new strains of infective software out there that weren't present before …
Read More »Win Biostar Hi-Fi Mainboards with KitGuru
You will have read a lot of coverage on Biostar's latest Hi-Fi technology for mainboards on KitGuru recently – well now here's your chance to win one of THREE Biostar HiFi A85W boards in our exclusive competition! No ordinary mainboard, the Biostar HiFi A85W has the ability to help create …
Read More »Revenge porn site owner could face child pornography charges
The owner of “revenge porn,” website, IsAnyoneDown.com – and former owner of IsAnyoneUp.com – Craig Brittainn, has been speaking about his running of the site, denying rumours that he scams victims of the site into paying him to have naked photos of themselves removed. However it now looks like he could …
Read More »Gabe Newell talks Steam of the future
Gabe Newell has been speaking out about the future of Steam quite a bit recently, with a lot of focus of expanding its reach and giving better opportunities to smaller developers. However, he's also been thinking about having much less Valve involvement, replacing its current gatekeeper like system with an …
Read More »KitGuru on social media – an independent interview
If KitGuru told you that we'd been interviewed by a model, then we know the way your collective minds work. If we then said that the model in question had competed in the last series of UK's Top Model, you'd start to think that we're taking advantage of all life …
Read More »Win an Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe & Asus HD7970 Matrix!
If you are running on older hardware there is a good chance that your system will be struggling to produce good frame rates with the latest Direct X 11 games. Our competition today will be sure to help cure that problem because we are giving away a stunning P8Z77-V Deluxe …
Read More »Google+ takes second place in social network race
While Facebook is still far and beyond the world's most used social website, Google's own + service has now taken the second place medal, beating out both Youtube and Twitter by a few per cent of the world's population. According to new data from GlobalWebIndex, Facebook currently has over 50 …
Read More »New Laser Pegs light-up construction toys launch
Laser Pegs, the originators of light-up construction, is the world’s only patented range of illuminated construction toys. Laser Pegs is the first unique toy construction set in the world in which each piece feeds the next piece low voltage current. A must-have for any construction fan, the new Laser Pegs …
Read More »Dotcom opens ‘Mega’ sharing site
Kim Dotcom – the owner of Megaupload.com which was closed a year ago has started a new website. The new file storage and sharing site has already received a lot of attention and Dotcom says that innovation won't be stopped. The new Mega website started accepting registrations from the public …
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