Forget 3Dmark, forget Unigine Heaven, forget any of the Crysis games, real men use Catzilla to benchmark their PC. Or at least they will do when the new benchmark from AllBenchmark is released in November. Still, we can have a bit of a look at what we're talking about thanks …
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4G is improving life for 3G users claims T-Mobile
There's a buzz of excitement around the KitGuru offices. While everyone seemed to agree that ‘WAP is crap' when the mobile web first bumbled into life, and we all seem OK with the world of 3G – the promise of a ‘4G tomorrow' has us positively grinning with anticipation. But, …
Read More »Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Review
The IBM ThinkPad has legendary status, and when Lenovo took over production they were keen to take this iconic range into the next century. Equally so, Lenovo were aware that they couldn't mess with the design too much, especially as the primary focus has always been the business audience. The …
Read More »Win Award winning chassis with Cooler Master and Kitguru!
We love to give our readers free awesome hardware and today we have an epic competition in cooperation with Cooler Master! The guys are pulling out all the stops, offering a COSMOS 2, Silencio 650 and two HAF XM's! All award winning products on Kitguru. The First Prize is a …
Read More »Pro republican group, advertising on The Pirate Bay
While we may have seen a Canadian governmental organisation accidentally advertise on The Pirate Bay just last week, today another group has appeared on the file sharing site, this time intentionally it seems, asking the question, “Are you better off?” after four years of Obama? The organisation behind these adverts …
Read More »MSI Z77IA-E53 Mini-ITX Motherboard Review
Today we are going to look at MSI‘s latest mini-ITX offering, the Z77IA-E53 motherboard. It’s designed for users who are looking to build a powerful compact system based around the Intel Z77 platform. This makes it ideal for building a compact LAN gaming system in a case such as the Bitfenix Prodigy.
Read More »Opera 12.10 beta gets OSX Retina support
Opera have announced their latest beta, V12.10. This new browser has Retina Display support in OS X to improve the viewing experience. Windows users aren't left in the cold as their version has received touch support in Windows 7 and Windows 8. Behind the code there are many other tweaks …
Read More »Ultrabook sales predictions take a nose dive
The sales predictions by market research firm IHS iSuppli have been drastically reduced by more than half, due to poor sales earlier in the year. While initial expectations were for at least 22 million to be sold by the end of the year, now it only suggests 10 million will …
Read More »UK 4G arriving by summer 2013
Finally the big mobile operators have begun to shake hands over how the auction for 4G services will take place this year, with the agreement between them all expecting to be signed tonight – presumably because none of them want to give Everyone Everywhere (EE) too much of a lead …
Read More »Asus F2A85-V Pro & AMD A10 5800K Review (w/ HD7660D)
This is our second of two reviews today, focusing on the official launch of AMD's A10 5800K when paired up with partner motherboards. In our other review we have paired up the new AMD APU with a high end AMD discrete graphics card to see how it compares against a …
Read More »Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4 & AMD A10 5800K Review (w/ discrete)
Regular readers of Kitguru may remember our review of the AMD E-350 in March 2011. I really enjoyed AMD's Fusion technology but it was never marketed properly and subsequently wasn't quite the success it should have been. AMD's A8 series chips made the headlines shortly afterwards and I particularly liked …
Read More »AFOX HD7850 Crossfire Competition Winner announced!
Our recent competition for the AFOX HD7850 Crossfire cards proved popular, and we have a winner! Pete Hewitt, (Facebook Pete C. Hewitt) from Oldham in the United Kingdom has walked away with two very slimline video cards. Pete, we hope you have many hours of happy gaming with your new …
Read More »Google adsense banned author for Pirate Bay link
A self published author was banned from Google's adsense program after it was found he was using the torrent search site The Pirate Bay to distribute his work, linking to the content from the same site that Google's ads were appearing. Cory Jackson, author of a book on Python programming, …
Read More »Designers! Cool be quiet! competition launches today
Having carved a name for themselves as a producer of top quality power supplies and cooling solutions, be quiet! is now gunning to be declared the most creative competition creators around. For your chance to win a great prize, just Photoshop the ‘be quiet!' logo onto something cool and post …
Read More »Talk Talk is the worst ISP, again
Talk Talk has been crowned the king of horrible ISPs, after it was announced that it had received the most complaints about its services between Apil and June this year. For every 100,000 customers, it received 42 complaints for its broadband – comparative service Sky, received only 10. It wasn't …
Read More »Lenovo ThinkPad Edge S430 Review
If you are in the market for a new laptop, then there are certainly no shortage of options available today. We tend to focus on gaming machines at Kitguru, however today's review product will appeal to a business user who values performance, portability and build quality. The Lenovo ThinkPad Edge …
Read More »Kim Dotcom shows off Megabox teaser
A new video appeared this morning on the MrKimDotcom Youtube channel, headlined “Kim Dotcom – Making of Megabox,” which plays out like a movie trailer, with shots going in and out of focus, a thumping musical backing track and sample footage of the new website in action, giving a hint as …
Read More »MySpace’s latest facelift
MySpace, once the pinnacle of social networking advancement is far from the entity it once was, though at its peak it had only a fraction of Facebook's insane user base. Still, its current owners, like those of the newly revamped DIGG, are hoping to draw back a few of the older users …
Read More »Iran takes out Google search and Gmail
Iran no longer has access to the Google search engine, or the Gmail email system, with no explanation by officials as to if or when they will be reinstated and what the reason for their filtering was. The announcement for the digital blockade was made by an official named Khoramabadi – …
Read More »Win AFOX HD7850 Single Slot Crossfire Graphics!
Are you building a new system? Are you wanting to push some serious frame rates with a new graphics card update but concerned you can't afford the cost? Today we might just have the solution for you. We have worked with AFOX to give away not one but two of …
Read More »“Offensive” tweets unlikely to bring criminal charges
Comments made on social network Twitter, are unlikely to lead to criminal charges, the current director of prosecutions, Keir Starmer has said. This follows in the wake of scandal surrounding jokes made about Olympic diver Tom Daley and another made about blowing up a British airport. Starmer clarified the point, …
Read More »Twitter emphasises pictures with new look
Twitter has overhauled its look, by emphasising photos as part of a redesign that has quite obviously taken some inspiration from Facebook's Timeline cover photo. Revealed for the first time by company Dick Costolo this morning on American television, he said that a user's avatar image will now appear in …
Read More »ASUS Maximus V Formula Motherboard Review
Today we are looking at the Asus Maximus V Formula Motherboard, designed for the latest i7/i5/i3 Intel processors. The Maximus V Formula is a ‘no compromises' Z77 motherboard, aimed at the top 10 percent of enthusiast user who will be using the most expensive components with a focus on overclocking. …
Read More »Win sexy hardware with Gigabyte and Kitguru!
It is that time again! the chance to win free hardware, courtesy of Gigabyte. This time they are working with Kitguru to give away the award winning Gigabyte Z77-D3H. Kitguru reviewed the Gigabyte Z77-D3H back in June this year and it earned our top award, combining fantastic performance with a …
Read More »DinoPC Predator Extreme 3570K OC Review (4.7GHz i5 3570K / GTX 670 OC)
DinoPC offers a wide variety of pre-built systems that can be tailored to your specific needs. It's the turn of their Predator Extreme 3570K OC gaming system to be put through its paces at KitGuru labs. Can the 3570K and GTX 670-based system prove its worth in such a heavily-contested …
Read More »Microsoft give employees Windows 8 tablets, handsets and PC’s
Microsoft don't want their staff using competitor products. Steve Ballmer, their colourful CEO recently held their annual employee meeting and announced a series of freebies that Microsoft employees will be getting. 90,000 Microsoft employees worldwide will be getting a new Surface RT tablet, a new work PC with Windows 8 …
Read More »Ebay debuts logo refresh
Today Ebay showed off its newly designed logo, though it has yet to go live on either the .com or .co.uk domains. It looks sharp and sleek and all the letters are lined up correctly now – though similar to Microsoft's redesign, I can't help but wonder how much the auction …
Read More »Apple launch confirms KitGuru iPhone 5 shots were real
As the Foo Fighters closed out Apple's expansive iPhone 5 launch event in California yesterday, opinions about the new phone raged across social networking sites like Facebook. Those who loved the idea of 28 mega pixel photos of their wonderful home city, went straight onto Google to find out how …
Read More »MySN XMG P502 (Clevo P150EM) Notebook Review
Today we are going to look at one of MySn's fully loaded gaming notebooks, the XMG P502, which combines a powerful Ivy Bridge CPU with nVidia's all singing, all dancing GTX 680M graphics card. All of this is contained within a 15.6" form factor which isn't much more bulky than your average multimedia machine.
Read More »Bitcoin confidence shaken after Bitfloor hack
The image of Bitcoin as a reliable option for investment and online transactions, has been hit once again, after trading site Bitfloor was hit by hackers – leading to the loss of over 24,000 (£160,000) of the digital currency. Wired reports, that the hackers were able to gain access to …
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