Today we are working with OCUK to give away a stonking, brand new Vertex 4 128GB Solid State Drive! We reviewed the 512GB version of this drive earlier this week and it scored 9.5 points out of 10! Zardon said “OCZ’s Vertex 4 512GB is a game changer and one …
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App that tracks women near you is blocked
One of the most curious things about living in the 21st century, is that when people use computers to aggregate publicly available information into a usable format, the world plus dog seems to cry ‘Foul!' and that's certainly the case with the ‘Girls Around Me' app from Russia. KitGuru pretends …
Read More »Alienware Aurora R4 Review
We review a lot of system components at Kitguru, but sometimes we like to target the audience who have no interest or time to build their own computer. The system we are looking at today might appeal to that audience, because it is the latest high specification Core i7 Aurora …
Read More »Send video to Tt eSports to win a personalised Level 10 mouse
Looking back over the past 5 years, few designs have stood out as much as the BMW Designworks Level 10 chassis created for Thermaltake. Although it was not followed up with a range of similarly creative designs, it's still a desirable product that shows that individuality is possible in a …
Read More »Adobe prepares to launch its 6th Photoshop – Beta?
You read a ton of claims every day. Adverts, articles, fans and haters alike – everyone has an opinion. But when Adobe says that Photoshop is the world’s best image editing software, it is hard to disagree. Now, as the beta programme for version CS6 begins, KitGuru gets misty and …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 – worst game ending ever? sign the petition!
We reported before that Mass Effect fans were very unhappy with the ending of the latest title. Additionally, it would appear that Bioware have 689,527 angry customers on their Facebook site. Was the ending that bad? Did you play the game yourself and feel shortchanged? Game writer Karin Skoog has …
Read More »Thailand block 5,000 websites that insult Royal family
The authorities in Thailand don't like people insulting the Royal Family and have taken action to silence the disbelievers. They have blocked over 5,000 webpages which insult their monarcy on some level. These pages were taken down between December and March, according to Piya Utayo, the national police spokesman. He …
Read More »Ex Google exec says company is obsessed with advertising
A former Google executive has published details about the company strategy on his personal blog. He says that the company has become obsessed with advertising and with taking over online social networking dominance from Facebook. James Whittaker left Microsoft in 2009 to join Google as a high level software engineer. …
Read More »Win a DS212j NAS with Synology!
Is your home network in need of an upgrade? Today we have teamed with Synology and are giving away a brand new DS212j NAS system! Kitguru reviewed the DS212j and said “If you have never owned a NAS system before then this should be your first choice. It is inexpensive …
Read More »Asus P8Z68-V Pro Gen 3 Motherboard Review
When it comes to creating a quality motherboard very few manufacturers can match ASUS in regards to build quality, bios stability and overclocking capabilities. Today we are looking at their latest Asus P8Z68-V Pro Gen 3 Motherboard, based around the Z68 platform with full support for Quad SLI and Quad …
Read More »Win two 8GB Kits of G.Skill Low Profile Extreme DDR3 ARES Memory!
Today we are happy to give away two 8GB kits of G.Skill memory to our readers. These are the new low profile memory kits from G.Skill with beautiful headspreaders! Stylish Low Profile Heat Spreader Featured with low profile heat spreader design (3.2cm in height), G.Skill Ares series DDR3 memory modules …
Read More »Win more prizes with Aria!
Aria are currently in the middle of a giveaway bonanza! They are also running their weekly facebook competition which means a lucky reader can walk away with some sexy new tech goodies. ARIA say: “This Week's Facebook Competition – Ends 9am Monday 12th March. Each and EVERY Week we'll be …
Read More »Command games using a smartphone with ROCCAT Power-Grid
German gaming peripherals manufacturer, ROCCAT Studios, has introduced a groundbreaking technology called the ROCCAT Power-Grid that – for the first time in the history of PC gaming – lets players control their games and computer with their smartphone. And, in what is surely music to the ears of many players, …
Read More »Simpsons AppStore game pulled by EA: too popular
Electronic Arts released a new game based in the Simpsons world last week – ‘The Simpsons: Tapped Out' has proven so popular however that it has had to be pulled from the store, due to a strain on the servers. The game uses the same voice actors as the television …
Read More »Win a £550 Solid State Drive with ARIA !
Our buddies over at Aria are currently promoting a mad, funny giveaway, and the prize is a stunning Solid State Drive worth £550! RAWZ has posted “Today sees one epic competition begin. Those of you who have been with us long enough will remember this time last year we did …
Read More »PC Specialist Vortex XT-270FB System Review
It has been a while since we looked at a prebuilt system designed for the enthusiast gamer who has little time, or interest in building a new kick ass system. With this in mind PC Specialist sent over their Vortex XT-270FB system which on paper looks very impressive. Is a …
Read More »Overclockers delight with £110 off AMD 8150?
To quote a classic video, “Overclocking is all about getting something you haven't paid for. It's dirty and you love it”. While that may be true in almost every case, it's certainly much more true when the price you do pay gets slashed. KitGuru polishes its scales of justice and …
Read More »Imperva Analyzes High-Profile ‘Anonymous’ Attack
– Imperva, Inc a pioneer and leader of a new category of data security solutions for high-value business data in the data center, released today a report that reveals details on an attack by hacktivist group ‘Anonymous’ against a high-profile unnamed target during a 25-day period in 2011. The Hacker …
Read More »Lenovo ThinkPad X220 Review
The IBM Thinkpad is an iconic machine well known for the ‘boxy' design, class leading keyboards and chassis rigidity to deal with the toughest of working environments. Lenovo took over the IBM personal computer division in 2005 and have released a wide range of impressive systems since then. We reviewed …
Read More »KitGuru Gaming – Weekly Round Up
For those tech readers who don’t always get time to check out our game related content at Kitguru gaming – here is a round up of content published in the last week. “News about New Star Trek Game” Last year’s E3 brought the announcement of a new Star Trek game …
Read More »Sapphire EDGE HD3 Mini PC Review
We review many high end, power sapping systems destined to power through a variety of intensive Direct X 11 games at super high resolutions. They also cause a huge dent with your electricity bill. Not everyone wants or needs such a high powered system however and today we have the …
Read More »Slow flash storage leads to slow smartphones
If I ran a poll asking our readers what features are most important to them when purchasing a new smartphone, I would be willing to bet the top three would be the display, chipset and the brand of phone. However researchers at NEC have found embedded flash memory modules and …
Read More »Win an OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD !
Today we are giving away a lovely OCZ Agility 3 120GB Solid State Drive to one lucky winner! If you feel your PC needs a kick up the ass then this is the perfect way to do it ! To stand a chance of winning this fantastic product, follow the …
Read More »Intel Core i7 3930K & Asus P9X79 WS LGA2011 WorkStation Review
The latest Intel Core i7 processors are class leading performers and we have already reviewed the i7-3820 and flagship i7-3960X Extreme Edition. Today we are looking at the 3930K which should offer much of the 3960X performance, at almost half the price. To power the system today we thought it …
Read More »MySpace gain 1 million registrations with new music player
MySpace have announced over 1 million new sign ups as a result of the launch of the new MySpace Music Player. The American account sign ups have risen to around 40,000 new registrations every day. The new music player is proving popular as it features the biggest online catalogue of …
Read More »Reddit clamp down on child pornography
Some good news this morning as Reddit have decided to ban the posting of sexually suggestive and exploitative images of children. It may seem like a logical course of action, but Reddit have been dealing with child pornography on a ‘case by case' basis for years now. This means that …
Read More »AMD A8-3870K and Sapphire HD6450 FleX Review
AMD met with a positive reception for their Llano based A series APU's – targeting customers working on a relatively tight budget who want an ‘all in one' chip design for a media center PC or low cost workhorse machine. We are looking at the latest flagship A8-3870K Black Edition …
Read More »Another beefed up HD 7970 from PowerColor on the way
PowerColor looks to be all over the Radeon HD 7970 with previous sightings of its suped up Vortex and LCS models and now another custom-cooled behemoth from the company appearing online. We're not exactly sure what model name PowerColor has planned for this dual-fanned version, but presumably it'll be a …
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg almost as rich as Larry Ellison
It look as if Mark Zuckerberg is set to get even richer than he is now. His stake in Facebook is said to be worth $28.4 billion, making him richer than Google's co-founders and almost at the same level as Larry Ellison, who started Oracle almost 35 years ago. The …
Read More »Zuckerberg to copy Jobs with $1 salary but he could be worth $28 billion
Mark Zuckerberg has copied Steve Jobs, by reducing his salary from $500,000 in 2011, to just $1. Zuckerberg has in the past taken advise from Steve Jobs and considered his success an inspirational goal to achieve. Electronista reported “Like Jobs, most of Zuckerberg’s value will come from his stake in …
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