Liquid cooling has been around for well over a decade, but has never become something that is both affordable and reliable. Fractal Design, a maker of PC cases, seemingly want to change that by showing off a concept PC based on its Define S chassis and a liquid cooling system …
Read More »Skyrim is turning in to a book series
Bethesda is turning its biggest Elder Scrolls title to date, Skyrim, in to a series of books, with the first volume being revealed today. The books are all hardcover, with the series being known as ‘The Skyrim Library. Production is being handled by Titan Books, with the very first volume …
Read More »KGTV: Corsair BullDog 4K Gaming System
Our man Leo Waldock managed to get some time with Corsair when he was over at Computex – and they showcased their new BULLDOG system, which they claim can power 4K without a problem. It is a barebones system so it would all depend on how much you are willing …
Read More »Apple announces OS X El Capitan
Apple's annual World Wide Developer Conference kicked off today, at which the company announced this year's Mac OS X update. Following on from last year's Yosemite update will be OS X El Capitan, which is focussing on improving the OS X experience while also bringing a boost to overall performance. …
Read More »Deep Cool shows off new AIO coolers and cases at Computex
Computex 2015 took place last week but our coverage continues, after all, there was a lot to see this year. At the trade show last week, Deep Cool displayed its new range of cases, alongside some new Maelstrom All in One liquid coolers and a new fan design. First up, …
Read More »KGTV: In-Win showcase H-Tower case
Our reporter Leo Waldock was over at Computex last week, and while we work through some of the video content he acquired, we thought we would start off with a BANG – some video footage of the mega costly In-Win H Tower case. We would consider this tower a work …
Read More »Nvidia shows off Gameworks effects in Batman: Arkham Knight
Rocksteady's finale to the Batman: Arkham series is due to launch in two weeks and just like the past titles in the series, this one is backed by Nvidia and the Gameworks program. Not only will buyers of certain Nvidia graphics cards get Arkham Knight for free, but Nvidia users will …
Read More »Sony seems to be crippling its own smartphone storage
Sony has gone ahead and crippled the storage capabilities of one of its budget smartphones, the Xperia M4 Aqua, as owners of the 8GB device can only actually access 1.26GB of it. This seems to be largely down to the inclusion of Android 5.0 Lollipop, which apparently takes up 4GB of …
Read More »The GTA: Vice City map is being remade in the GTA V engine
Rockstar finally launched Grand Theft Auto V on the PC back in April and we have already seen a number of impressive mods launch for the game. However, now some pretty ambitious projects are starting to pop up, with GTA: Vice City being rebuilt inside the Grand Theft Auto V …
Read More »XFX shows off its own R9 390X ahead of official announcement
It looks like AMD is giving its board partners clearance to continue teasing us with the upcoming 300-series of graphics cards. XFX has updated its R9 290X Double Dissipation product page, with images of the upcoming Hawaii-based R9 390X with the double dissipation cooler attached. Images show off the card …
Read More »Sony CEO says we we will see Apple Music at WWDC
We have been expecting an Apple Music streaming service announcement for some time now and even though negotiations with certain record labels slowed things down a bit, all signs still pointed towards a reveal at Apple's annual World Wide Developer Conference this month. Now, it seems that Sony's CEO has …
Read More »You did it! Uwe Boll may quit filmmaking over crowd funding failures
One of the best things to come out of the internet in recent years is crowd funding. Yes it's led to some terrible products and terrible let downs, often promoted by terrible people, but more often than not it lets the public decide what's worthy of being made. And that's exactly what's happened …
Read More »Most Americans feel powerless to stop data collection
One of the fallacies often pushed forward by marketers and policy makers, is that consumers don't mind data being gathered on them; whether that information is the meta data for their phone calls – “if you don't have anything to hide” – or personal data used for advertising purposes. However …
Read More »UK Mobile internet could speed up after Qualcomm sale
Semiconducter manufacturer, Qualcomm, is set to put a portion of the radio spectrum up for sale in the UK, with mobile operators expected to compete for it in a bidding war. The “L-Band,” as it's termed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is part of the 1-2Ghz radio …
Read More »The FBI is terrified of encryption
Even though much of the world still seems rather complacent about the Edward Snowden revelations, there's no denying that the two years since then have seen a surge of interest in encryption and other message obfuscating technologies. Proponents of governments spying on their own citizens, don't like that at all, …
Read More »Were we better gamers than our kids?
Even though gaming is still portrayed as a young person's hobby, there's no denying that the average age of gamers is getting older and older. While that may be the case, the children of today have access to so many more games than their parents, with smartphone apps, downloadable console and PC …
Read More »Thermaltake CEO Kenny Lin: We created some memorable designs over the years
At Computex 2015, KitGuru managed to catch up with Thermaltake CEO Kenny Lin. After a hiatus from product design, Kenny became very much more hands and a wave of new designs began to flow last year – including a KitGuru Annual Award for the Frio 14. In the Nangang Exhibition …
Read More »Computex closing press conference and final thoughts
For about a week I have reported to you about what was going on at Computex 2015, one of the world’s most important high-tech industry trade-shows. To conclude the exhibition I visited the closing press conference held by Taiwan external trade development council (TAITRA), the organization, which organizes Computex. I …
Read More »Patriot Memory is reinventing itself to offer more than memory
When Patriot Memory was founded in 1985 – some 30 years ago – its main goal was to provide high-performance random access memory solutions for PCs. When I first met with Patriot Memory reps in person about a decade ago, the company was all about offering advanced memory modules, but …
Read More »The latest Witcher patch protects the cows, ends infinite money glitch
If you have been following The Witcher past its launch two weeks ago, then you may have heard of the infinite money glitch. This involved killing cows, collecting their skins, selling them, meditating and doing it all over again. However, CD Projekt Red has finally given the cows the protection …
Read More »EVGA readies Z170 Classified mainboard for extreme overclockers
EVGA Corp. is working on two new mainboards based on Intel Corp.’s Z170 chipset for the upcoming Core-series “Skylake” processors. One of the mainboards is designed for gamers with overclocking ambitions and will not be too expensive. The other one is aimed at hardcore enthusiasts, who demand to have a …
Read More »Android facing more anti-trust complaints
Google is facing more anti-trust complaints regarding Android. The European Commission is already investigating Google over its mobile operating system due to concerns that it promotes its own apps over its competitors and now, complaints have arisen suggesting that Google is abusing its dominance in the market. This particular complaint …
Read More »Valve is sending off SteamVR dev kits
At the Game Developer Conference this year, Valve revealed its step in to the virtual reality headset market with The Vive, built in collaboration with HTC. Shortly after, Valve began accepting sign ups from developers to get early editions of the headset in order to start working on VR projects, …
Read More »Leaked email reveals release date of Apple’s ‘new iPhone’
Apple will keep to its traditions and will release its next-generation iPhone in late September, according to an internal operator email obtained by a web-site. At present the upcoming smartphone from Apple is simply called the “new iPhone”, which may mean that either Apple does not want to reveal its …
Read More »Patriot displays USB type-C flash drives at Computex
Although virtually all leading makers of mainboards demonstrated their new products with USB type-C receptacles at Computex, it does not seem that makers of various peripherals are ready to embrace the new connector just yet. In fact, Patriot was one of a few companies at the trade-show displaying USB-C products. …
Read More »Gigabyte details premium Z170 platforms: DDR4, 32Gb/s M.2, 16Gb/s SATAe, Thunderbolt 3
Gigabyte Technology at Computex revealed details about its upcoming premium mainboards based on the Intel Z170 core-logic designed for the Intel’s “Skylake” microprocessors. As expected, the new motherboards will provide rather extreme capabilities when it comes to overclocking, multi-GPU and high-performance storage. Gigabyte’s premium Intel Z170-based motherboards for LGA1151 microprocessors …
Read More »Nvidia’s ‘Big Pascal’ GPU reportedly taped-out, on-track for 2016 launch – rumour
Nvidia Corp. has reportedly taped out its next-generation high-performance graphics processing unit that belongs to the “Pascal” family, according to a market rumour. If the information is correct, then Nvidia is on-track to release its new GPU around mid-2016. The company needs its “Big Pascal” graphics processor to build next-generation Tesla …
Read More »AMD: Development of ‘Zen’ CPUs is our largest R&D spending now
Advanced Micro Devices has been slashing its research and development budgets for a number of quarters in a row now due to decreasing revenues. With limited R&D resources, AMD has to prioritize its spendings. According to chief executive officer of AMD, at present the company spends most of its R&D …
Read More »Upgrading to Windows 10? Here’s which version you will get for free
So Windows 10 is on the way and those of you who own a genuine license for either Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 will be getting the free upgrade on the 29th of July. However, Microsoft had not fully detailed exactly which version of the operating system you would be …
Read More »Amazon is working on a PC game with some pretty good developers
Amazon has been making a push for gaming, not only did it acquire Double Helix last year, the developer behind Killer Instinct, but it also bought Twitch, the largest video game streaming platform on the planet. Now with all of this in mind, it may not come as such a …
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