Most bank robbers would probably try and lay low or get as far away as possible after committing a robbery but not this 19 year old, instead he drove straight to Wallmart with $1300 to buy himself a new games console- which then led to his arrest. 19-year-old Tyler Matthew …
Read More »AOC making 4K gaming doable with new display
The decision has been made by the display industry. The next big tech trend to get us to buy an upgraded version of what we already have isn't 3D and it's not VR (not yet anyway), but 4K. However, the age old problem of getting the cost of these displays …
Read More »Overclocking World Cup finalists announced
While it might not have the prize pool of The International 2014, G Skill's World Cup for overclockers is heating up, with the six finalists announced right alongside a $10,000 cash prize for the champion. Set to compete are: der8auer from Germany, ZeR0_Dan from China, Hero from China, Xtreme Addict …
Read More »The Titan Z has not been cancelled or delayed
Nvidia revealed the $3000 Titan Z graphics card all the way back in March, which was some time ago. Since then, the company has been pretty quiet on its dual graphics solution, which sparked rumours of cancellation or an indefinite delay. However, it seems the rumours weren't true as Nvidia's …
Read More »Rising sea levels could flood NASA facilities
Many people might still see climate change as something that's up for debate, but rising sea levels are not. A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists (which sounds like a worrisome lot) has predicted that before long, five of NASA's most important facilities, including launch pads and astronaut …
Read More »China bans government PCs from using Windows 8
Poor old Windows 8. It's not had the easiest time of things since it's launch back in 2012, getting slammed from all sides by gamers and pretty much anyone that wasn't using a tablet. Since then it's regained some momentum, especially with its 8.1 release, but continued to remain the …
Read More »First Wii U Smash Bros tournament to be held at E3
Are you heading to Los Angeles between the 10th and 12th of June this year? Are you a Smash Bros. Veteran with hundreds of stomping, brawling, melee-ing hours under your belt? Then consider stopping by E3 while you're there, as Nintendo has announced that it'll be holding the first tournament …
Read More »DotA 2 Internationals compendium breaks $6 million, stretches on
Sales of the DotA 2 Internationals Compendium have been continuing over the past few weeks and once again we've hit a milestone in prize pool size for a single Esports tournament. $6 million is the latest threshold to be burst through, with the current total sitting at $6,123,272 at the …
Read More »Crucial preps SSDs powered by 16nm NAND flash memory
Crucial, a division of Micron Technology, plans to introduce the world’s first solid-state drive based on Micron’s NAND flash memory made using 16nm process technology early next month. The new SSD will reportedly be showcased at Computex Taipei 2014 trade-show. The fresh drives promise to be significantly less expensive than …
Read More »Samsung captures 70 per cent of emerging smart-watch market
While Samsung Electronics was not the first to market with its own smartwatch, it managed to capture 70 per cent of the smart-watch market in the first quarter of this year, according to Strategy Analytics. While the market of such devices is on an early stage of development, it is …
Read More »Microsoft unveils Surface 3 Pro, calls it a laptop replacement
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday introduced its all-new Surface 3 Pro tablet aimed at business users and enterprises. The slate is extremely thin and light, yet, it has a high-definition retina-class 12” display, is based on a high-performance x86 microprocessor and sports Windows 8 Pro operating system. Microsoft claims that the …
Read More »AMD licenses SATA Express technology for 2015 chipsets
Perhaps, the first-generation SATA Express (SATAe) implementation that relies on the PCI Express 2.0 technology is not truly revolutionary and does not bring a dramatic performance boost compared to Serial ATA-6Gb/s. Nonetheless, SATAe is a part of the future, which is why companies like AMD need to support it in …
Read More »The Witcher 3 won’t have exclusive content on any platform
The main selling point for consoles is usually exclusive content, Sony and Microsoft have been known to make deals for platform exclusive content or timed exclusive DLC but luckily for Witcher fans, development studio CD Projekt Red, doesn't believe in favouring one platform over the other. The Witcher 3 won't …
Read More »AMD debuts embedded ‘Bald Eagle’ APUs, CPUs with HSA capabilities
Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday introduced its new family of embedded accelerated processing units (APUs) and central processing units (CPUs) with heterogeneous system architecture (HSA) capabilities. The new chips code-named “Bald Eagle” are based on the design known as “Kaveri”, which is already available for desktops. The fresh family of …
Read More »Dark Souls PC to work on GFWL for the forseeable future
Games for Windows Live is shutting down and as a result, many publishers have had to find new services to keep games online. So far Namco Bandai has been pretty quiet on the subject of future Dark Souls support as its multiplayer runs on GFWL and since Dark Souls II …
Read More »MPAA urging senators to think of the children with pirate sites
The MPAA and other media lobby groups have seemingly tried everything when it comes to getting file sharing sites shut down. They've tried shutting down the servers, they've tried blocking the domains and they've tried bringing legal action against the owners and the users, but now they're taking a new …
Read More »Alienware’s Steam Machine will be its least profitable system ever
It's been a while since we've had any Steam OS or Steam Machine news. Valve is still working hard on its OS and there is very little mystery surrounding most upcoming pre-built computers, however, Alienware has been keeping its cards close to its chest and hasn't given very much away …
Read More »Facebook hoping to encourage voters with ‘I am a voter’ feature
Facebook is looking to encourage voting around the world, with the reintroduction of its “I'm a voter” button which appeared during the last national election in the US, where President Barack Obama was re-elected for his second term. At the time, some nine million people used the button to inform …
Read More »3D printed budget phones offer blind a Braille handset
Time was that if you were blind, you might have been able to figure your way around a traditional mobile phone with a bit of practice. Sure there weren't many indicators of what does what, but with a bit of tutoring from a seeing friend, you might have been able …
Read More »New Shadow of Mordor trailer explains runes and power
Even though it's been over a decade since the last Lord of the Rings film graced our cinemas and The Hobbit movies might be dealing with a different time period altogether, the Third Age is still cropping up in our games with relative frequency. The next one, Shadows of Mordor, …
Read More »nDreams to demo Rift and Morpheus game at E3
nDreams, the developer behind the Oculus Rift demo Sky DIEving, has announced that at the E3 expo in a couple of weeks time, it will be showing off its first, full virtual reality title, compatible with both the Oculus Rift and Sony's Project Morpheus. It's even released a quick teaser …
Read More »AMD’s ‘Mullins’ APU fails to win designs with tablet makers – report
While Advanced Micro Devices was late to market with its chips for netbooks, the company’s accelerated processing units for inexpensive low-power laptops are quite popular nowadays thanks to relatively high performance, rich functionality and low cost. Unfortunately, AMD’s APUs designed for tablets still have not become any popular. Although AMD …
Read More »Toshiba and SanDisk license technologies for next-gen memory
Toshiba Corp. and SanDisk Corp. on Monday announced that they had licensed intellectual property from Intermolecular. The technologies, which were developed under the collaborative development program (CDP) as well as Intermolecular's background intellectual property, are believed to be crucial for next-generation memory. The companies' CDP with Intermolecular, specifically aimed at …
Read More »Intel promises ‘Broadwell’-based PCs in stores by Christmas
Chief executive officer of Intel Corp. said in an interview that personal computers powered by the company’s next-generation code-named “Broadwell” central processing units would reach stores by Christmas, but may not be available during the back-to-school (BTS) season. The new processors will boost performance and cut-down power consumption of the …
Read More »WhatsApp has been pulled from the Windows Phone Store
Whatsapp has been mysteriously taken off of the Windows Phone Store by the app developer as it is completely incompatible with the upcoming and long awaited Windows Phone 8.1 update. The incompatibility was discovered by the developers while beta testing a preview version of the app. The developer has found …
Read More »Winkelvoss twins think bitcoin will be bigger than Facebook
To most of us, the Winkelvoss twins are those two guys played by Armie Hammer in the movie The Social Network, which, would you believe it, came out in 2010. However the real life counterparts are perhaps more impressive, ultimately gaining a $65 million payout from Zuckerberg for – as …
Read More »GOG is interested in launching an Early Access program
Early Access has been a hot topic recently thanks to the abandonment of Towns along with the rip off title Earth: Year 2066 being pulled from Steam. However, recent negativity isn't deterring GOG, the DRM free online game store. GOG's interest in an Early Access style program was revealed during …
Read More »Would less targeted internet ads actually be more effective?
There's been a big trend over the past decade, of adverts online not only becoming more prevalent and far more legitimate than what was around back in the day, but they've also become more targeted. Anyone who's bought a service online or visited a certain niche site has suddenly found …
Read More »Kim Dotcom regains control of companies after marriage split
We don't tend to cover gossipy story likes marriage break ups here at KitGuru, partly because it's not what this site is about but also, because it's not really any of our business. However, when it comes to the legal ramifications of internet entrepreneur and political figure, Kim Dotcom regaining …
Read More »Respawn culls Titanfall PC game modes due to lack of interest
Creators of the recent FPS sensation Titanfall, Respawn, are doing the shooter equivalent of an MMO server merger, by removing some of the game modes from the PC version's playlist. From now on, only those that use private matches or Variety mode will be able to play Capture the Flag …
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