Since Titanfall is launching as we speak in stores across the pond, it seems only right to take another quick look at the live action trailer that Respawn and PlayFight released last night, showing a quick teaser of the Titanfall series that is set to launch later this year. [yframe …
Read More »Twitch, Capcom make year long Street Fighter league
Gaming streaming firm Twitch and developer/publisher Capcom have bro-fisted and high-fived their way through negotiations and struck up a deal that will see Street Fighter fans competing throughout the rest of the year and beyond, in a new competitive, professional league, known as the Capcom Pro Tour. Working in a …
Read More »Analyst: Microsoft will offer Kinect-free version of Xbox One in 2015
While Microsoft Corp.’s Kinect 2 sensor is significantly better than its predecessor and can enable not only new types of games, but new usage models for the Xbox One game console in general, it also makes the new system more expensive and thus less popular. Moreover, many consumer functions of …
Read More »Samsung set to produce Apple A8 SoCs for next iPhones, iPads
Although Apple is trying to reduce its business relations with arch-rival Samsung Electronics, it cannot completely avoid them. According to a new media report, the company has ordered manufacturing of its next-generation A8 application processors to Samsung Electronics in addition to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. ZDNet Korea reports that Samsung …
Read More »Sony and Panasonic unveil new optical discs with up to 1TB capacity
Sony and Panasonic on Monday introduced their new jointly-developed optical disc format called Archival Disc that allows to store from 300GB to 1TB of data on a single 120mm disc. Both Sony and Panasonic aim to launch systems with a recording capacity of 300GB per disc in summer 2015. Initially, …
Read More »White PCB GALAXY GTX 780 breaks 3Dmark record
While there might have been a lot of talk recently surrounding the new Nvidia Titan Black GPU, partner company GALAXY has taken lemons and made rocket fuel, by producing a new version of the GTX 780 Ti that's managed to take the top spot on the single GPU 3Dmark Fire …
Read More »Telltale has released first details of its Borderlands game
Last year Telltale announced that in addition to The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us, the developer will be releasing two new games: Borderlands and Game of Thrones. Today the studio has finally released the first few details of its Borderlands game, giving us a good idea of what …
Read More »Mt. Gox database leaked, CEO issues spam warning
Hackers have claimed to have accessed and leaked the Mt. Gox database showing that there should be a 915k Bitcoin balance left in the exchange. The hackers also hit Mt. Gox CEO, Mark Karpeles' personal blog and Reddit account in an effort to investigate allegations of fraud after the exchange lost …
Read More »Synology hoping to reinvent NAS with DSM 5.0
Maker of network attached storage devices and their accompanying software, Synology, has launched the latest version of its DiskStation Manager software, V5.0 and it hopes that with its release, it will create a whole new method of NAS interaction, through more streamlined interfaces and added features. The most obvious change …
Read More »Wikileaks founder Assange calls NSA a ‘rogue agency’
It probably comes as no surprise to anyone, but founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, is no fan of the NSA or its data snooping practices and has called for the general public to stand up to the privacy invasions in a recorded interview for SXSW. Filmed in the Ecuadorian embassy …
Read More »MSI launches its coolest gaming notebook yet @ Cebit
On the MSI stand, KitGuru was lucky enough to catch up with Sam Chern, notebook guru for the Taiwanese manufacturing giant. He gave us the low down on the ghost. Impressive stuff. Over the past 8 years, MSI has been driving innovation in the mobile computing space. It hasn't always …
Read More »KitGuru gets eyes-on Antec PSUs launching in June @ Cebit
At CeBIT 2014, new launches are few and far between. On the Antec stand, we were shown what will be launching at Computex in June. The Edge series of PSUs reflects the branding style of the top gamer mainboards with no shame at all. The black PSU body comes with …
Read More »Pacific Rim style wall could stop Tornadoes
If Pacific Rim soured you on the idea of 300m high walls to protect the world from anything, then this might not convince you otherwise, but one scientist has suggested that the American mid-west could use giant walls to protect itself from the spates of tornadoes that hit it every …
Read More »Fractal launches biggest Node ever with the 804 @ Cebit
Speaking with Patrick, tech guru for Fractal, we got a guided tour of the brand new MASSIVE Node 804, due to launch in April under £100. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t06D2VYaGOU'] Kitguru says: More details and hopefully a review, at a later date!
Read More »MSI showcase next generation motherboards @ Cebit
We managed to get some time with MSI's Joran Schoonderwoerd at the MSI stand in CEBIT – check out the video below. Under NDA we can't divulge any information on the upcoming boards and the board names are partially masked to protect the Intel NDA, but we have attached some …
Read More »HMV to drop pre-owned game sales
One of the hottest points of contention between developers, gamers and store owners over the past few years, has been the sale of pre-owned games. Developers say they take money out of the industry, gamers say they allow them to buy new games since they know they can get trade-in …
Read More »Games with Gold is ‘fundamentally different’ to PS+
SXSW was on this weekend and Microsoft Sudios Vice President, Phil Spencer, was in attendance speaking about Xbox's Games with Gold program that launched last year. During his speech, Spencer noted that Microsoft's program is supposed to be “fundamentally different” to PS+. Playstation + offers subscribers an instant library of …
Read More »Plextor M6 family performance @ Cebit
Nothing shows the difference in performance between two products quite like a side by side comparison. Here at CeBIT 2014, KitGuru goes one stage further. So what is ‘stage further' than a side-by-side? You may well ask. Plextor's latest M6 SSD technology, being compared against itself, with 3 different interfaces. …
Read More »Asrock and Plextor open door to new SSD world @ Cebit
One of the coolest rumoured features of Intel's next-gen chipset mainboards is the ability to get OCZ Revo type speeds for small, affordable SSD units. Asrock and Plextor have a next-gen demo at CeBIT 2014 and there's no Intel in sight. To say that SATA has been holding SSD back …
Read More »New SAPPHIRE 4×4 PC @ Cebit
The SAPPHIRE BP-FT3GS features the latest embedded SOC architecture from AMD in a very small 100 x 100mm (or 4 x 4 inch) format. The latest AMD G-Series FT3 SOC combines a low power CPU, control circuitry and discrete level graphics in a single device. This low-power solution delivers much …
Read More »n-Code showcases more talent @ CeBIT
We all love innovation. But how do you take a smart idea from the drawing board to the boardroom? n-Code has one answer. The largest exhibit at CeBIT 2014 is the one belonging to n-Code. Situated tight in the middle of the main PC technology hall, it provides a ‘show …
Read More »Enermax unleash 1,700W ‘mining’ PSU (peak 1,800W+) PSU @ Cebit
The mining of cryptocurrency has caused a worldwide shortage in the supply of key components for high end power supplies. If the latest launch from Enermax is anything to go by, it's not getting better anytime soon. On the vast Enermax stand at CeBIT 2014, we came across a bit …
Read More »Cougar display new products at Cebit
Cougar has chosen CeBIT 2014 to give the public access to its new gaming products, starting with a neat mouse and colourful set of chassis fans. KitGuru gets its itchy finger on the trigger. While Cougar is a relatively new brand for UK enthusiasts, it is backed by a massive …
Read More »Enermax showcase Digi-Fanless 550W PSU @ Cebit
While the PC section of CeBIT is much smaller this year, some stands are noticeably bigger than last year. One of the highest increases is on the Enermax stand. KitGuru checks to see if the delivery matches the advertising. Pride of place, in the centre of the stand, is a …
Read More »Sapphire R9 290X Toxic Edition 8GB @ Cebit
Following on from our earlier story on the upcoming 8GB R9 290X VaporX Edition, we have also just been shown the new R9 290 Toxic Edition which is shipping in an 8GB configuration. Now based on previous releases, we know the Toxic branded products are normally Sapphire's fastest, but we …
Read More »Sapphire R9 290X VaporX 8GB @ Cebit
Sapphire are showcasing their upcoming 8GB R9 290X VaporX at Cebit – a solution that will be released soon to tackle the high end Titan from Nvidia. With 8GB of memory and high clock speeds – perhaps they might have a few surprises in store for the guys in green. …
Read More »IDC: the worldwide tablet market growth set to slow down
The adoption of tablet in the well developed countries was extremely quick thanks to a multitude of reasons. Nonetheless, market observers note that the growth of the tablets market is beginning to slowdown. Recently International Data Corp. (IDC) revised its tablet sales forecast for this year and now expects around …
Read More »Seagate expects tablets with hard disk drives to arrive this year
Since the very beginning of the tablet revolution in 2010 – 2011, Seagate Technology has been promising to introduce special versions of hard drives for slates. Last year the company finally launched 2.5” 5mm thick HDDs which could be installed into tablets. However, none of the major tablet makers have …
Read More »Apple iPhone 6 and new iPads might be at risk due to low A8 chip yields
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. recently started to produce Apple’s next-generation A8 system-on-chips for upcoming iPhones and iPads, according to media reports. However, according to another report, the Cupertino, California-based consumer electronics giant could face difficulties with the A8 because of relatively low production yields. A number of Taiwan-based media outlets …
Read More »be quiet! wallpaper competition winners announced
If you made a swanky new be quiet! wallpaper for the recent competition we held in our forums, then chances are you've been champing at the bit to find out who the winners are and which one was chosen to be made available on the be quiet! website. Well, your …
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