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Microsoft continues to go back from its modern Metro user interface to the good-old classic in a bid to lure customers to its latest operating system. Many traditional Windows users got annoyed with the boot up process of Windows 8 since it led them not to the familiar desktop, but …

Rumours about possible Xbox One with lowered price-tag emerged well before the launch of the game console itself. Now, less than three months after the console hit the market, they returned. According to unofficial information, Microsoft Corp. is working on a version of Xbox One that would match the price …

The term PC or Personal Computer covers a broad spectrum of systems – with everything from hand built from the ground up, through to off the shelf systems where everything is done for you.  KitGuru casts an eye over YOYOTech's latest range of offers. Just how lazy are we? We're …

Lenovo Group became the world’s largest maker of personal computer by starting with its strong base in China, the world’s fastest growing market, and by acquiring PC business from IBM Corp. in 2004 and a number of other smaller PC makers later on. This week Lenovo announced plans to take …

NeoGAF user ‘Ntkrnl' turned the forum in to a dumping ground for Xbox One rumours last night claiming to have inside information on release dates, upcoming games and even a cheaper but disc less Xbox One console. To make matters interesting, there might be some credit to a few of …

While Google's fourth quarter earnings fell just short of analyst expectations on Thursday, the firm did manage to post strong Nexus 5, Chromecast and Google Play sales. Wall Street expected Google to generate $16.75 billion in revenue,  and while it did manage to surpass that, generating $16.86 billion, share prices …

One of the most distasteful elements of the copyright lobbyist vs piracy conflict over the past few years, has been the former group targeting individual file sharers with enormous lawsuits that try to force them into bankruptcy by demanding huge payouts per movie uploaded/downloaded. These got even worse when companies …

AMD partner Sapphire has just announced a new member of its mini-PC family, the metal-encased EDGE DS8. Designed with business professionals in mind, specifically those in the AV sector, the DS8 is specced similarly to the previously released VS8, but packs an SSD and new housing that should improve thermal …

One of the most hotly anticipated pieces of gaming tech coming out this year (if you're an AMD user) is the Mantle API, which promises to give massive performance gains to CPU  bottlenecked games, as well as opening up titles for big jumps in visual fidelity, especially when it comes …

Zynga, the Facebook game maker with an ex-CEO that doesn't really like contemporary gaming, and a current one that said if your internet sucks, get an Xbox 360, has announced the acquisition of another developer, taking on all of its staff and facilities. This time around its CSR Racing developer …

The Oculus Rift has a lot to live up to when it's commercially released later this year (most likely) and one of the things some people are quite excited about, is the potential for large scale simulators, using make-shift cockpits, or hydraulic chairs to offer an experience you just can't …

Today we are going to look at one of the latest cases from Aerocool – the Vs-92.  This particular model features in Aerocool's PGS (Performance Gaming System) range, and has been designed for those gamers who are looking to build a well-featured system, on a budget. We look forward to …

Nintendo on Thursday made a number of important announcements regarding the company’s future. The legendary firm will continue to develop its own hardware platforms and will ensure that in the future they will be more competitive than the current generation. While the firm will not make its games available on …

Microsoft Corp.’s board of directors is preparing to appoint Satya Nadella on the position of the chief executive officer of the company, according to a news-agency report on Thursday. In addition, the company plans to replace chairman of the board, Bill Gates, with an independent director. The candidate to succeed …

With the release of new-generation consoles, interest towards the previous-generation systems drops rapidly among core gamers. Nonetheless, platform owners continue to sell outdated systems for some time after that. An executive from a leading game publisher believes that the current-gen PS3 and Xbox 360 will stay on the market for …

Foxconn Group, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics, is set to take over Socle Technology, a developer of system-on-chip solutions. The buyout will bring additional capabilities to the holding also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry and will help it to gain more customers and diversify its business. Socle …

Tesco Mobile has announced today that the company won't be charging its customers a premium for using the 4G network, which is based of off O2's infrastructure. Tesco used to charge customers £2.50 premium but decided to drop the charge in order to compete with the network, Three, which will …

There's a wide range of iPad cases, stands and accessories out there, it's its own multi-million pound industry, despite being just something to augment the main product. But your case, stand, whatever, has nothing on the iTrans4mer, a case, stand, speaker system and wall mount all in-one. How does it …

The Mantle patch for Battlefield 4 has finally arrived along with AMD's accompanying beta driver, in addition to the news, DICE has gone ahead and posted some performance numbers along with details of what system configuration the team was using in order to give users an idea of what they …

I've talked about gaming with KitGuru writers and reviewers before and I don't know whether you're all too shy, or we're just too uber-gamer for you to contemplate facing online, but the response has been lukewarm at best. Of course it could have been because the last game I tried …

HGST, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Western Digital Corp., has quietly started to sell its high-capacity Ultrastar He6 hard disk drive (HDD) with 6TB of storage space to end-users. Previously, such drives were available only to enterprise customers as well as storage device manufacturers. Unfortunately, the price of the helium-filled HDD …

If you're a maker of applications with in-app purchases, you have the next 60 days to implement a laundry list of changes that are designed to offer the consumer more information about what they're spending their money on and to make it harder for children to ‘accidentally' run up thousands …

It's been a while since the internet's freedoms were threatened by something as paltry as legislation, we've had PRISM and Tempora to worry about for the last 10 months. But before that, we took on the likes of SOPA, PIPA and ACTA and won, so it's somewhat surprising that the …

Edward Snowden, the man that, regardless of how you feel about his motivation behind it, gave us confirmation that our governments have been doing what we suspected all along: spying on everything we do online. It gave us evidence and details that may eventually pave the way for a return …

Ever wished your personal site was [yourname].bike? What about [yourhobby].guru? Or .financial? Those are some options you'll have starting today, as US net firm Donuts has begun the regulation of the new domain suffixes, as well as allowing other domain registrars to sell them to people like you and me. …

While not that many people have Wii Us, one of the complaints those that do often have is the time it takes for a game to actually load and for you to begin play. Nintendo it seems is well aware of this, as “this summer,” it plans to release an …

Nintendo has issued a statement that denies earlier reports claiming that the firm was interested in making games for smartphones and tablets. However, the way it denies the reports creates more questions than it provides answers. On Tuesday it transpired that Nintendo plans to develop free mini games for smartphones. The …

When Apple added an opportunity to buy books, music and videos wirelessly from iPhone, it was a huge breakthrough for the company and its customers since it provided a lot of convenience. Nowadays e-commerce services in the pocket are no longer a breakthrough. But what about opportunities to pay for …

In a bid to enter the market of smartphones in the U.S., Lenovo Group, one of the top PC makers in the world, on Wednesday announced intention to acquire Motorola Mobility division from Google. The agreement will help Lenovo to significantly strengthen position in the smartphone market and will allow …

Gigabyte Technology has introduced its first ultra-small form-factor personal computer designed specifically for gaming. The novelty boasts with a quad-core accelerated processing unit (APU), discrete graphics processing unit, optional solid-state drive and a hard disk drive as well as other necessary hardware. Gigabyte Brix Gaming ultra-small form-factor PC is powered …