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Along with writing this news piece, I'll be winging an email off to our fearless leader Zardon, in a hope that he'll be able to secure one of the Foc.us headsets for review. It looks crazy, it sounds crazy and I bet it doesn't work, but I still want to …

Rupert Murdoch has compared Facebook to Myspace, suggesting the fall from grace for the social network could be already beginning, poking fun at the falling time spent by the average user through his Twitter account. “Look out Facebook!” begins the Tweet by the BSKYB owner. “Hour's spent participating per member …

Sony has secured the international distribution rights to the animated feature film adaption of crush-the-castle-avian-edition, Angry Birds. It's not wasting time either, announcing that the movie will debut worldwide on 1st July 2016. It's not handing off to some large studio though, but keeping it all in-house. Rovio, the developer …

There doesn't seem a day without Google Glass being in the news and now eight members of Congress are demanding that Google address a range of privacy concerns over their Google Glass product. The letter was sent to Larry Page, Google's CEO and they asked eight questions, demanding a response …

3D printers are hot property right now and if you are in the market for one that can handle larger objects then you may want to hold fire on the new Lulzbot TAZ 3D printer – it claims to have the largest print volume for desktop printers in its price …

Many people are using services such as Dropbox and Google Cloud to share and protect important files. A new service has hit the Kickstarter website and the aim is to offer cloud based storage, but back in the home of the user. Solutions such as Dropbox put the actual data …

We've all done it at some point, got caught up in the atmosphere at a gig or event and decided we'd film a segment to show friends and family. Before you know it though you're watching the whole thing through your phone, making short clips you'll never watch again. Fortunately …

We were given the opportunity to interview Roy Taylor, Corporate Vice President Global Channel Sales for AMD. Roy is a busy man, but he still found time to sit down and chat with Kitguru. First, a little background history – before Roy joined AMD on January 2nd this year, he had …

Yesterday we talked about the new leveling system that Steam profiles are getting, but apparently that's not the only shake up Valve is introducing. Another new feature which is now in beta, is a Steam trading card system. This isn't a game though, but more like achievements, that aren't just achievements, if …

Google is looking to make your Google + page that bit better looking, by helping sift through all your awful photos to find the best ones. Using a new algorithm, the search giant is now able to highlight the “best” photos that you upload to make a collage of great …

3D printers might be hitting headlines for their new ability to make guns, negating all real fears of a future zombie apocalypse, but they have other uses too. According to one designer, they can also be used to make fashion items – that are inspired by a parasitic fungus, Cordyceps. …

Haswell is just around the corner and many of the motherboard manufacturers are teasing the public with some details and images of their upcoming products. We have some great high resolution pictures of the upcoming Gigabyte boards which show the layout and colour schemes. I do think these look fantastic, …

A Youtube user by the name of Zack Scott, who runs Let's Play videos on the site, has been targeted by Nintendo for using its games in his videos and the video game giant is now claiming advertising revenue from him, despite the fact that his commentary of the games is covered …

Thank god. EA Games has announced that due to its player base not really taking it up on the offer of paying for games' multiplayer content, after they bought the game second hand or borrowed it from a friend, that it was dropping the much hated Online Pass system. “We're …

Without doubt, one of the biggest problem areas for the environment is the professional segment of the market. It's a huge consumer of all things elec-tricky. While a regular user might accept a small issue with a system – and wait patiently while repairs etc are effected by the store …

In what is sure to be a massive flood of new mainboard products into the market, Asrock has wasted no time in delivering a special board with some very cool features that's looking to stand out from the crowd. KitGuru takes a peak and reports the latest Haswell news. Thunderbolt …

If you're a Raspberry Pi user and you've been hankering to use the mini-PC to make something that'll snap pictures, then you're in luck, as the module to give it photographic capabilities, has now gone on sale via official Pi suppliers: RS Components and Element14. You'll have to be fast …

Ruby Underboob and Bro-sie the Riveter now sit side by side in the lobby of Hawken publisher Meteor Entertainment, thanks to a brilliantly intuitive way of addressing sexual representation in not only the office environment, but in games too. Initially, CEO Mark Long, had a comic art inspired poster of …

The British Phonographic Industry is continuing to parade its abilities for the world to see, showing that its number one talent, the singular thing it does better than almost any middle manager from Office Space, is appear to be doing something while systematically doing nothing at all. The group, sponsored …

Google Music could be the first real competitor for streaming music service Spotify, after the search giant signing several high profile deals with three major labels to distribute their songs through its platform. A dominant music service would give Google one more notch in its belt in the mobile computing …

Sony has had some famous taglines for its consoles over the years, often with several significant ones landing with each generation. Often though there's one that sticks in your memory a little more. With the PS One it was “Do not underestimate the power of PlayStation,” while the PS2 had …

Valve has added a new feature to Steam profiles, making it possible for people to gain levels for community actions, alongside the traditional badge system which rewards certain tasks being completed. Not every territory has it just yet, as Valve is rolling it out slowly over the next few days, …

Nokia have announced a new series of products this week, including the new flagship Lumia 925. The new smartphone runs the latest version of Microsoft Windows Phone 8 software, available from T-Mobile in America and from other carriers around the world. Nokia have also introduced new camera focused software features, …

Until now Google has offered 5GB of storage for its free services, like Google Drive and Google+ and 10GB on Gmail. Today though, it announced that over the next few weeks it'll be rolling out an update that changes it to 15GB across all three services. The reasoning behind this change is …

Remember when you played Day of the Tentacle and it let you play Maniac Mansion, inside DotT? Well this is a bit like that, except it's two guys playing Mortal Kombat in a Doom multiplayer map. It's pretty fully featured too, with character select, authentic sounds, original visuals and no …

Astronauts should be some of the most celebrated individuals in the world. They're pushing the boundaries of what humans can experience and they're helping secure the future survival of our species by probing the frontiers of humanity's cosmic territory. It's almost a shame that it's taken a well-sung video of …

Headset maker Turtle Beach, has announced a partnership with esports streaming service, Twitch.tv, meaning that the former will provide sound equipment for official Twitch esports events, as the official audio partner. The benefit for Turtle Beach, is of course exposure, with advertising placements in-front of Twitch's multiple tens of millions …

Netflix users in the UK are pretty underprivileged compared to our American cousins (which is why I'd normally recommend you change your DNS settings to gain access to the bigger library) but in terms of Disney movies, not any more: the catalogue of films has now been added to the British …

In what seems a clear violation of Intel's NDA for Haswell, NEC has launched its next generation laptop far too early. Now that the details are out on the web, it's hard to know what will prevent other system builders from following suit. If the info is in the public …

Today we are going to take a look at the Edifier Predator 2.1 Speaker System which promises to combine a unique design with excellent sound quality characteristics.  It uses a simple configuration which consists of a large subwoofer unit with a pair of front facing drives.  This makes it ideal …