Our Enermax competition proved popular with several thousand entries to win some great enthusiast grade goodies. Today we announce the two winners! The answer to the question was straightforward – it was c: gold certified! 1st Prize – Platimax 1200W The winner of the first prize is: Daniel Swales who …
Read More »Live in the US? Now you too can pay for sponsored tweets
If you happen to live on that big blob of land across the pond from the KG HQ, then you can now take advantage of Twitter's tweet sponsoring program, where you pay a set fee in order to put your message in front of more people. This is a scheme …
Read More »Kitguru MEGA graphics card giveaway!
You all know by now that Kitguru runs the best competitions on the internet and today is no exception. We are running a one month competition to win not 1, but 8 – yes 8! video cards. At the end of May – 8 winners will be picked out of …
Read More »Keyboard and mouse combined in new ‘Combimouse’
The new Combimouse concept takes both the mouse and keyboard and combines them into one device. The right section of the keyboard can also serve as an optical mouse. The concept came from designer Ari Zagnoev and the first patent for the product was filed way back in 1999. In …
Read More »Lenovo releasing slim Windows 8 ThinkPad S431
Lenovo have announced a new laptop to join the ThinkPad ranks – dubbed the S431. The new notebook has a multi finger touchscreen which opens to 180 degrees. The company have also included a huge touchpad and a backlit keyboard. The ThinkPad S431 has incorporated a 14 inch screen into …
Read More »NASA to pay $70 million per person to fly on Russian spacecraft
America was always at the forefront of space travel however it would appear that the Russians will now become an American taxi service, for only $70 million, per person. Russia and America always had a healthy battle when it came to spaceflight, but the American organisation said it was too …
Read More »Google Glass jailbroken: hacker says security is ineffective
It didn't take long but the high profile Google Glass has already been jailbroken. Infamous Android and iOS hacker Jay Freeman (otherwise known as Saurik) has told the community that he has ‘rooted' his Google Glass headset. He shared a picture online showing his jailbroken device. Additionally he published a detailed …
Read More »Some FPS gamers have weird play styles
I imagine most of us play shooters with the keyboard in-front of us, slightly over to the left perhaps, whilst the right hand sits on top of the mouse and we're two to three feet from the screen we're staring intently at. Apparently that's not a method everone enjoys though. This image …
Read More »APU13 in November will help you bridge platforms
While the advent of Quad HD TV might provide one of the biggest challenges to console gaming in the coming years, there seems little doubt that having a single code platform might be one of the biggest benefits for the development community in years. KitGuru eyes San Jose in November …
Read More »Why Zach Braff’s Kickstarter doesn’t feel right
There's a big furore today surrounding Zach Braff's Kickstarter for his dream sequel to Graden State, a movie he directed and starred in that has a nice cult following. However he hasn't made a sequel of any sort since, apparently because he doesn't want creative control rested away from him. …
Read More »Blackberry CEO says tablets will be dead in five years
Until the recent release of Blackberry's 10 series of handsets, you might be forgiven for forgetting the business centric firm ever had that much of an impact on the smartphone game. After all, it's been a while since Blackberry was considered up there with the big names in the game. …
Read More »Next Xbox not as far along as Microsoft wants
Let's crank out the rumour mill on this Tuesday morning, because it's time to speculate on the next-gen. According to some reliable sources over at Kotaku, the next-generation Xbox console from Microsoft, is as much as six months behind in its development cycle. On top of that, a handful of …
Read More »Pirate Party Iceland gains parliamentary seat
Following on from the announcement that the Pirate Bay would now be hosted on the small island nation of Iceland, the local Pirate Party there has now managed to surpass the five per cent of the vote needed in a general election, in order to garner a seat in parliament, …
Read More »Samsung delays S4 Mini in face of sluggish market
While a lot of news outlets have reported that the Samsung S4 Mini was scheduled for launch between May and July, KitGuru's sources are saying that August or even September are much more likely dates. We look at the pressures surrounding launches into a softening market. When the market for …
Read More »Shogun Bros Ballista MK1 8200dpi Pro Gaming mouse review
In the world of gaming mice brand names such as Steel Series, Logitech, Rocatt and Razer reign supreme. When we were offered a sample from a company called Shogun Bros we immediately thought of a cool new oriental themed Nintendo game. Wacky company name aside, the new Ballista MK1 has …
Read More »MorePhone bends to indicate incoming call
We already published a story this morning on the new ‘bendy' LG OLED television set and researchers at Queen's University Human Media Lab in Belfast have just developed a new prototype smartphone which can change shape to alert the user, such as when receiving calls. The phone is built around …
Read More »LG to start selling curved screen OLED televisions
LG Electronics will start shipping curved OLED television sets next month, the first company to sell these products to the public. OLED televisions are thinner and more flexible than previous technology. The sets will initially be made available in South Korea and the 55 inch model will cost 15 million …
Read More »2k Games to skip E3 2013
2K games follows on from Nintendo as the second publisher to announce that it would not be holding a big conference at E3 2013, though it won't even have small events to show off new games, but will instead be debuting new titles via Youtube and Twitch. While this highlights …
Read More »Gamers complain about piracy in their pirated game
Most people would agree at this point, that piracy doesn't equal stealing. We also know, that packaging your game up with DRM doesn't really stop piracy. What serves far better, is reminding gamers that by not paying for a game you make it harder for the developers (especially the smaller …
Read More »Kim Dotcom lays down $500 prize: film US envoy
It's all about Kim Dotcom today isn't it? First it was asking whether New Zealanders actually liked the chap and now we're talking about the media mogul's latest twitter competition. This one though has the potential to get interesting, as he's asking New Zealanders to film the US attorney general, …
Read More »New Zealanders asked if Kim Dotcom should be extradited
While the world over has been arguing about whether Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom should be extradited from his adopted home of New Zealand, nobody has asked his neighbours what they think. Now though, a NZ news organisation has and the results are somewhat undecided. 3 News asked around 1,000 Kiwis …
Read More »DDOS attacks in movies should look like this
One of the problems with movies is that while they can show us breathtaking beauty, action and philosophy when it comes to technology, it needs to keep things simple enough for everyone to understand. But beyond that, it needs to be entertaining. That's why with every single hacking movie ever, we …
Read More »Tesco leaks info on Call Of Duty: Ghosts ‘powered by next gen engine’
According to reports circulating online, Tesco have leaked a report on the next Call of Duty Game. The game is expected to be called ‘Call Of Duty: Ghosts', information leaked earlier by Tesco. The latest report says that the upcoming COD title will be ‘powered by a new next generation …
Read More »Coffee with Tim Cook? $600,000 please
When we first reported on April 25th, the bidding to have a cup of coffee with Tim Cook was sitting at $175,000. Today, the bidding is up to $600,000. The charity event is already number 2 in the CharityBuzz list of all time top fundraising items. It will certainly end …
Read More »Cyberattack suspect had van capable of hacking networks
Spain have issued a news report to say that they have arrested a Dutch citizen. The authorities say that the suspect may have launched the biggest cyberattack from a bunker, and that he had a van capable of hacking into networks anywhere in the country. The hacker apparently traveled in …
Read More »Dubai police force add more supercars to their fleet
The Dubai police force is quickly becoming the wet dream of every young man. We published a story last month that they had added a Lamborghini Aventador. The latest news is that they added a Ferarri FF, a Mercedes Benz SLS AMG and a Bentley Continental GT. They are all …
Read More »Video showing how to build a Sapphire Edge VS PC
One of the biggest challenges for anyone looking to get into system building for the first time is the ‘but you have never done it before' challenge. If you've never tried to open a system, then it will be as daunting as opening a TV or doing your own plumbing. …
Read More »CERN finds difference between Matter and Anti Matter
When you spend close to $10 billion on the Large Hadron Collider, it's nice if – every now and then – you can release a little good news into the world to justify the spend. The folks are CERN have done just that. Smashing. Science is a lot about theorising …
Read More »Samsung making rugged Galaxy S4 tablet
Samsung are proving a major problem for Apple, in the last 6 months they have driven their own sales at the expense of Apple. There seems no sign of the Korean company slowing down either with announcements for a whole new range of devices targeting a wide audience. Interestingly, Samsung …
Read More »Kaspersky say more money needs invested in stopping cyber attacks
Eugene Kaspersky, chief executive of security firm Kaspersky lab has spoken out to say that all businesses are victims or cyber attacks ‘whether they know it or not'. Kaspersky made a speech at the Infosecurity Europe 2013 conference in London. He said that organisations should be doing everything they can …
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