At least, in terms of staying with his current team, Evil Geniuses. This one doesn't involve the “toxic” gamers in League of Legends, but a Starcraft 2 pro player called Idra, real name Greg Fields. The reason behind his firing? He insulted fans and made as if he couldn't care …
Read More »Dealing with Martian dust is the next big problem
While we have plenty to be getting on with down here on Earth, with new graphics card and CPU releases, one of humanities next great steps into the universe is to put a pair of booted feet on Mars. However, one of the biggest issues with doing so, looks to …
Read More »Aliens Colonial Marines developer is no more
Don't worry Gearbox fans, the Dungeon Siege developer is alive and well, it's Timegate, the one that they farmed out a lot of the mechanics to, has shut down following its bankruptcy filing last week, with all staff laid off and everyone sent home early. There's no official announcement on …
Read More »Colour changing gloves warn about toxic substances
Scientists in Germany have created a protective glove that warns the wearer of toxic substances in the air by immediately changing colour. There are many laboratories worldwide that have to deal daily with dangerous substances. The most dangerous are those that don't have a smell or colour, as it is …
Read More »Space Station leaking coolant say NASA
Astronauts on the International Space Station have discovered a leak of ammonia coolant on their orbiting habitat. NASA say they are looking into the problem although they say it poses no immediate danger to the crew, according to the latest reports. The space station uses chilled liquid ammonia to cool …
Read More »YouTube offer paid subscription service
Youtube have released details of their plan to let producers sell paid subscriptions to their videos. Youtube is owned by search engine giant Google and they said the subscription rates will range between 99 cents and $7.99 a month. Early adopters are Sesame Workshop, the producer of Sesame Street. They …
Read More »Sony i1 will feature 61fps video capture
There was a time when mobile phones would not even capture a photograph, yet the new products being planned by Sony for the end of August will take video processing into a whole new realm for a smartphone. KitGuru has been listening to the rumblings and is ready to report …
Read More »Can a Django exclusive deal save Blockbuster? Probably not
Blockbuster, the long time film rental company that was bought in March this year by a company that presumably was paying homage to the South Park episode about just such a strange purchase, is hoping to keep its head above water in the UK by securing a one week rental exclusivity deal …
Read More »US attorney general claims Hollywood doesn’t pressure Washington
In a claim that will likely be laughed at by a good number of people, including internet mogul Kim Dotcom, Eric Holder, the US' attorney general, has claimed that Hollywood has no influence on Washington politics, especially not in the copyright infringement case surrounding Megaupload. When asked by Radio New …
Read More »Ouya secures $15 million in new round of funding
The Ouya Android console has taken a bit of a beating recently. Early reviews of the developer hardware that went out were not good. People described it as being significantly underpowered and only offering something that most smartphones are capable of. Despite this, the company behind it have managed to secure another …
Read More »Can we light our world with glowing plants?
Environmental issues are still a hot topic in contemporary society, with companies and individuals the world over trying to find a solution for our energy needs, whilst balancing out damage done to the environment. One group of people believes the solution is genetic engineering and one method that could make …
Read More »Remember BC? Someone is finally making it
After Black and White 2, but before Project Ego that eventually became the Fable franchise, Peter Molyneux worked on a game called BC. This was back in the early 2000s and I couldn't have been more excited about it. You were a caveman hunter, trying to survive and help your …
Read More »World of Warcraft is still hemorrhaging players
World of Warcraft, the MMO that defined the genre for at least half a decade, is continuing its steady decline, with another large number of players leaving in the past few months. In the last quarter, as many as 1.3 million players closed their subscriptions, ending their time in Azeroth. …
Read More »Norton costs more than 3TB storage solution
The are plenty of ways to measure value in a given market – and each industry has its own quirks – but two offers landed in the KitGuru spam-sack this morning that, side-by-side, gave us pause. Even with the constant improvements to hard drive production cost efficiency, does this pairing …
Read More »Star Trek flops into the Darkness at cinemas
Given that Star Trek films only come along once every several years, we would love to be able to report that JJ Abrams latest effort was an absolutely stunning piece of original cinema that will be remembered for generations to come. We'd love to. But we can't. For KitGuru, the …
Read More »Win Bioshock Infinite and Crysis 3 game codes!
We have given away around 70 codes in the last month for various games, have you not won yet? You may want to enter our little competition running on Facebook for the next couple of days. We are giving away codes for Crysis 3 and BioShock Infinite, meaning you can …
Read More »Humble Double Fine Bundle is going well
I should have done a news story when this launched, but they always come at such unsociable hours for us Brits. Yes, a new Humble Bundle is out there for you to pay what you want for and it's all based around Double Fine, that Tim Schafer helmed ship of …
Read More »Dotcom’s Mega is developing a secure messaging protocol
Kim Dotcom's Mega has been a big news item for us tech journos in the past year. We've got to bring up his legal issues and the relaunching of a cloud platform backed by the internet mogul, speculating whether it would last with his extradition still up in the air. …
Read More »Syria is offline again
Syria is one of those few countries that's presence on the internet isn't massively felt and this isn't helped by the fact that every few months it seems, someone gets the bright idea to turn off its connectivity to the outside world. Unfortunately for the average Syrian, that seems to have happened …
Read More »EA Games is dropping all gun licensing deals
We hear about game licensing quite often with certain titles. The Fifa games have the license to use real player names, the Gran Turismo games (among others) can use the real names and likenesses of cars and so on. One you don't often think about though, is the licensing deals FPS developers …
Read More »GAME had to pay OpCapita monitoring fees and interest
Highstreet video game retailer GAME was in deep trouble last year. It was circling the drain and it looked like the long-standing chain would come to an end. However, OpCapita, the owners of twice defunct Comet, swooped in and saved the day. However, in the latest accounting reports from the …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed creative lead fired from Ubisoft
Patrice Désilets, the creative lead on some of the best 3D platforming titles of the past ten years – Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Assassin's Creed 1 + 2 + Brotherhood – has been fired from Ubisoft, just two months after returning from a three year stint at rival publisher …
Read More »Win NZXT and Phanteks hardware!
Today we have another great competition thanks to the kind people in NZXT and Phanteks. We are giving away a plethora of cases, coolers and fans – and yes you can enter worldwide! This competition will run for the next 3 weeks and three lucky winners will be getting some …
Read More »Retina iPad Mini beaten to release by high res Nexus 7
2013 is proving a tougher year for Apple, as they face an increasing challenge from competitors such as Samsung. One of Apple's biggest selling products is the iPad Mini, so it makes sense for them to enhance its capabilities. According to the latest reports, Apple have two refreshes of the …
Read More »Sony to adapt some titles to target lazy eye in children
Scientists in Nottingham have been working with i-BiT, a research project who want to target lazy eye with video games and specially created 3D Glasses. Sony have given the project their backing and will adapt some key Playstation 3 titles. Lazy eye (or amblyopia) is a problem for many keys …
Read More »Synology launches DS213j with Turbo Performance
Without doubt, Synology seems to be almost every geek's NAS storage favourite. Whether you look at KitGuru or the mainstream print media, time after time it's Synology that tops the charts. If you have to pick a ‘negative', then it's pure performance. That's not just for Synology – but for …
Read More »Kim Dotcom publishes white paper on Megaupload case
Kim Dotcom, the internet mogul behind Megaupload, Mega and the ongoing extradition trial between himself and several government authorities, has today published a white paper on his official site, explaining everything that led up to this point and how authorities conspired against him and his company. Written by Dotcom‘s lawyers …
Read More »Facebook is getting video adverts
If you guys weren't annoyed enough at the incessant inclusion of video based adverts on sites like Youtube, then get ready, because your favourite social network is about to get them too. That's right, this summer, Facebook will be displaying 15 second video adverts within news feeds. But what could …
Read More »Windows 8 was a ‘failure of timing, not of design’
Windows 8 has been the operating system to split opinion. While many people hate the interface changes, there are a select audience who claim it was a good move forward for Microsoft. Sadly sales figures have verified the poor response from the end user and the operating system has failed …
Read More »How do you fix illegal government spying? Make it legal of course
This is apparently how politics works if you ask the foreign intelligence agency of New Zealand, the GCSB, or the country's prime minister, John Key. Both the organisation and the man have taken real flak over the past few months for being involved with illegal surveillance of NZ citizen, Kim …
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