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 …
Read More »Samsung rename all their PCs to ‘Ativ’
Samsung have decided to rename all their PC's with the moniker ‘Ativ', because their Ativ range have been so successful in recent months. CNET posted the information saying that the nonsensical naming started with the Ativ Smart PC and Smart PC Pro, both of which are Windows 8 tablets. The …
Read More »AMD chips discounted early at ARIA PC
Next Monday is the official day that AMD will be running our price drops on a whole host of chips, but ARIA has jumped the gun and offered up big discounts for two CPUs in the Piledriver lineup, knocking about £20 off of the standard price tag for each model. …
Read More »BitTorrent Sync goes head to head with the cloud
We've all heard about the cloud at this point, we're all using it – or should be if you don't want to lose all your data in freak, digital accidents – but it isn't the only remote service out there. BitTorrent Inc. is pioneering something a little different, torrent based …
Read More »Wii U virtual console coming to the UK tomorrow
I would report about this tomorrow, but of course it's Saturday and I won't be around to give you guys the heads up, so here it is a day early: The Wii U Virtual Console is arriving in the UK tomorrow, bringing with it the ability to play old Nintendo …
Read More »Asus launches Radeon HD 7990 card with 8 games
With a worldwide shipment expected at the end of May, Asus has ear-marked today for the launch of its very own Radeon HD 7990 graphics accelerator. In KitGuru Labs' tests, this card stamped its authority at the top of the mountain, so it will be interesting to see what Asus …
Read More »Now TV still hasn’t delivered its free Microsoft Points
Despite having promised to deliver as many as 2600 Microsoft Points to some customers if they signed up for a free trial of Now TV earlier this year, the Sky owned company still hasn't supplied a large portion of them, despite it being several months overdue. In January and February …
Read More »Drug market posts Silk Road Charter, extols freedom of expression
Drug Marketplace the Silk Road has had a tough time as of late. The past few days have seen it hit with a massive DDOS attack that crippled its infrastructure, sending many members into a frenzy. However, the admins have now got it under control and to celebrate, have posted …
Read More »Win limited Edition 120mm Kitguru fans!
Today we have a very special competition in place to celebrate KITGURU's partnership with Sharkoon to create a limited edition run of Silent Eagle 2000 fans sporting Kitguru site branding and colours. You could be one of only a handful of people to own these collectors items! The Sharkoon Silent …
Read More »Apple Macbook gets voted ‘best performing Windows laptop’
According to a new report, the best laptop to run Windows is an Apple MacBook Pro. The report gathered information from a plethora of crashes, long boot times and application hangs. The study comes from a company called Soluto. They provide remote management tools for PCs, and they recorded information …
Read More »Mechanic crashes customers £220,000 Lamborghini
Sometimes a story is too painful to ignore and I noticed this one published in local newspapers in the United Kingdom this morning. A mechanic decided to take a customer's Lamborghini for a ride and ended up crashing the car into a parked Ford Focus, destroying both. The mechanic, Andrew …
Read More »Zynga income is up, but user numbers continue to fall
The first financial reports for Zynga's 2013 financial year are in and while income is on the rise, the number of people actually playing the games made by the Facebook publisher have continued to fall, with a 21 per cent drop off in active players since the same time in …
Read More »Intel presents its Future Showcase for KitGuru
If you ask people in the tech industry about Intel, the the most likely responses will centre on its ability to create a phenomenal volume of fast, powerful processors. That's true, but it's also like saying that BP or Esso create and sell petrol. Sure, that's what they make, but …
Read More »Aria taking orders for world’s fastest graphics card
From the KitGuru Labs extensive testing, one thing about the Radeon HD 7990 was blindingly clear – it is the fastest card ever made. Now the dust has settled over the initial results, it's time for those with huge pockets and a serious addiction to high-tech to begin the acquisitions …
Read More »This Oculus Rift can run Virtuaboy games really well
While the Oculus Rift is being hailed by many as the future of gaming, opening up new avenues of future development, one user has given it a chance to reinvigorate the past as well by hooking it up to a Virtuaboy emulator; and by all accounts, it works really well. …
Read More »US ambassador asks Australians to stop pirating Game of Thrones
The US ambassador to Australia has posted up on his Facebook, about how he's the kind of man that likes to watch Game of Thrones with his family and legally too. Those dirty Australians though, they're pirating it and he thinks that should stop, because stealing is stealing guys; come …
Read More »EA Partners shutting down
Anonymous sources close to EA Partners, the publishing arm of EA Games that worked with external developers including Valve, for the likes of Orange Box, Portal 2 and a host of other companies, are hinting at its impending closure, following on from a rough financial year and trouble with several …
Read More »Nintendo not holding conference at E3
Nintendo has announced that it has no plans to run a press conference this year at the E3 expo, despite it being one of the biggest public outings for gaming firms this year. This is counter to the usual trend of a Tuesday showing off of new Nintendo hardware and …
Read More »A decade of iTunes – Apple celebrate
Apple are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their iTunes service. If you head into the iTunes store there is now a feature called ‘A Decade Of iTunes'. The famous day is April 28th. The new feature allows the user to browse a timeline of events and stories following the growth …
Read More »Amazon may be planning a set top box to rival Apple
Amazon have experienced strong sales with their Kindle and Kindle Fire tablets, and murmurings suggest that they may be wanting to release a set top box to partner up with your television set. Sources close to the project spoke to Business Week hinting that Amazon wanted to release a proprietary …
Read More »Have a cup of joe with Apple leader Tim Cook – all for charity
Would you like to spend some one on one time with Apple leader Tim Cook at their Cupertino, California headquarters? Then your dreams could come true. The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights is hosting a Spring Auction through online auction site Charitybuzz. This site specialises in …
Read More »Giada Introduces T720 Android Tablet
Known for their range of Android based mini-PCs, Giada is announcing a new tablet based on Android, the T720. This is a significant step up for Giada showing a growing sophistication in design and engineering. The T720 is Giada’s latest Android tablet and the sleek design and hardware features make …
Read More »Selling Bitcoin mining hardware is lucrative, for everyone
While a handful of investors no doubt made a killing in the past month with the meteoric rise of bitcoin's value, those making hardware specifically to mine bitcoins are doing pretty well too – but they aren't the only ones. While Avalon's ASIC systems have all pretty much sold at …
Read More »Drug marketplace Silk Road hit by DDOS
The Tor accessible network that sells everything from fake IDs to heroin, Silk Road, has been hit with a DDOS attack according to admins. While some site service appears to have been restored in the past few hours, users are still reporting that it's near impossible to login. The news …
Read More »85 inch Samsung S9 UHD TV available at Selfridges for £35k
Is a 1080p television just not good enough for you? Then take your credit card and wallet, (and perhaps a kidney) to Selfridges to get hold of the new Samsung S9 UHD TV. The asking price? A cool £34,999.99 inc vat. It will be sold in their flagship Oxford Street store …
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