Are you waiting to get hold of Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite? You may want to enter our little competition running on Facebook for the next couple of days. We are giving away codes for both, meaning you can keep your hard earned money for something more important such as …
Read More »Biostar Hi-Fi A85W Motherboard Review
Today we are going to take a look at the Biostar Hi-Fi A85W motherboard which features the same A85X chipset as the Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H that we reviewed recently. Consequently, it features AMD's FM2 socket which supports the latest ‘Trinity' APUs. Biostar may not be top of most enthusiasts lists but …
Read More »Virgin Media broadband ‘just excuse after excuse’
If you live in the United Kingdom, chances are you will have to settle with a less than impressive internet connection and over the last 3 months I have been chatting with some Virgin Media customers, who are less than happy with their ‘premium' service. I use Virgin Media myself …
Read More »Amazon remove SimCity under gamers fury
Amazon have stopped selling the downloadable version of SimCity after thousands of angry gamers gave the title a shocking one star review. SimCity – Standard Edition was removed from the Amazon online store yesterday. The always online game has been a disaster for Electronic Arts, and its customers because of …
Read More »Google to sack more people at Motorola Mobility
Google are planning to cut back on more staff at their Motorola Mobility division again with a second round of layoffs. The reports indicate that 1,200 employees are being kicked out of the company, or around 10 percent of their total workforce. Employees were told of the planning redundancies via …
Read More »Sky claims it can handle new broadband traffic
Sky, the company that recently bought up the telecoms company that owned both O2 and Be Broadband's technology and customers, has suggested that despite the influx of new users, it will be more than capable of handling it. However, network issues have already begun to appear. Sky's response is that …
Read More »BT creates 1,000 jobs with fibre
BT's big push to expand fibre broadband to many more British homes will create as many as 1,000 engineer jobs to install the technology. That is a further increase from the 1,500 positions created by last year's fibre installation projects. Out of those 1,000, 400 will be taken on as …
Read More »Telltale’s Walking Dead season two coming this autumn
If you've read a few of my articles over at the games portion of Kitguru, you'll know I'm a big fan of Telltale's Walking Dead game. In-fact, I made it my game of the year 2012 because at the end it made me cry. For anyone else as emotionally invested …
Read More »Nvidia cards struggling with AMD hair tech in Tomb Raider
We talked about AMD's new TressFX hair technology last week, showing of what it's capable of doing and debuting the fact that it would see its first outing in the new Tomb Raider game. Well now that game has hit the shelves and been installed on many a PC: and …
Read More »EA is hosting a negative chat about sexuality in gaming
EA Games is set to host a talk today called EA Full Spectrum, that looks to find out what Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) think of the current state of gaming. Or at least, that's what you'd think they'd be asking, instead according to the event's site, it already …
Read More »Vice troll pushes “finger hashtag”
Vice certainly covers some strange stuff. From captivating stories on North Korea and Liberia, to some of the world's weirdest and most dangerous drugs, it covers a lot of interesting topics that will make you realise how crazy the world really is. However the group's resident troll Nimrod Kamer, is …
Read More »Dotcom can now sue NZ intelligence agency for spying
Kim Dotcom, the embattled founder of Megaupload and Mega, has won another victory in Kiwi court, after a judge denied the appeal of his opposition to overturn an initial ruling, that said he would be allowed to sue the New Zealand intelligence agency, GCSB. While that's all a little confusing, …
Read More »Win cooling prizes with bequiet! and Kitguru
For the next couple of weeks we are running a competition with our good friends over at bequiet! They are giving away some fantastic prizes to our readers to celebrate the recent launch of their DC1 Thermal Paste. bequiet! announced several days ago the availability of the new high performance …
Read More »SimCity is taking a beating for always-on DRM
The latest version of SimCity has only been out for a couple of days, but it's already drawn a lot of flak from gamers. Initially it was because the servers were intermittent at best and now it's because EA took them down in order to improve stability. Of course none …
Read More »Win a copy of Tomb Raider 2013 and BioShock Infinite
Are you waiting to get hold of Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite? You may want to enter our little competition running on Facebook for the next couple of days. We are giving away codes for both, meaning you can keep your hard earned money for something more important such as …
Read More »Microsoft pay €561m EU penalty
Microsoft have had to pay out €561m, after the EU competition authority fined the operating system giant. They said Microsoft had failed to give at least 15 million customers a choice of web browser, a violation of a voluntary antitrust pact that was spotted and raised by Google and Opera, …
Read More »Nexus 7 dock appears on Google Play
Well it looks like the wait is over. The official Nexus 7 docking station is now available for sale on Google Play. ASUS build the 7 inch tablet for Google and they showcased the dock at CES, earlier this year. Earlier speculation was that the dock would be available in …
Read More »HMV Guernsey enters administration
One more arm of the high street media retailer HMV has now entered administration. Guernsey may not be the biggest market, but it's another tumbling domino that paints a bleak future for the shop chain. Unfortunately for those that are employed in the Guernsey store, the single outley was used …
Read More »Fix: Tomb Raider 2013 on multiple CPU systems
Tomb Raider 2013 was released this week with much critical applause, and since then a couple of our readers have been emailing us to say that they haven't been able to get the game to run at all. After troubleshooting the issues, we found the concerns were actually because both …
Read More »PS4 could be released in August
PS4 component makers are suggesting the next console from Sony could ship worldwide as early as August, because Sony wants to try and push a huge number of systems by the end of the year – 16 million if it can help it. This all comes from Digitimes sources, who are …
Read More »3DMark Overclocking Contest Offers over $16,000 in Prizes
Futuremark® and GALAXY announced the start today of GALAXY Ice Storm, the first official overclocking contest using the new version of 3DMark released in February. For the next four weeks, overclockers worldwide can win more than $16,000 USD in prizes by submitting the highest scores in the new 3DMark Ice …
Read More »Get a free Raspberry Pi camera
The Raspberry Pi camera has been on a few people's radar for a while now, but today we can announce that the little PCB and sensor bundle is being given away by the Raspberry Pi Foundation to ten people that come up with the most creative use of the device. …
Read More »HBO understands piracy better than most
One of the biggest choices for modern media consumers is whether to get their content legally, or illegally. While the former is certainly becoming easier, cheaper and faster, often times the latter is just more convenient. Most companies ignore this and do idiotic things, like sue their fan base, or …
Read More »RetroN 4 console plays NES, SNES, Megadrive and GBA games
I'm a big fan of retro gaming. I've got an N64, Mega Drive, Game Boy, Game Gear, Gamecube and big game collections for each – for me emulation just doesn't cut it most of the time. However even for console purists that like to use the original contollers, a new …
Read More »Win Phanteks and NZXT hardware!
We have a lot of amazing competitions running right now, and this one is no exception! We are working with Phanteks and NZXT to give away cases, coolers and fans! We have three main prizes comprised of both NZXT and Phanteks hardware to give away! First prize is: 1 x …
Read More »Win game codes for Crysis 3 and Bioshock Infinite!
Are you waiting to get hold of Crysis 3 and Bioshock Infinite? You may want to enter our little competition running on Facebook for the next couple of days. We are giving away codes for both, meaning you can keep your hard earned money for something more important such as …
Read More »Antec ISK 110 VESA Case Review
Today we are going to look at the Antec ISK 110 VESA which is a small form factor PC case that can be attached to the back of your monitor to save space. It's designed to be as compact as possible, only supporting the smallest components. This makes it ideal …
Read More »Bartendro robot mixes drinks: powered by Raspberry Pi
The summer months are coming up soon, and what better time to start planning BBQ's and house parties? Enter the Bartendro robot, currently running for funding on Kickstarter. The Bartendro is powered by a Raspberry Pi system, which is connected to a router board. This is then hooked up to …
Read More »LaFerrari hybrid supercar – 217mph+ 949 horsepower
Ferrari have unveiled their next supercar at the Geneva Motor Show. They are dubbing the car ‘LaFerrari'. The hybrid supercar can produce 949 horsepower and hit 0-60 mph in less than 3 seconds. The price? A cool $1 million. The rumours of the upcoming Ferrari hybrid car have been rife. …
Read More »Analyst wonders if Apple can play ‘defense’ this year
Apple are one of the world's largest, most profitable and financially successful companies. The competition has been heating up in the last six months however especially from Samsung and Google. UBS Analyst Steve Milunovich has sent out an email to clients which read ‘Identity Crisis: Can Apple Play Defense?'. He …
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