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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

Google are celebrating their 1st Play Store birthday with a huge sale on a variety of software. They are also giving away free goodies to Android users. The gifts target a wide audience, from games to applications, with special offers on a wide range of downloads.  The deals will be …

Valve are expecting to offer prototypes of their upcoming video games console for testing within only four months time. Gabe Newell, Valve CEO spoke to the BBC last night to confirm the release date. With the popularity of STEAM many analysts are claiming that the STEAM BOX console has a …

Seagate has announced a new line of hybrid drives, melding solid state technology with traditional hard drive platters, in a variety of sizes and shapes – making them applicable for both laptops as well as desktop PCs for those that don't want to take the jump to a single SSD …

Following the success of the recent Dead Space 3 and FIFA tournament lock-ins, leading videogames retailer GAME is partnering up once again with EA for its most thrilling lock-in campaign yet. To celebrate the launch of three new expansion packs for the hit racing game Need For Speed: Most Wanted, …

The biggest shareholder outside of Dell, Southeastern Asset Management (SAM), has called on the computer firm to out its yearly books, making its financials available to all – ahead of what many are thinking will be a return to private ownership. SAM currently owns eight per cent of the PC …

Sony Music Entertainment is now suing a man for nearly a quarter million dollars, after he was found to have leaked a Beyonce album onto file sharing website The Pirate Bay, before it was officially released. This occurred back in mid 2011, but it's all coming to a head now. …

PETA, the suffragette of the animal rights world, has a history of using videogames as springboards for attention and today its doing it again, by using Assassin's Creed IV's suggested whaling mechanic as a method to draw attention to contemporary whaling. “Whaling – that is, shooting whales with harpoons and leaving them …

While a growing consensus from the world's online community is that the internet should be free for everyone, just as all useful information should be, not everyone agrees. Computer scientist Jaron Lanier has spoken out at the Economist's Tech Frontiers conference, about how he believes unless we monetise web content …

Synology has today released the latest update to its popular DiskStation Manager software. While the ‘4.2' version name itself might not sound like much – the company's CEO claims that this is one of the biggest advances in storage software for some time. KitGuru considers a free demonstration over on …

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 …

While the world of stocks and shares is supposed to be 100% water tight when it comes to the leaking of early info, for some reason every time a company is about to announce good or bad numbers – there is a corresponding increase or decrease in share values leading …

Facebook have produced four billionaires according to the latest Forbes List. Mark Zuckerberg is the world's youngest billionaire but there are three others to make the list. Zuckerberg, 28 and the founding chief of the company has a fortune of $13.3 billion and ranks number 66 on the 2013 list …

Opera browser for Android is now out in a beta version, providing mobile web navigation that is sleeker and easier to use than ever. The completely redesigned Opera for Android is the result of a passion for design combined with 17 years' worth of know-how and innovation. The web browser …

We have reported before on the Apple iWatch and even though it has yet to be confirmed by Apple, the rumours keep persisting. A new Bloomberg report would suggest that the Apple ‘iWatch' is expected to release this year. Apple are also said to be working with flexible, curved glass. …

Infamous bittorent tracking site The Pirate Bay have announced that they are relocating to North Korea, a country well known for limiting their internet service to citizens. The Pirate Bay wrote in a blog post “The Pirate Bay has been hunted in many countries around the world. Not for illegal …

Running out of juice is a pain. Whenever it happens, you just wish that you had half an hour spare to stick your phone or other cool electronic device into a hotel wall socket and get a few bars back. But what if you're no where near a hotel?  Arctic …

Hackers hit some of the major news websites in the Czech Republic this morning, bringing many of them to their knees and making most hard, if not impossible to access. These include the country's biggest news sites: ihned.cz, dnes.cz and novinky.cz. The attacks were nothing out of the ordinary, just …

The whole “getting into hardware,” gimmick seems to have become just that for many companies. I appreciate that the likes of Ouya and Nvidia are shaking up the traditional big three dynamic of consoles, but do we really need another? According to a cryptic image posted by Infinity Ward, it …

Clothing and accessories firm, The Hut, is now offering PS4 pre-orders on its website, for such games as inFamous Second Son, Diablo III, Destiny, Killzone Shadow Fall and Knack – all for the princly price of £69.99. Fortunately a statement has been released by the company, suggesting that these are …

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 …

German parliament has now given the voted approval for a licensing fee should the search engine wish to reproduce more than just a few short excerpts of a news story. Fortunately to come into play it still needs to be ratified by the upper house of German parliament, but that's …

Kim Dotcom's file locker sequel to Megaupload, Mega, is now looking for a chief financial officer ahead of an intended public offering of the company. The hiree will be in charge of readying the firm for its flotation. Announced by Dotcom just a few hours ago via his twitter feed, …