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Google not happy with Motorola smartphone pipeline

Google have publicly commented on the Motorola pipeline, after buying the company last year. This will come as a blow to many people who had hoped that the Google/Motorola deal would lead to an array of exciting smartphones in the near future. Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference, Google …

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Evernote reset passwords after hackers steal login info

Evernote, the popular online personal organiser have had to issue a password reset for all their users after hackers penetrated the company's protection systems and accessed login credentials. The company sent out an email to customers. The Evernote team found out about the attack and subsequently blocked ‘suspicious activity on …

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Shocking pace of change – Moor Insights to follow

Having VP-ed at the highest levels in the tech industry, Patrick Moorhead has now started his own consultancy and he came over to Monte Carlo to share his latest insights with an eager crowd of EMEA's top buying and selling talent. KitGuru operatives managed to sneak out some telling shots. …

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Ouya shipping at end of month

The Ball

The Ouya is set to begin shipping to Kickstarter backers at the end of March (28th to be precise) meaning that gamers will get their first in-the-wild glimpse of the little Android console that could shake up an industry that has been dominated by the big three for the past …

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Hilco puts HMV bid on table

HMV

HMV has until the end of this month to get some funds together or go under completely. Fortunately it looks like Hilco, the company that bought up HMV's debt back in January, is not putting up the cash to take the beleaguered firm off the chopping block. £50 million is …

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Riot Games opens Sydney office

Rioters

Maker and runner of League of Legends, Riot Games, has announced that it has opened a new office in Sydney, Australia and is already looking for new blood to staff it. Do you have what it takes? The two new positions available – who will presumably be joining others, it …

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Aerocool Strike-X Air Review

Today we are going to look at the Aerocool Strike-X Air which is a very innovative chassis, designed to appeal to those enthusiasts who spend a lot of time inside their PC and change hardware frequently.  It uses an open design, similar to a test bench, which features a large mesh cover …

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US authorities win appeal in Dotcom extradition case

Throughout the extradition war between Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and the US authorities attempting to send him to their homeland for a full criminal trial, one of the battlegrounds has been whether Dotcom's legal team should be given access to all the evidence against their client, or simply be given …

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Winners of the ASUS Competition announced!

Another very popular competition, we received many thousands of entries for this one over the last month. Having to pick two was difficult! The answer was very easy, it was ‘C'. Prize Number 1: Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe Motherboard The winner of this prize is Liam O'Donnell. Check your email Liam …

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Win amazing prizes with Aerocool & KitGuru!

We know you guys never get enough hardware, so we are working with Aerocool over the coming weeks to give away some very tasty prizes to five very lucky people. Is there anything better than free tech goodies? 1st Prize AeroCool GT-1050SG Power Supply which we reviewed back in January …

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Coolship Android keyboard computer

I remember my ATARI ST with fondness. There was something about having the complete computer inside the keyboard which appealed to me, and still does. If you are like me, the computer in this story will bring back very warm memories. A Chinese company called FocusWill Information Technology have created …

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Zuckerberg and Gates video pushes kids into coding

Code.Org created a video to encourage kids to learn computer programming. The video has proved very popular and has been attracting the attention of a very wide audience, there are over 5 million views already on the YouTube video. The non-profit organisation created a video which includes people such as …

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Facebook buy digital ad service from Microsoft

Facebook said yesterday that they have agreed to buy the ATLAS digital advertising service from Microsoft. Facebook are driving forward to tackle rivals Google in online advertising. Neither company has detailed the terms of the deal. Facebook want to strengthen their money making platform, targeting their one billion users with …

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Bitcoin value tops at £21

Bitcoin

Bitcoin, the internet's own currency, has continued to grow in value, in a world economy that seems untrustworthy over half a decade along from the 2008 market crash. Now though it's reached a new peak, with the average Bitcoin now going for over $32 (£21). The high point was yesterday …

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UK High Court rules ISPs must block more torrent sites

Fenopy

While we've known this was likely to happen for some time, it's only today that the High Court has officially made its ruling: torrent search sites Fenopy, Kickass Torrents and H33T, must be blocked by all major ISPs thanks to pressure from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The BPI has …

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China points cyber finger at US

Unit 61398

While we might often hear stories of how the US is being targeted by Chinese hackers, the communist country has now pointed its finger at the US, suggesting most of the attacks against its nation come from the Western one. According to China's defence ministry, last year nearly 150,000 attacks …

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Google champions Glass, describes phones as “emasculating”

Google Glass

Staring down at a screen is “emasculating”, according to Google Boss Sergey Brin, who has been talking up the Google Glass project that sees most of a smartphone's functions incorporated into a piece of semi-intrusive eye wear. The comment was made to an audience at a TED conference in LA about the …

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Bulgarian and Romanian immigration to boost UK tech economy

When January 2014 rolls around, 29 million Bulgarian and Romanian citizens will have free right to passage across the European Union – able to settle and work in any country they choose – without the need for additional documentation. Many to the right of politics are concerned, but KitGuru caught …

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AMD’s new Communications VP, Taylor made?

Seems like we can't open our inboxes without more news about AMD re-vamping its internal structure. The latest appointment put John Taylor (no relation to Roy, or so we're told) into the communications hot seat. KitGuru considers the challenges he will face and whether he is perfectly suited to the …

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NZXT Kraken X40 Review

Today we are going to take a look at the Kraken X40, which is one of NZXT's first attempts at a performance liquid cooler.  It is a similar design to the X60, however it features a smaller 140 mm radiator for those who don't have room for a 280 mm …

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320 Gigapixel panorama of London showcased

A team of photographers set a record for the world's largest panoramic photograph with an incredible 320 Gigapixel, 360 degree image of London. The final image takes 48,000 pictures and stitches them all together for one whopping image. British Telecommunications contracted photography firm, 360Cities to create the panorama. The photographers …

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