In a surprising move for the manufacturer that has had so many issues with employee safety, rights and even age in the past, Foxconn, the maker of many things Apple, has announced that it will be allowing its workers to elect union representatives, who will be voted in every five years. …
Read More »ADATA gets A-ggressive with A price
At KitGuru, our love of a bargain is matched only by our love of alliteration. When we saw the ‘A' rated deal from AData on portable drives, we could not resist. Either. So what's on offer and for how much? KitGuru checks out the latest in desirable drive deals. While …
Read More »Gabe Newell talks Steam of the future
Gabe Newell has been speaking out about the future of Steam quite a bit recently, with a lot of focus of expanding its reach and giving better opportunities to smaller developers. However, he's also been thinking about having much less Valve involvement, replacing its current gatekeeper like system with an …
Read More »Microsoft sell 900,000 Surface RT tablets
Microsoft have shipped around 900,000 Surface RT Tablets last quarter, slotting in at 6th place among the world's tablet makers. Ryan Reith, analyst and program manager of IDC's mobile device tracking said “There is no question that Microsoft is in this tablet race to compete for the long haul. However, …
Read More »Sony stops selling MiniDisc
What started as a solid plastic item being passed to Captain Kirk around 1966, evolved into a real product by 1992. Today, just about 20 years on, the future is dead and another ‘amazing technology' gets consigned to the trashpile of history. KitGuru casts an eye back over yet another …
Read More »HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook – available for $330
Hewlett Packard have just announced their Pavilion 14 ChromeBook which is available for $330. Inside, the machine is based around an Intel 1.1GHZ Celeron 847 CPU. The company include 2 GB of RAM and it has 16GB of flash memory inside for storage. The display runs at a resolution of …
Read More »Windows 8 market share 2%: Windows 7 45%
Microsoft Windows 8 has not met with the most successful launch for the company and according to data released by analytics firm Net Applications the market share is still very low. According to the new figures released, Windows 8 only has 2.26 percent of the desktop operating systems market. Windows …
Read More »meta’s 3D gesture-controlled augmented reality glasses
A new start up called meta has partnered up with Epson to create a pair of AR glasses that allow virtual objects to be controlled in 3D space using hand gestures. meta were founded in December 2012 by Meron Gribetz and Professor Steven Feiner has added his expertise to the …
Read More »Stephen Bates shows why Blackberry is getting slaughtered
You might not recognise the name, but Stephen Bates is the ‘laughing fool' whose business card says Managing Director for Europe at Blackberry – the besieged smartphone maker. We missed his live interview on the BBC first time round, but a great blog by Willard Foxton at The Telegraph drew …
Read More »Anonymous hacker escapes jail: too young and ‘troubled’
A British teenager who was found guilty of attacking Paypal and other huge organisations as part of the Anonymous group has not been sent to jail. The Judge said he has a troubled personality and is very young. 18 year old Jake Birchall, 16 years old at the time of …
Read More »Twitter admit 250,000 users have passwords stolen
Twitter have admitted that 250,000 users have had their passwords and email addresses stolen by hackers. This breach is one of the biggest ever recorded by Twitter, they may have over 200 million users, but a quarter of a million people have had their accounts compromised. Twitter have said they …
Read More »What’s going to happen to THQ UK staff?
While a lot of news overage has been given to the state of developers working under the THQ banner, like Relic Games, Vigil and others, not much attention has been given to the middle-management, the PR guys, the HR, admin, legal teams and all the other invaluable positions held by …
Read More »LED light cable solves night time problems
Late at night, just as you get into bed, you may remember that you need to charge your mobile phone. There is nothing more annoying than fumbling for the light switch while locating the USB cable connector header. A company have tried to cure this problem with their new USB …
Read More »Google submits anti-trust settlement proposal to EU Commission
Google has been under the investigative eye of the European Commission for the past couple of years, where it has been threatened with anti-trust action, after claims that Google was using its search engine dominance to push its other products on consumers. Now though, Google has submitted a proposal that …
Read More »Facebook now offering confusing gift cards
While no one can question that social networking has become a huge business, with a lot of money behind it, one of the toughest challenge for the sites' owners is monetising them. Facebook is now trying a new method, with its own gift cards. However they don't function quite like …
Read More »Microsoft orders massive price hike for Windows 8
In response to a very poor showing around the launch of Windows 8, Microsoft has decided that it must squeeze whatever pennies are available from the few sales that are left in the desktop version of its tablet operating system. Expect big price rises for an operating system you have …
Read More »Corsair Hydro H90 and H110 (with i7-3930K) Review
Today we are going to look at the Corsair H90 which fits into the middle of the Hydro range, in a similar position to the H80i. It is designed to compete directly with the new NZXT Kraken X40 (review forthcoming), boasting a 140 mm radiator to improve performance over standard …
Read More »New Biostar launch makes THX available to all
In terms of launches, audio is generally the poor cousin of the CPU and GPU. While publications across the globe go ape for the latest and greatest in terms of piped lines, cor-inducing cores and giggly hurts – the audio processor tends to stay in the shade. Not today. This …
Read More »KitGuru on social media – an independent interview
If KitGuru told you that we'd been interviewed by a model, then we know the way your collective minds work. If we then said that the model in question had competed in the last series of UK's Top Model, you'd start to think that we're taking advantage of all life …
Read More »Computer games didn’t cause American Presidents to kill
Around twice a year, some group will call for an end to computer games on the basis that they cause violence and the industry rallies to deny the claim. Today's the day. KitGuru plays Angry Pigs at full volume to build up a bit of latent aggression. You know. Just …
Read More »Dragons Den star Peter Jones buys Jessops brand
The troubled Jessops brand has been bought by a group of business experts, including famous Dragon's Den star Peter Jones. The 78 year old Leicester based chain went into administration earlier this month which resulted in the closing of all 187 stores. 1,500 people were unfortunate enough to lose their …
Read More »Amazon.com homepage down thursday
The Amazon.com homepage was down yesterday affecting users in the United States. Direct links to many products were still working, but navigating to the main webpage caused problems for thousands of users. The hacker group known as the Nazi Gods are taking the credit for the downtime. The Amazon homepage …
Read More »Sony tease Playstation 4 details at event
Sony have sent out invitations to journalists for a 20th February conference on ‘the future of Playstation'. This may mean a detailed announcement on the next generation Playstation 4 console. The news has caused much debate online on many blog sites. Gamers have been wanting an upgrade for the Playstation …
Read More »Nokia begins Windows Phone 7.8 rollout
As we expected it to, Windows Phone 7.8 is now rolling out to existing Windows Phone 7.x users. Nokia has announced that the update will start to rollout today to the Lumia 510, Lumia 610, Lumia 710, Lumia 800 and Lumia 900. The updates are dependent on carriers and given …
Read More »German consumer group is suing Valve over used game sales block
Despite Valve changing its terms of service in recent months to make it impossible for users of the digital download platform to sue it, that hasn't stopped a German consumer protection group – VZBV – stepping up to the plate and announcing its intentions to sue the company on behalf …
Read More »Streaming site Own3D is going under, deleting all VODs
Own3D, one of the bigger names in online game streaming for the past few years, has announced that it plans to close its doors for good at some point today, as well deleting all recorded and uploaded streams, prompting many to begin mass downloads in an effort to save the …
Read More »Facebook earnings are up thanks to mobile surge
Facebook revenue and profits have been higher than predicted by analysts, after what is being described as an explosion in mobile traffic and therefore mobile advertising. Impressively, the social network beat out expectations by over 40 per cent, raising its quarterly revenue to just under $1.6 (£1) billion. This equated …
Read More »ASUS rumoured to be working on next-generation Nexus 7
ASUS is rumoured to be working on a successor to the hugely popular Nexus 7 Android tablet. Given it has been the most successful Android tablet to date it is unsurprising to hear rumours of Google and ASUS teaming up again to launch a successor later this year. According to rumours arising …
Read More »Braven release BRV-1 ‘battle ready’ portable speakers
The new Braven BRV-1 speakers look like something Judge Dredd would attach to his motorbike. The hint is in the naming as ‘BRV' stands for ‘Battle Ready Vehicle'. These speakers are Bluetooth capable designed to work in tough environments, with bullets wizzing past your head. The BRV-1 are equipped with …
Read More »Firefox to block almost all Web Browser plug-ins
Firefox maker Mozilla have announced that the browser will soon block all browser plug-ins except Adobe Flash Player by default. Michael Coates, Mozilla director of security assurance spoke out in a blog posting “One of the most common exploitation vectors against users is drive-by exploitation of vulnerable plug-ins.” He added …
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