For those of you that were feeling sad and nostalgic for the long time high street retailer HMV, fret not, as Hilco, the company that bought up HMV Canada a couple years ago, has now stepped in and put the brakes on HMV's demise and has promised to restructure and …
Read More »Mega.co.nz enters top 150 sites, bigger than DropBox, Rapidshare
Kim Dotcom's recently launched Mega file locker website has been climbing the ranks of the world's biggest sites very quickly indeed. Just yesterday it had become the biggest site in New Zealand and today it's managed to eclipse not only Rapidshare, but DropBox as well. This was announced by Kim …
Read More »How fast will Sky Go eat your data plan?
For anyone with an iPad and Sky, last night was really fun. Sky's programming team forced through an update, which didn't work, and services across the land were severely disrupted. One reader send us an interesting screen grab and we'd like to share the contents with you. Sky Go runs …
Read More »Hennessey Venom GT breaks production car acceleration record
Hennessey Performance Engineering, a well known American tuning house have managed to break a world record. Their Hennessey Venom GT car has set a new Guinness World Record for the ‘world's fastest accelerating production car'. The car had to complete two runs in opposite directions within one hour of each …
Read More »Asus & Gigabyte motherboard shipments in 2013
I spoke to some industry insiders last night in Taipei and 2013 looks to be a tough year for the leading motherboard manufacturers. Asustek are expected to see a slight drop in shipments in 2013, down from 22.2 million in 2012 to 21.5 million in 2013. Gigabyte will be trying …
Read More »Fractal Design Node 304 Mini-ITX Case Review
Today we are going to look at the Fractal Design Node 304, one of the companies first attempts at a small-form factor case. It boasts an impressive feature set which includes support for six hard drives and an ATX power supply There is also a fair amount of headroom …
Read More »Steve Jobs threatened Palm if they employed Apple staff
Steve Jobs had apparently threatened Palm with a patent suit if they didn't agree to not hire Apple employees. The report came from Reuters which was made public yesterday. The court filing is part of a class action lawsuit against Apple, Google, Pixar, Lucasfilm and others over an agreement those …
Read More »Apple pull photo sharing apps: too many nude pictures
500px are a Toronto photo sharing startup and they reported that both of their applications 500px for iOS and ISO500 have been pulled from the Apple Application store due to concerns over nude photos. Both of the applications are popular, and have acquired over 1 million downloads, according to a …
Read More »Samsung set to announce at least three Android tablets at MWC
While Mobile World Congress is still a month away, the rumours and leaks are already flowing at a steady pace. The latest involves Samsung's upcoming Android tablets. It will likely include a 7 and 10.1 inch Galaxy Tab 3, a mystery tablet known only as ‘Roma' and the previously leaked …
Read More »New Laser Pegs light-up construction toys launch
Laser Pegs, the originators of light-up construction, is the world’s only patented range of illuminated construction toys. Laser Pegs is the first unique toy construction set in the world in which each piece feeds the next piece low voltage current. A must-have for any construction fan, the new Laser Pegs …
Read More »Dotcom’s Mega becomes biggest NZ site, hits Dropbox traffic
Kim Dotcom's Mega.co.nz, has in just a few short days, become the biggest website in all of New Zealand. If that's not enough however, it's also had a big impact on the visitor numbers for rival file locker website, Drop Box. This was all posted on twitter by Kim Dotcom, …
Read More »Huawei hopes to make a statement in Europe with the Ascend G615
Chinese mobile brand Huawei has yet to truly break through into the European smartphone market but has made a clear statement to do so with the Ascend G615. The mid-high end Android smartphones packs in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with an update to Jelly Bean being made available soon after launch. …
Read More »Ex-Microsoft executive claims Ballmer forces out potential threats
Ex-Microsoft senior executive, Joachim Kempin, has written a tell all book that claims the software giant's long standing CEO, Steve Ballmer, has mainly retained his position by ousting those that could potentially take over from him at some point in the future. Describing the rise and fall of Microsoft COO …
Read More »Ouya could have Firefox support
While you might be looking forward to the Ouya Android console for many reasons, there could now be one more. Mozilla is currently working on making a Ouya compatible version of its Firefox browser, as well as making it easily navigable with a controller. The announcement was made on the …
Read More »Blockbuster closing 160 stores
The administration firm for Blockbuster, Deloitte – which is becoming more of a household name at this point than the companies it's administering – has announced that 160 Blockbuster stores will close. “Having reviewed the portfolio with management, the store closure plan is an inevitable consequence of having to restructure …
Read More »Adata and Kingston disect 32GB memory price jump
Most of the time, technology manufacturers keep the underlying cost of a product ‘masked' from us, the consumers. When a component suffers a temporary increase in cost, that amount is swallowed and the price on the shelf remains the same.When the price drops, the manufacturers also hang onto the difference …
Read More »Samsung launch Galaxy Grand phablet
Samsung India have launched their Galaxy Grand which features dual sim functionality. This phablet has been released just a day after Micromax announced their Canvas HD with 5 inch screen. The Times Of India reported on the new product which has been announced at RS 25,000. The Galaxy Note and …
Read More »Five of Steve Job’s biggest mistakes
The Harvard Business Review posted an article detailing mistakes that Steve Jobs made. The point they are trying to make? Even the most successful leaders have a string of failures during their career. They say “any entrepreneur who wants to invent, innovate, or create must be willing to be imperfect …
Read More »Asus ends 2012 on top of UK component market
At KitGuru, we're always playing the ‘old geezer' card, using our grey hair and pot-bellies to bring back factoids from yesteryear. That means we can remember a time when current Asus board-level executives were driving up and down the UK countryside – working hard to generate any mainboard orders they …
Read More »Napster documentary Downloaded to premier at SXSW
A documentary directed by Alex Winters, the most excellent companion to Keanu Reeve's Ted, from Bill and Ted, called Downloaded, is set to debut at the South by South West festival, chronicling the rise and fall of the internet's first dominant, Peer to Peer file transfer service, Napster, and its …
Read More »HMV accepting gift vouchers once again
If you tore up your HMV gift vouchers in disgust since the announcement that it would no longer be accepting them due to its administration, you're about to get more annoyed, as they've just been reinstated by administrator Deloitte. When it was initially announced that vouchers could no longer be …
Read More »More League of Legends pro players banned for being abusive
Sports around the world, whether they be based in the real world or online, have trash talking as part of their culture. It's an accepted practice and is annoying when you're on the receiving end, but we don't expect people to be 100 per cent gentlemanly 100 per cent of …
Read More »Mega launch plagued by heavy load
When launching a website, every developer wants to see the popularity of their new property explode. They want the media talking about it and people watching their press conference, reading their tweets and above all, using the site itself. While that has happened in the case of Kim Dotcom's new …
Read More »Windows Phone 7.8 roll-out to commence January 31
In mid-November last year we heard that Microsoft will commence the Windows Phone 7.8 roll-out for first and second generation handsets by the end of the year. For reasons unknown this schedule was pushed back and the latest date appears to be January 31st. Windows Phone Colombia has informed users …
Read More »Armored Toyota Sequoia built by Lexani Motorcars
We like cars and fancy transport at Kitguru. A new fully kitted out Toyota Sequoia has been created by Lexani Motorcars which features an incredible list of internal changes. This is a car that the President would be proud to drive around in. This armored vehicle features state of the …
Read More »Apple want writer to improve Siri dialogue
Apple have posted a job on LinkedIn which shows that the company are wanting to enhance the SIRI software, which has its roots in a Pentagon-funded artificial intelligence research project. Apple want SIRI to be ‘smarter'. The ad read “[S]omeone who combines a love for language, wordplay, and conversation with …
Read More »Can Sony’s new Xperia Tablet Z tablet take marketshare?
Sony have announced the new Xperia Tablet Z tablet, which will be only 6.9 millimeters thick and will weigh only 495 grams with a 10.1 inch display. Sony have been struggling in recent years, reporting four straight annual losses. As we reported last week, they have also just sold their …
Read More »Dotcom opens ‘Mega’ sharing site
Kim Dotcom – the owner of Megaupload.com which was closed a year ago has started a new website. The new file storage and sharing site has already received a lot of attention and Dotcom says that innovation won't be stopped. The new Mega website started accepting registrations from the public …
Read More »Batmobile for sale at £3m – Holy Auto Trading
In recent times, the Batmobile has been overhauled again and again – until it has turned into a self-aware, 21st century death-dealer, capable of balancing the odds in any armed conflict. But that's not where it started. Now the actual, original Batmobile has been sold for almost £3 million. KitGuru …
Read More »German laser weapon cuts steel at 1km
When H.G. Wells published The War of the Worlds in 1898, he helped the world envision a future where enemies would cut Earth's forces apart with powerful heat-rays. Now Germany’s Rheinmetall Defense has successfully tested something very real and very effective. KitGuru balances its wonder of all things science fiction …
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