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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 …

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 …

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 …

The British police forces have called upon social networks run by Twitter, Facebook and Google to take down pictures of the convicted murderer Jon Venables, who's current image has been circulating online for the past couple of weeks. The order for the deletion came from attorney general Dominic Grieve who …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Apple are facing a challenge in recent months. Their shares have dropped by more than a third since September last year as analysts concerns over innovation grow. It was only a matter of time before Tim Cook faced tough challenges after the death of visionary leader Steve Jobs. Cook told …

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 …

Google are making a lot of money from their Android powered smartphones however the Google co-founder Sergei Brin spoke out about his opinions on the devices saying they were 'emasculating' and saying that Google Glass would be a solution to the societal problems they pose. Brin was on stage at …

A transparent computer which will allow people to reach inside and touch digital content has been showcased at the TED conference in Los Angeles. TED fellow Jinha Lee has been working on the SpaceTop 3D desktop in partnership with Microsoft. According to a report by the BBC they are saying …

If you thought the odd micro-transaction in free to play games was annoying, wait until you play any of EA's upcoming games – all of them will come equipped with some form of in-game payment system. EA has already taken flak for including micro-transactions in the single player heavy Dead Space …

While it might not quite have all the features of the popular miniature computer on a PCB Raspberry Pi, the newly created Freescale Kinetis KL02 is offering up the building blocks of something much smaller. It's a full microcontroller featuring a processor, RAM, ROM, clock and I/O control unit – …

We've covered The War Z a few times here at KitGuru, with its lying ways, apologies from major players at the company – which disturbingly still doesn't have its own website – and eventual removal from Steam for not offering a satisfactory build. Now though, it's been allowed back and …

Since we all saw Final Fantasy: Spirits Within and were treated to the flowing individual strands of hair found on the protagonist, it's been a long wait for the same thing in our video games (no? Just me?). Now though, AMD has helped us reach this pinnacle of follicle immersion. With the …

In a move that will make it a little harder for groups like the BPI to cry poverty, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has announced that the music industry's revenue grew by 0.3 per cent throughout 2011, totalling nearly £11 billion. The reasoning behind the trend is …

Everytime I turn on my computer I seem to get another update request for Adobe Flash, as the company seem to be working hard to plug security holes for their ever popular code. February has been a busy month for the update team. The Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team …

Stuxnet is a celebrity among viral code, hitting the headlines some time ago for reportedly hitting an Iranian nuclear facility. A new cyber security report claims it is much older than initially thought. Symantec researchers, one of the firms involved in the initial analysis of the code when it was …

Microsoft are launching the Surface Windows 8 tablet in Japan next month according to reports from the Nikkei news service. A Microsoft spokeswoman confirmed with CNET that the Surface will reach Japan in the near future but didn't specify a precise date. The spokeswoman said “As part of our phased …

For a long time Australia has been restricted to selling only titles that fall under the 15+ age rating, as there simply wasn't an 18+ rating to go on. Recently an adult rating was brought in, but Queensland, one of the larger and most populous provinces lagged behind – now …

If you have an EU account with PlanetSide 2, it might be a good idea to change your login information. While the devs are claiming everything is under control, it appears a nefarious few may have managed to steal email addresses and passwords of some European accounts for the MMO …

A couple of weeks ago we reported on how one and then many other Valve employees were let go. This seems to be a pretty rare thing at Valve and something that's a little hard to understand, since it operates a boss-free structure that sees people moving their desks where …

Groups like the Pirate Party and prolific twitter users like Stephen Fry, might help remind us from time to time of certain freedoms that seem to be harder for ourselves and politicians to remember as the years go on, but one man in Italy is doing far more with his …

The Pirate Bay has been one of Sweden's most defining features throughout the 21st century so far, but that will no longer be the case, as the torrent search site has hitched up its socks and left its native shores for pastures green – and ones less filled with copyright …

Today we are going to look at the Node 605 from Fractal Design which is designed to be used primarily for home theatre PC builds. It is part of the same range as the Node 304 that we looked at recently which we found to be a very competent product. …

LG have bought the webOS operating system from Hewlett Packard and will be using it in upcoming television sets, commercial displays and perhaps even cars. They said they won't be using it in tablets or smartphone however. LG's CTO Skott Ahn said “The open and transparent webOS technology offers a …

McAfee have gathered 113 million core samples of malware signatures in the last year and they are going to use that information into a new software suite using behavioral heuristics in their code to spot unknown samples. The final result could mean that botnets would be defeated, worldwide. Pat Calhoun, …

Opera Software today announced the launch of its fully-owned subsidiary Opera Mediaworks, which focuses on providing advertising, content distribution and monetization services to the global mobile marketplace. Opera Mediaworks services more than 80,000 mobile sites and mobile applications, managing more than 50 Billion ad impressions per month and enabling more …

Apple have offered to pay some money to parents who are frustrated that their kids have been buying applications via iTunes without their permission. They will be offering a $6 iTunes credit or cash if the amount was more than $30. The company have said they will pay to settle …