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It shouldn't be news to you that Apple Maps was a mess upon its launch a couple of months ago, nor should it surprise you that the Apple Maps director was shown the door last week. However, Victorian Police are now warning users to avoid Apple Maps as there have …

Today we are going to look at the latest gaming headset from Asus, the Orion Pro. Like the models we’ve seen previously, this falls under the ‘Republic of Gamers’ brand. As a result, we have high expectations for the headset as it must reflect the performance and style that we have experienced with previous models.

December is a crazy month for giveaways, but I doubt too many people are complaining ! Patriot are working with CM Storm and are giving away a Scout 2 case, Patriot Intel Extreme Master 16GB memory, An Inferno mouse and a Supersonic Rage 32GB USB 3.0 pen drive. If you …

Gabe Newell has been speaking with Kotaku about their plans to enter into the hardware sector. We have already discussed Valve's plans to release a console style computer for the home and this could go head to head against the upcoming Sony and Microsoft consoles. Valve seem keen to release …

For the last couple of weeks, I have been getting many calls from friends and family members about their computers giving problems. This is nothing unusual, but I have been noticing a plethora of security issues on the computers I have been fixing. One of the computers I have to …

IBM have been working on new optical communications advances. They are due to outline today how this is possible with a standard 90 nanometer semiconductor manufacturing process. ZDnet posted an article on this today which makes for interesting reading. IBM have called the technology ‘silicon nanophotonics' which they outlined in …

One of the scenes biggest newsgroup indexing sites NBZmatrix have closed their services. They posted on their homepage “The End… It is with our regret to announce that NZBMATRIX has closed. We have had to make this decision due to a very large takedown request from a company called Wiggin …

BeQuiet! have partnered up with us for a very cool Christmas competition, running for the next week. You have the opportunity to win some quality, silent hardware with one of the industries must respected companies. BeQuiet! are giving away a – DARK POWER PRO 10 750W DARK ROCK 2 and …

Do you fancy yourself as a hardware reviewer? Kitguru is expanding in 2013 and we are looking for some talented, additional hardware reviewers to meet the rising demand for our content. If you are interested and have a good digital camera and are able to take quality pictures (preferably you …

A Foxconn worker that needed half his brain removed after an accident at one of the company's manufacturing facilities, has been ruled against by Chinese labour arbitrators, making it now seem likely that he will be forced to undergo disability testing in an area that offers far less support than …

While this has yet to be confirmed for Wii U console owners worldwide, a report from an Italian gamer is suggesting that those wanting to buy adult orientated content on the platform, will need to do so between 11PM and 3AM, otherwise it will be locked. Supposedly the NeoGaf user …

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League of Legends has been making a lot of journalistic waves in the past few days, with the biggest focus on the removal and crack down on trolls. However the big rumour today is that the world's most popular game could be coming to Steam. The hints come from entries …

We're all aware of AMD's ‘Never Settle' campaign for Xmas, where the purchase of any decent spec card is accompanied by some cool new games for your stocking – free of charge. But it seems that the chaps at Aria have taken this one or two steps further. KitGuru plays …

For a site that began with a man talking about his trip to the Zoo, Youtube has evolved into something much bigger in the past half a decade – in terms of viewer numbers and in what it's used for. We've seen everything from drugged up kids after the dentist, …

We've said it on KitGuru a number of times: If you were boiling hot on a summer's day and had the choice between (a) sitting in a small, dark room with a fan on you or (b) diving into a swimming pool, then we all know which one cools best. …

While the Samsung Galaxy S III has only been with us for the better part of a year, its successor is currently being rumoured for an April 2013 debut. If common sense prevails Samsung's next generation flagship will be known as the Galaxy S IV and could include some previously unseen technology. …

Following the announcement of the HTC J Butterfly in October for the Japanese market we knew that a global version was bound to be on its way. HTC has today announced the Butterfly for international markets. The most notable feature of the Butterfly is undoubtedly the 5 inch, 1080p Super …

Judge Lucy Koh who ruled over the $1bn award of patent damages to Apple against Samsung in August has made a plea for both companies to consider ‘global peace' yesterday at an appeal hearing. The companies argued for three hours over the scope and consequences of the earlier ruling. In …

While IDC and Gartner battle it out to produce the best overall estimates of the market in terms of how many units will ship into the various markets, other analysts focus on a specific set of components within those systems – and use that as a way to predict overall …

Google have had success with their free online Google Apps suite, a package designed to challenge Microsoft Office in the mainstream sector. Google say that if they charge $50 per user per year (around £33 in UK) it can provide support to businesses. They said “Businesses quickly outgrow the basic …

Should artists be paid for their work? If so, how much? Should it be, at any stage, OK for people with little/no money to enjoy the artist's work without paying? Should IP be policed harder or is sharing the fault of middle-man companies that want to charge too much. These …

Mushkin has announced what it's calling a “world's first,” with its new 480GB mSATA SSD, designed to save on space while giving Ultrabooks a serious performance boost. Joining the Atlas family of mSATA drives, this new just-shy-of-500GB offering, features a SATA III interface, TRIM and S.M.A.R.T support and all the …

Following on from a reveal in August that the New Zealand intelligence agency, Government Communication Security Bureau (GCSB), illegally spied on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom before his arrest in January, it has now been granted that the file locker millionaire will be able to sue the organisation for damages. While …

While Riot might be coming right off the back of its banning of a pro League of Legends player, it's still hot at work on figuring out the best way to combat one of the game's big problems: the persistence of negative and trolling players. MOBA titles have a reputation for having …

I was shopping today for some Christmas presents and I have to pick up an iPad Mini for my girlfriend. It's not an option. I think I have told you guys before that my girlfriend is a Macintosh fanatic. Its scary. Buying her something else for Christmas would cause problems …

Apple CEO Tim Cook has said that Apple will spend more than $100 million next year on building Macintosh computers in America. They are moving a portion of their manufacturing away from China, the country which handles the majority of their product range. Cook spoke to Bloomberg Businessweek and said …

The man behind one of the most well known names in home PC security, John McAfee has been arrested in Guatemala for entering the country illegally. He has been on the run for several days in neighbouring country Belize, after being described as a person of interest by the authorities, …

Bloomberg have reported that the joint Intel-Microsoft attack on the tablet market is off to a slow start. Both companies initially announced a dozen tablets which would run Windows 8. Only five of these can be purchased for immediately delivery. Craig Berger, an analyst at FBR Capital Markets has said …

Firework displays are good, but even if you spend £30 on an air-bomb battery of some kind, it's all over in a few seconds and the impression is rarely lasting. If you invest £10,000,000 on an event, you can bet your life that it will give you memories that will …