The weekend is here, time to treat yourself to some new hardware? That smell when opening a new box is all the sweeter when you didn't pay full retail, right? We posted a deal that ARIA were running earlier for a half price CM Storm Inferno gaming mouse. Sadly these …
Read More »G.SKILL Memory break Overclocking world record
4m 44.609s – The world’s fastest SuperPI 32M score achieved by the renown Russian overclocking team, OCLAB.RU, with G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 memory, Intel Core i7 3770K CPU and ASUS Z77 Maximus V Extreme motherboard Congratulations to the Russian legendary overclockers, Slamms and Smoke, from team “OCLAB.RU” on breaking the new …
Read More »ARIA AXE price of CM Storm Inferno 4000 DPI Gaming Mouse
ARIA have a one day deal running right now for one of the finest mice available on the market today. The CoolerMaster Storm Inferno 4,000 DPI mouse is available at almost HALF PRICE ! Normally in the United Kingdom you would pay £35-£40 for this high end gaming mouse, but …
Read More »HTC One X Jelly Bean update tipped for October
When we first reviewed HTC's flagship Android smartphone, the One X back in June one of our main concerns was the software. This has since been fixed to a degree and now the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is tipped for an October release. The LTE equipped One XL and the …
Read More »ASUS set to announce Padfone 2 next month
ASUS' Padfone has not been the smashing success that they might have hoped for. Reviews of the device weren't overly positive but regardless ASUS sees enough potential in such a device to announce a successor. On October 16 ASUS will unveil the Padfone 2 in Milan and also Taipei. Not much …
Read More »Win AFOX HD7850 Single Slot Crossfire Graphics!
Are you building a new system? Are you wanting to push some serious frame rates with a new graphics card update but concerned you can't afford the cost? Today we might just have the solution for you. We have worked with AFOX to give away not one but two of …
Read More »Strong ARM bulges to take more market share
As we've said before on KitGuru, companies communicate in a lot of different ways. The press release is one and the annual report is another. While these don't normally contain downright lies, they are certainly spun in a very specific/positive way. But what about recruitment? It's tough to spin job …
Read More »Apple under attack for shoddy map software
Apple have updated their mapping software, switching from Google's system to their own with the latest release of iOS 6. The company are facing a massive backlash worldwide from customers, which has surprised everyone. The criticism is based around the new map system, and an array of errors which pollute …
Read More »Pirate Bay financier to go bankrupt
One of the four men charged with facilitating copyright infringement as part of the Pirate Bay (TPB) trial and bankroller of the site's early days, Carl Lundström, has filed for personal bankruptcy. At this stage, after interest increases and additions, the four collectively owe 76 million Kronor (£7.2 million), but …
Read More »“Offensive” tweets unlikely to bring criminal charges
Comments made on social network Twitter, are unlikely to lead to criminal charges, the current director of prosecutions, Keir Starmer has said. This follows in the wake of scandal surrounding jokes made about Olympic diver Tom Daley and another made about blowing up a British airport. Starmer clarified the point, …
Read More »Samsung mocks Apple fans in commercial, again
Regardless of recent events between Samsung and Apple, such as the billion dollar patent battle in California, Samsung's marketing team has taken another swipe at Apple customers barely a week after the announcement of the iPhone 5. The ad as usual mocks Apple fans waiting in line for the latest iDevice. …
Read More »NAND Flash memory may see price increase
I spoke with an industry insider a couple of hours ago and it may be the case that NAND flash memory prices will increase soon. The four largest NAND flash chip supplies, Toshiba, Samsung Electronics, SanDisk and SK Hynix are discussing the options for raising prices soon due to the …
Read More »HTC and Microsoft announce the Windows Phone 8X
Yesterday afternoon London time HTC renewed allegiance to Microsoft in New York. At the press event they announced two new devices for the Windows Phone 8 platform; the flagship 8X and 8S. The HTC 8X has a very sleek polycarbonate body weighing 130 grams and looks to fit in the …
Read More »Microsoft Sculpt Comfort keyboard – backspace key is part of space bar
I have used Microsoft keyboards for many years and really rate them as a great solution. They announced their latest Sculpt Comfort board which is a rather unusual design. This full size desktop model is an ergonomically friendly Comfort Curve layout. The difference is that this time they have split …
Read More »German government warns against IE use
With the latest of serious bugs in IE going unfixed for a couple of days now, Germany's government has taken the surprising move to urge its citizens to stop using the long standing browser, amid fears over its security. Considering the flaw can affect all versions of the browser, it …
Read More »Slashdot, Sourceforge sold to Dice Holdings
Slashdot, along with Sourceforge and Freecode have been sold to Dice Holdings, owners of tech job search site Dice.com. The technology news site, best known for giving internet writers massive boosts to their readership if linked to and its never-ending debates on topics such as browser preferences, Slashdot was once valued at …
Read More »Twitter emphasises pictures with new look
Twitter has overhauled its look, by emphasising photos as part of a redesign that has quite obviously taken some inspiration from Facebook's Timeline cover photo. Revealed for the first time by company Dick Costolo this morning on American television, he said that a user's avatar image will now appear in …
Read More »Ballmer hints at Microsoft Surface pricing
In a recent interview, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was questioned over the upcoming Surface tablet launch. The passionate CEO believes they have a “very competitive product from the features perspective.” Ballmer also went on to hint at possible Surface pricing; from “$300 to about $700 or $800,” is the “sweet …
Read More »Thermaltake launches godfather of all Soprano chassis
There's a school of thought in design that says ‘In order to go forward, you must first look back'. Probably one of the more famous examples in recent times was the re-emergence of the roadster sports car. Some of the ideas in the BMW Z4 go back half a century, …
Read More »Motorola unveils the Intel powered RAZR i smartphone
Yesterday in London Motorola and Intel announced the first product of their smartphone partnership, the RAZR i. This is basically the global variant of the RAZR M targeted for the United States market announced two weeks ago. The RAZR i is one of the first smartphones to include Intel's Atom …
Read More »Alibaba buy back half of Yahoo stake for $7.6 Billion
Alibaba, the Chinese web organisation has bought back half of the stake Yahoo had in the company for $7.6 billion. They are moving to their initial public offering (IPO). Alibaba paid $6.3 billion in cash and $800 million in shares of the Alibaba group. They also paid $550 million which …
Read More »Apple unable to cope with iPhone 5 demand
Apple have sold more than 2 million iPhone 5 handsets in the first 24 hours, but they are now apparently struggling to meet the demand and have set back the pre-order delivery times in both the USA and UK. We all knew the demand would be high, but Apple are …
Read More »Sony unveil new super slim Playstation 3 console
Sony have unveiled the new super slim Playstation 3, just in time as Nintendo focus on their Wii U gaming machine. We heard talk about this new machine earlier in the year and it has finally been shown at a press conference. We managed to get hold of a picture …
Read More »Ebook price wars threaten entire industry
While Ebook and Ereader sales have shown enormous growth in the past few years, thanks to Amazon's Kindle, the Nook Tablet, smaller companies like Kobo and more, the entire industry is coming under threat from price competition between content providers. Some of the best selling authors now have digital books …
Read More »Cooler Master appoints Target as UK distributor
Target Components' Managing Director, Paul Cubbage, has had an amazing year. No mistake. Alongside banging in record revenues during a global financial crisis/flat market for technology, his team has also managed to secure a number of new deals that will, almost certainly, guarantee that the company breaks all of its …
Read More »AMD moves to chop 1% off its wage bill
Over time, companies gain and lose people. In the natural sequence of events, when someone leaves, they are often replaced immediately by someone else with similar experience/salary demands. Right now, that's not the case at AMD. KitGuru looks at the latest changes and believes it has found a pattern. If …
Read More »How does an overpriced Aston Martin smartphone sound?
There have been more than enough fashion over feature phones over the years and here's is another device to add to that list. Aston Martin has announced their own premium, yet low-end in terms of specifications Android smartphone. With a asking price ranging from $1290 up to $1590 for models …
Read More »Mini iPad will drive down competitor tablet prices
When Apple release their upcoming 7.8 inch ‘Mini iPad', competitors will be forced to drop their prices to snag a percentage of the market. Industry rumours circulating in Taipei today have indicated that many companies will drop the prices of their tablets by up to 40%-50%. Apple will have a …
Read More »570 megapixel dark energy camera: first pictures
Fermilab has turned on their 570 Megapixel Dark Energy Camera to take some fascinating pictures of the universe accelerating. The camera takes a series of shots and they are all ‘stitched' together into one giant image. The DECam has 62 individual ‘cameras' which are all connected together to make one …
Read More »Windows Phone 8 hits RTM
Over the weekend it has been revealed that Microsoft's latest effort at a mobile operating system, Windows Phone 8 ‘Apollo', has reached the RTM stage. Contrary to previous rumours the RTM date was planned and the late October release of Windows Phone 8 is still on schedule. Windows Phone 8 …
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