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Upgrading or replacing your PC is fun, but as soon as you get anything that boosts graphics performance – the first thing you'll be looking at is your tired old games and wondering how many new ones you should buy. XFX has just air-dropped the solution into Aria. KitGuru was …

While Research In Motion's BlackBerry 10 platform is still a few months away from launching, a fellow smartphone struggler may join in. HTC was once the dominant Android manufacturer and have since slipped behind Samsung. Their Windows Phone 7 line-up, while of a decent quality has not been able to …

Anyone out there with a Digital SLR camera will know that the better the camera and higher the image quality, the bigger the file. While smartphones are snapping JPGs in the 1-2 megabyte range, modern camera files can be significantly larger. KitGuru gets its hands on a low cost device …

Local companies in China have been making upgrades to the specifications of their entry level smartphones for the US $150-$240 sector. The plans are to make dual core 1GHZ processors and 4 inch screens the new industry ‘standard'. The news is circulating in the Far East over the weekend and …

It doesn't take a genius to realise the amount of tweaks and changes needed to your typical exercises, some of which are near impossible, when switching from a Windows laptop to Apple's iPad. Regardless, this is what an unknown school has done and has come to regret it. While most …

The Fuji X series of cameras has proven popular with the enthusiast audience, especially those who want a handy secondary camera for general shots, rather than having to carry around a bulky SLR all the time. The Fuji XF1 will be sold with three ‘classic' leather colours which will cover …

The iPhone 5 is due to be released very soon in every major part of the world and the first shipments are on their way from China. AppleInsider published the shipment news a few hours ago, highlighting a UPS order leaving ZhengZhou, China. The packages are not scheduled to be …

Today we are going to look at the Fractal Design Define R4 case which is essentially an updated version of the Define R3 which has been on the market for a few years. It comes in at a price of around £100 inc. VAT which means it’s competing with many other cases as the market is crowded at this price point.

Sparkle. Not a name that may immediately spring to mind when discussing a new video card release, however there was a time when they had some market presence in Europe. The company are refocusing their strategy and relaunching their brand name with a series of exciting, upcoming video cards. Today …

A Microsoft investigation has discovered that malware is being installed by criminals on to brand new machines in China, before they even leave the factory. It also found that in most cases, the PCs were shipping with counterfeit versions of Windows. While some might roll their eyes at this story, …

Nvidia has released an update for its graphics card drivers, bringing the latest WHQL certified release to 306.23. It brings with it quite an extensive list of updates, with a focus on getting ready for the release of both Borderlands 2 and the latest World of Warcraft expansion, Mists of …

It is that time again! the chance to win free hardware, courtesy of Gigabyte. This time they are working with Kitguru to give away the award winning Gigabyte Z77-D3H. Kitguru reviewed the Gigabyte Z77-D3H back in June this year and it earned our top award, combining fantastic performance with a …

While many of associate Steve Wozniak as the co-founder and programming and technical genius behind the early days of Apple, he is also an avid technology fan. In a recent interview he was asked about the ongoing patent battles between ex-employee Apple and Samsung and doesn't appear to like what …

Following yesterday's launch of Apple iPhone 5 which offers a very slightly tweaked design and a larger 4 inch, 1136×640 resolution IPS display, an American late night TV host, Jimmy Kemmel has passed some basic tests onto the uninformed public. In it, he tells them that the device he has …

Microsoft don't want their staff using competitor products. Steve Ballmer, their colourful CEO recently held their annual employee meeting and announced a series of freebies that Microsoft employees will be getting. 90,000 Microsoft employees worldwide will be getting a new Surface RT tablet, a new work PC with Windows 8 …

The Apple store has been taken down in preparation for the bombardment from customers who want to pre-order the new iPhone 5. Apple expect that demand will be high and are working behind the scenes to ensure their infrastructure can cope with the Apple fanatics pounding their network of servers …

Today Ebay showed off its newly designed logo, though it has yet to go live on either the .com or .co.uk domains. It looks sharp and sleek and all the letters are lined up correctly now – though similar to Microsoft's redesign, I can't help but wonder how much the auction …

Having slated the release of the Wii U in its native Japan for the 8th of December just yesterday, Nintendo was expected to announce a closer-to-Christmas date for the rest of the world. However those fears have proved false, with Nintendo announcing today that its next-generation console would land in …

As the Foo Fighters closed out Apple's expansive iPhone 5 launch event in California yesterday, opinions about the new phone raged across social networking sites like Facebook. Those who loved the idea of 28 mega pixel photos of their wonderful home city, went straight onto Google to find out how …

HTC and Samsung have threatened Apple in the past couple of weeks by promising to sue the company if the iPhone 5 had LTE. Well, this morning Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 complete with LTE and HTC and Samsung are taking immediate legal action. The two companies own several patents related …

Here on Earth, we think that temperature extremes involve moving from summer in the Middle East (regularly up to 50 degrees) right through to winter in the Arctic (regularly down to -50 degrees). But when you move into space, the numbers change. Work by an Iranian scientist has pushed the …

The iPhone 5 looks set to drive record sales for Apple this year and next. The new model will be the thinnest and lightest model, completely redesigned to house a 4 inch retina display. Inside is the new Apple designed A6 chip alongside fast wireless technology. Apple have introduced the …

This morning in San Fransico, Apple CEO, Tim Cook has announced that their newer mobile devices will get iOS 6 starting September 19. Devices include the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad 2, the new iPad and the fourth generation iPod Touch. The free update includes some neat features …

Apple have the iPhone 5 waiting in the wings, set to drive record sales in Q4, however their figures so far aren't too bad either. According to announcements made at the iPhone 5 event Apple have 380 Apple stores worldwide, placed in 12 different countries. A new Apple store is …

The Apple hype train continues to roll and market researcher IHS iSuppli say that the company are on track for the biggest quarter for iPhone sales, in history. The iPhone 5 is set to drive Apple smartphone shipments in 2012 to 149 million units, up 60 percent from 93 million …

The world is becoming an inherently more graphical, more tactile place where we – as users – are being pulled to the mainframe data storage concepts of old (where all the important stuff is being held elsewhere), while at the same time seeing big increases in locally available compute power …

A new site set to begin operation for the first time on 26th September, Indie Game Stand, will offer a single Indie game every four days, with users able to pay whatever they want for it. Clearly taking inspiration from the likes of HumbleBundle, but making things a little more …

Despite many publications, including ourselves, reporting just a few days ago that Apple had seemingly reversed its stance on torrent promoting applications on its app store, it has now proved initial hopes unfounded, by announcing the impending removal of both Conttrol and Transmission RPC. The first news the creator of Conttrol …

Rumours off the grapevine this morning indicate a big set of changes down at AMD, with the new Chief Sales Officer determined to put the company on the right track in the face of the toughest market conditions the chip specialists have ever faced. KitGuru stands around the mini-kitchenette and …

While many of us are looking forward to Windows Phone 8  in one way or another, the lack of custom ROMs will be sure to make a few people hesitant about the platform. Custom ROMs are a large part of the Android developer community and have also been seen in …