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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has claimed that Apple are a ‘patent bully'. Schmidt says that Apple are a ‘very good partner', but he said that he doesn't agree with patent wars, feeling they ‘prevent choice' and innovation. He also said that some of the Apple patents really shouldn't stand. He …

Netflix have updated their iOS application to support the newest iPhone 5 screen as well as offering support for iOS6. The company claim that improvements have also been made to browsing, viewing and searching. The update will be welcomed by the millions of people who have already parted with money …

Research In Motion have surprised analysts by reporting an increase in subscriber base and sales. While they have posted another quarterly loss, the company position is not quite as bad as many expected. The Canadian company are still dropping market share in the North American market as it struggles to …

Talk Talk has been crowned the king of horrible ISPs, after it was announced that it had received the most complaints about its services between Apil and June this year. For every 100,000 customers, it received 42 complaints for its broadband – comparative service Sky, received only 10. It wasn't …

The Canadian Department of Finance (DoF) has had to suspend an advertising campaign it had entrusted to Yahoo, after one of its Economic Action banners appeared on the file sharing website The Pirate Bay. Apparently the ad appeared along with the search results for a Dr Who episode. The official …

From the point where Intel launched Conroe, AMD has had some serious challenges in the desktop processor market. Now, speaking as the head of the desktop business team on the eve of the launch of Trinity, Leslie Sobon seems quietly confident of her company's ability to grow its market share. …

There doesn't seem to be a day that goes past without some company seeking legal action on another, and today LG have decided to target Samsung, over claims of patent infringement. The news which hit a couple of hours ago suggested that Samsung are infringing on an LG Display patents …

Earlier in the week we reported that Huawei was getting ready to unveil two Windows Phone 8 devices this week, however the expected press event date has come and passed. The latest reports now suggest that the mid-range Ascend W1 and flagship Ascend W2 won't be ready until the end of …

Intel is slowly making their appearance in the smartphone arena, their most noticeable entrant being the Motorola RAZR i that was announced last week. Previously, Chrome for Android did not support Intel's x86 Medfield platform and a new update brings this compatibility. The Google Chrome release article did not mention …

Blackberry are facing a tough struggle against market leaders Apple and Google. At their recent event in San Jose, California they could barely fill a third of the 1,500 seat venue. A far cry from the pioneering company of yesteryear. Later today they are due to release financial results which …

Digitimes in the Far East are claiming that the upcoming Haswell based processor range may have a negative impact on some of the second tier motherboard players. This may even force some of them out of the market completely. Haswell is set to integrate functions such as power phase control …

It didn't take long for Apple users to express their dissatisfaction with the latest iOS6 operating system. A new poll shows that Apple's smartphone users are less satisfied with the operating system than they were with previous releases. It has been impossible to miss the explosion around Apple Maps recently, …

After details were revealed by Radu Dragusin over at IEEElog.com a few days ago that passwords and user details for some 100,000 members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers had been made publicly available on the company's FTP server for at least a month, the organisation has now …

A new video appeared this morning on the MrKimDotcom Youtube channel, headlined “Kim Dotcom – Making of Megabox,” which plays out like a movie trailer, with shots going in and out of focus, a thumping musical backing track and sample footage of the new website in action, giving a hint as …

With a growing number of devices being used all day long, even the most stellar batteries can't hope to provide all the juice we need all the time we need it. To get around this solution, we need to be able to charge up on the go. But most cars …

Earlier in the year there was much speculation around multiple Nexus class devices from a few manufacturers including Samsung, HTC and LG. In case you didn't know, a Nexus device is one that runs pure Android, much like the Nexus 7 tablet we reviewed recently. Rumours are circulating about a …

Over the weekend it was revealed that Apple's latest iPhone is rather prone to scratches and scuffs. The anodised aluminium rear casing of the iPhone 5 was found to be easily scratched or scuffed by keys, a probable everyday occurance. Some early adopters even found that scuffs arrived out of the box. …

Foxconn are facing a new wave of criticism, as the latest fight at one of their factories has placed the spotlight on their security team. Reports are coming in that the heavy handed security team and the regimented dormitory life may have been the tipping point for the brawl which …

While the launch of nVidia's Fermi architecture and AMD's Bulldozer might have had investors running to buy stocks in electricity production companies, overall, the trend for power consumption has been downward. KitGuru listens to rumours coming out of the east about possible changes to mainboard requirements for Intel's Haswell in …

Innovation and inspiration are not quite twins, but they are very close cousins. By the same token, derivation and downright rip-off are also closely related. Lawyers get phat on the differences between these words and, right now, some of those lawyers belong to Acer, Foxconn, Kingston and Toys ‘R' Us. You may …

Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins spoke out at the press briefing at the BlackBerry Jam event. He said that betting everything on the upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system would allow the company to grow their user base again in the United States and North America. Research In Motion have …

Ever thought to yourself, “I'd love to buy some Special K cereal, but I have no money. If only I could pay with my tweets”? If you're one of the very few people that answered yes to that question then I may have the shop for you. The world's first …

Just as Samsung starts to roll out the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update to the Galaxy S III in Poland (you can read our review for the device here,) they have also announced what devices will get the latest version of Android. The devices that will be updated are as follows: Galaxy S …

While AMD might struggle to match Intel's tick-tock on the CPU side of life, the old ATi graphics team has no such difficulty in pushing out next-generation GPUs. We have spoken with our sources in the Far East and discovered AMD's launch plans for the Radeon 8000 series. KitGuru orders …

Just under three weeks ago Nokia presented their Windows Phone 8 line-up, part of which was the Lumia 920. The flagship device includes PureView technology and one its main features is improved image stabilisation for smoother video and better low-light camera performance. The former has been uniquely tested, and compared …

Asus are running a very cool new competition via Facebook. The main prize is a stunning new Z77 motherboard. The entry terms are easy. You just have to solve three riddles on this page, then send an email directly to the company. If you don't manage to win the 1st …

Foxconn have reopened one of their Chinese factories after closing it yesterday due to a fight among 2,000 workers. Foxconn said the police were investigating the issue, and it was so bad that they closed the factory yesterday to calm the tensions among their staff. Many are claiming that the …

Iran no longer has access to the Google search engine, or the Gmail email system, with no explanation by officials as to if or when they will be reinstated and what the reason for their filtering was. The announcement for the digital blockade was made by an official named Khoramabadi – …

An inquiry has been ordered by the New Zealand Prime Minster, John Key, into whether the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) – NZ's foreign intelligence agency – conducted unlawful spying on the Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, as part of the investigation. According to Mr Key(via Beehive.govt), the GCSB acted unlawfully …

Huawei have made some sucessful value orientated Android smartphones in recent years and as they make a move to the high-end, they are about to unveil two Windows Phone 8 devices. On a media event on September 25th the Chinese company is set to unveil the Ascend W1 and Ascend …