Last week a leaked Android 4.1 build for the international Samsung Galaxy S III build was captured on film and now Android Central's sources claim that the official Jelly Bean update for its flagship smartphone will commence following the Samsung Unpacked event next week on the 29th. The firmware update is …
Read More »The PC industry waits on Windows 8 to drive sales.
Many PC oriented companies are reporting poor sales in their last fiscal reports, with Dell among the list. Part of the problem is that Windows 7 is now firmly established and people have felt no need to adopt another computer, with shiny new operating system. Windows 8 is certainly not …
Read More »Nikon use Android on Coolpix S800c
Nikon are creating some ripples in the photographic sector by announcing their latest Coolpix S800C camera. It is the first time we have seen a major camera company using Android as the operating system, although it was only a matter of time. Their new Coolpix S800c features Android 2.3 Gingerbread …
Read More »Dell PC sales drop, profit falls 18%
Dell have reported poor second quarter profits and the Wall Street Journal claim that there are tough times ahead for the company as they move away from selling personal computers. The profit for fiscal period ending August 3rd dropped 18% as revenue also dropped 8%. Dell added that their projection …
Read More »Facebook is copying China?
In what initially seems like someone has the story back to front, a US firm is being accused of copying from a Chinese one. However, it turns out that's exactly what's happening. The companies in question are Facebook and Cubic Network, which is claiming that the social network giant stole …
Read More »Everything Everywhere gets 4G head start
In a move that isn't likely to please the other mobile companies, OfCom has granted Everything Everywhere (formerly Orange and T-Mobile) approval for using its existing 1800 MHz spectrum to offer 4G data services to its customers. Considering the auction for who gets what part of the spectrum has yet …
Read More »Overclockers react quickly to AMD price drop
Yesterday, KitGuru carried the news that AMD was making some strong price moves. Naturally, these tend to be in dollars, so it's always nice to see how they translate into local currency before we celebrate too much. Checking the latest postings in their forum, it looks like OcUK were quick …
Read More »Get hands-on with Asus at Multiplay i46 this weekend
Without doubt, Multiplay are the masters of multiplayer gaming and the Insomnia series of LAN events is legendary. This weekend, Telford International Centre will be packed, wall to wall, with thousands of gamers – eager to win big prizes, have a laugh and make new friends. Asus will be there …
Read More »Nokia controls over half of the Windows Phone market
A recent report by analyst firm Localytics reveals that even though Nokia did not join the Windows Phone 7 realm until second generation devices made their appearance, they today control 59% of the Windows Phone market. Nokia started the year in third place with 22% global market share, behind Samsung and …
Read More »Apple vs Samsung verdict will go to the jury
Unsurprisingly Apple and Samsung were unable to come to any agreement in court on Monday and now one of the largest smartphone legal wars will come down to the nine jury members. Instead of the typical guilty/not guilty verdict the jurors will have to answer more than 700 questions based …
Read More »Motorola now gunning for Apple: seven patent complaint
Apple may be battling Samsung in their high profile court case right now, but Motorola are lining up for their second U.S. Internal Trade Commission complaint against Apple. Motorola claim that Apple have a number of products available which infringe on seven owned patents relating to wireless technology, such as …
Read More »Smashing ideas for the future of gaming
While PCs and traditional consoles were busy focusing on how many pixels could be cinematically shaded with ultra-realism a decade ago, the team at Nintendo went in a different direction with the Wii. It was a serious wake up call to the big boys and led to products like Kinect. …
Read More »Samsung investing $4bn in Texas chip plant
Samsung Electronics have announced today that they are planning to invest $4bn into their chipmaking factory in Austin. The goal? To improve logic chip production to meet rising market demands worldwide. The money is being pumped into the production output, handling primarily processors for advanced mobile applications. They said in …
Read More »Apple: officially the most valuable company – $619bn
Apple's market worth has been steadily growing over the last 10 years and their shares rose past $660 on New York's Nasdaq stock exchange last night. Their market capitalisation is now valued at $619bn (£394bn). There once was a time when Apple trailed behind Exxon Mobil ($405bn), but now they …
Read More »Is Rapidshare’s hypocrisy a peace offering?
File locker website Rapidshare has been making headlines today, after its chief legal officer, Daniel Raimer, suggested that cloud storage websites like Rapidshare weren't facilitators of piracy at all – it's the link sites that are to blame. Of course it didn't take long for those with strong moral standings …
Read More »Two thirds of the UK to have FTTH by 2016
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has been playing up to claims that when it comes to broadband, his main interest is speed, not coverage. He even went as far as saying that himself: “when the Lords Committee criticised me this summer for being preoccupied with speed, I plead guilty. And so …
Read More »AMD cuts prices on high-end cards to tackle nVidia
Whether a graphic card wins or loses a benchmark battle is almost entirely down to the price that the manufacturer wants to charge for it. The actual line up from AMD and nVidia, when placed in a single column based on price, is called the product stack. KitGuru learns of …
Read More »Apple accuse Samsung of ‘abusing power’
Apple experts have said that Samsung abused their ‘monopoly power' over certain wireless patents and have demanded an unreasonable royalty from Apple for use in their iPhone. Richard Donaldson, a former patents attorney for Texas Instruments told the court that a 2.4% royalty Samsung demanded on the price of the …
Read More »Samsung teases the Galaxy Note II in preview video
The existence of a Galaxy Note successor, which recently ranked up over 10 million sales, from Samsung is no secret. It is also fairly clear that Samsung will take the veils off its next generation “phablet” at IFA in Berlin at the end of the month. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P3divJBqlI'] Not much …
Read More »Sony Xperia SL offers minimal upgrade over predecessor
Sony has today announced the Xperia SL a couple of weeks ahead of its expected announced at IFA in Germany. The Xperia SL is a minor upgrade over the current Xperia S flagship, offering a slightly faster chipset and seemingly not much else. The dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 processor is …
Read More »ASRock X79 Extreme11 Motherboard Review
Over the past couple of years ASRock have really upped their game and are now competing with world renowned motherboard manufacturers such as Asus and Gigabyte. We have looked at a number of motherboards from ASRock recently and none of them have failed to impress. So when they offered us …
Read More »Curiosity Rover fires laser at Martian rock
The Curiosity Rover recently landed on Mars and has now fired its laser beam at Martian rock, with over 30 pulses across a 10 second period. NASA issued the statement from mission control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles. The pulses from the robotic science lab deliver more …
Read More »Restaurant pay customers to turn in phones at door
Have you ever been out for a romantic dinner, only to be continually disturbed by the sounds of text messages and phone calls from other tables in the restaurant? I have even seen some people taking pictures of their meals to upload to Facebook, just before they eat. A restaurant …
Read More »Thrustmaster launching £250 Ferrari controller in October
Working under licence to one of the world's most famous brands is, without doubt, a game of swings and roundabouts. You need to balance the instant recognition that your new product launches will gain – against the pain of following guidelines where the merest hint that you have strayed – …
Read More »Masters of Modding at GamesCom 2012
While Apple sells the world on a dream comprised of 50 shades of grey, the hardcore modders among you will crave something a little different. Over at GamesCom 2012, a large section of Hall 11 has been dedicated to the past (retro gaming), present (extreme sports) and the future (experimental …
Read More »GamesCom 2012 Booth Babes: Part Zwei
While every game company spends big to make its stand more attractive than the next, the marketing people who create GamesCom exhibits are not shy of using plain, old-fashioned biology. Here's a second selection of the booth babes being used to pull punters on to stands. Don't worry ladies, you …
Read More »Just how big is GamesCom 2012?
While experts on CNBC spent much of last Wednesday night discussing how likely it was that America would slip into a disastrous 2nd recession in 2013, after the presidential elections, Cologne was gearing up for the first public day of GamesCom 2012. KitGuru operatives sent back some cool shots that …
Read More »Google lets you Private Message in Hangouts now
Google is continuing to update its social network API, this time adding the ability to private message your pals when you're in a Hangout. This brings the Hangout API to version 1.2, not only making it possible to communicate without others listening in, but also integrating new video and sound …
Read More »RIAA funding continues to fall, making legal cuts
Copyright lobby group the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) has just released its 2010-2011 tax report and its revenue streams are not looking strong. Membership dues from music labels have dropped considerably, leaving the organisations with less than $30 million in revenue – almost half that of the year …
Read More »Ebuyer sell Kingston 256GB SSD for only £104.99 – limited offer!
Are you yet to adopt a shiny new Solid State Drive? Are the prices and small sizes still holding you back? There has never been a better time to pick up a new SSD, especially this weekend thanks to a promo offered by Kingston on Ebuyer. Ebuyer are offering the …
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