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Do you own a 3D television? Do you find that it transforms your movie experience? If so, it would appear that you are one of the minority. Studios and production companies had hoped that 3D would have shaken the market by now, but sales figures indicate that not many of …

The woes of Research In Motion seem to keep rolling in, as latest reports indicate they now have to pay out $147 million in damages for infringing on patents owned by Mformation Technologies. A jury determined at the weekend that RIM's Enterprise Server infringed on Mformation patents and awarded damages …

If you believe that competition is a good thing, then the US Department of Energy is going about the problem of ‘How best to construct tomorrow's super computers' in the right way. KitGuru dons flip-flops and heads off to consider the impact of PetaFlops. While PC labs across the world …

The rumor mill is rife with reports that Apple are going to release a smaller iPad later this year. This new ‘Mini' iPad is reported to drop in size to 7.85 inches and the price point has been open to debate now for many weeks. Our sources in the Far …

Asus produce a comprehensive range of motherboards which spans the performance and budget friendly ends of the market.  We have already looked at some of their high performance Z77 motherboards including the Sabertooth Z77 and Republic of Gamers Maximus V Z77  Gene which are designed for users who want the ultimate …

In cities across the globe, public phone boxes are cultural icons. From the classic 1929 Mackenzie Trench design (which Dr Who uses to jaunt around the universe) to the iconic red boxes seen across London, we have been used to seeing them everywhere. But what happens when we no longer …

With its headquarters up in Staffordshire, Overclockers has always been associated with supplying the components that enthusiasts need for custom builds. Now it's branching more-n-more across to ready-assembled/pre-overclocked systems and to illustrate that fact, it's today launching the a brand new gaming rig in one of the latest chassis. This …

The auctions for the original World of Warcraft server blades have now been completed, with Blizzard raking in an impressive $300,000 (£212,000) from the sale. Beginning in October last year, Blizzard has been trickling the blade's onto auction site eBay, with all proceeds going to the St. Jude Children's Research …

OldTweets was launched this week, providing users with the opportunity to look back to the first year of social network Twitter, to see what early adopters were talking about. While this might seem like a very dry way to spend your time, it has some interesting aspects that are worth …

After a malicious attack on its forums last week, it appears that graphics giant nVidia is still fighting gremlins on a major scale and, at the time of writing, was not ready to let people back in. KitGuru uses good old spy satellite technology to uncover more of the truth. …

Hackers have posted 450,000 user names and passwords online, stolen from Yahoo Voice, according to the Guardian newspaper. Similar attacks have taken place against other online services, including Android forums and Formspring. Users are being advised to change their passwords to protect the accounts as soon as possible. The Yahoo …

There are two little known, but fast moving Chinese phone manufacturers. One is Huawei, while the other one tends to make those cheap-as-chips smartphones that are re-branded at the carrier's request. The company in question is ZTE and they announced on Twitter yesterday that “The countdown has begun! 6 days left until …

In a recent ComTech report from analyst firm Kantar detailing recent smartphone sales in several major countries, Android is once again the biggest mover, while Symbian sinks another six feet. In Great Britain, Android accounted for 57% of smartphones sales in the 12 weeks ending in June 2012. This increased …

IDC loves tracking stuff. When it's not too busy counting the PCs, laptops and tablets that are flying through the world's retail channels, it has smaller divisions that apply the same kind of ‘must know it all' mentality to other markets. Dan Vesset runs the Business Analytics effort and, right …

Two new screenshots for GTA V have appeared online as part of a Rockstar QnA session with fans. These aren't fakes either, but full blown official images released by Rockstar itself – and they look very pretty indeed. The question that prompted the release was “why don't you give us more …

The administrator of several Italian file sharing websites has been arrested after selling on the information of some 300,000 of his users. While the sites themselves were shut down last November, with such a number of users between them, the owner who went by the online pseudonym of Tex Willer, …

HTC hasn't had the best of luck recently with a string of poor financial results and the news that Microsoft isn't interested in a Windows RT tablet because of their relative inexperience with tablets in the past. This list includes just two tablets, the 7 inch Flyer and later on, …

Worldwide computer sales have dropped by 0.1% from the second quarter a year previously. The total sales were 87.5 million in Q2 according to Gartner research. Hewlett Packard are still the No 1 PC vendor worldwide, with 14.9% total share of the market. Lenovo claimed 14.7% which is a healthy …

Apple will finally release the latest iPad in China on 20th July, targeting one of the largest markets in the world. The new iPad has seen great success so far, in both Europe and America when it went on sale earlier this year. China is actually the second biggest market …

According to an teardown analysis by IHS iSuppli, the Nexus 7 tablet costs $159.25 to build and manufacture (8 GB model). While the 16 GB model that retails for an additional $50 costs $166.75 to build and manufacture, even though it is identical in every way except for the flash …

Mitsubishi have released the 2012 i-MiEV at under $30,000 – the least expensive all electric car targeting the American market. The car is a five door model with a 126 miles per gallon equivalent rating from the federal government in city driving. This is higher than the Nissan Leaf, at …

While it may be one of the world's finest and most respected news gathering and broadcasting operations, the BBC has never designed, set up and run a web site for the Olympics. KitGuru notices when things don't go 100% smoothly. With just 15 days to go, the world plus dog …

Like many of you, KitGuru gets half a ton of email each morning – not all of which is useful. Lots of those emails will contain offers, but it's rare for them to actually grab our attention. This morning's batch of junk seems to contain at least one nugget. KitGuru …

Despite a European court ruling last week, that validated the resale of games from a digital download platform, Valve has announced that it plans to make no changes to its current setup on Steam – squashing the hopes of those looking to make a quick buck on their old game …

Google is set to team up with Marvell and OnLive, to deliver a cloud gaming experience from within its TV sets. To handle the remote gameplay, Google will be relying on Marvell's ARMADA 1500 chipset. According to the trio of firms, ARMADA is “the ideal processor to power tomorrow's ‘smart' …

You may have read Zardon's review earlier this week of the reference AMD HD7970 GHZ Edition. While the performance was great, our closing thoughts raised issues with AMD's cooling solution, power consumption and the potential UK price point. Many of AMD's partners have been releasing high grade HD7970's for a …

A little known company based out of Japan has come up with one of the stranger devices I have seen in some time. Kouziro has just announced the FT103; a 21.5 inch Android tablet. If you ever wanted your desktop monitor in your lap then look no further. Even though …

Once the ruler of the smartphone world, Blackberry has rapidly become a joke in modern business. While share holders have dropped the value of the stock into the toilet, top execs have been thrown overboard and thousands of staff have followed. When all's said and done, the company's problems seem …

For those tech readers who don’t always get time to check out our game related content at Kitguru gaming – here is a round up of content published in the last week. “Analyzing Video Games on the Basis of Film and Literary Criticism (Part 1 of 2)” This post tackles …

Are you an avid games collector? Have you spent a lot of your salary in the last couple of years chasing many of the classic game titles for last generation consoles? Then this story will appeal to you. A rather wealthy ebayer decided to list his collection online, and it …