We all know that the memory market is going through a harsh evolutionary phase. As processes shrink and improve – so the overall capacity of the world's foundries is increasing – with a corresponding drop in price. Regular KitGuru readers will know that Kingston as dropped the price of a …
Read More »G.Skill set five memory overclocking records during Computex
During the week of Computex 2012, five overclocking records have been achieved with G.SKILL high performance DDR3 memory by several renowned extreme overclockers. Super Pi 32M – 4mins 44.734sec With the astonishing G.SKILL memory speed of DDR3 2646MHz CL5-9-7-18 1T, the two legendary overclockers, Fredyama-san and Shamino have both achieved …
Read More »Nokia has lost 90% of its market value – is this the end?
Its has been a tough couple of years for Research In Motion and Nokia. Both companies have been struggling in the face of competition from Apple and Android powered devices. A handful of years ago Nokia were one of the world's biggest phone makers. Since then they have lost 90% …
Read More »Steve Wozniak calls Apple Assistant Siri ‘poo-poo’
Apple's Siri assistant has been getting a lot of headlines since it was released however it has also been receiving its fair share of criticism from the press and user base. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said he doesn't have a lot of appreciation for the voice recognition application. He added …
Read More »Phanteks PH-TC14CS CPU Cooler Review
Phanteks are a relatively new brand to the high end air cooling market but are certainly a force to be reckoned with. We tested their first CPU cooler, the PH-TC14PE a few months back and it achieved great results, beating the almighty Noctua NH-D14 in our temperature tests. So we …
Read More »Massive HTC One X update coming soon – Android 4.0.4 included
Our review of HTC's One X went live earlier in the week and we found it to be a very nice phone but was lacking in a few areas. HTC is hoping to remedy this and in the process close the gap between their own flagship and Samsung's Galaxy S III with …
Read More »Retina Macbook Pro – ‘the least repairable laptop’
Apple have been receiving a lot of praise for their latest Macbook Pro update with Retina display. Popular teardown site iFixit have published their detailed analysis on taking one apart and their findings are interesting. They say that the Retina Macbook is the least repairable laptop they have ever taken …
Read More »Microsoft to launch tablet targeting Apple iPad
According to the latest reports, Microsoft will announce their own tablet next week at an event in Los Angeles. Microsoft usually leave device announcements to their partners, such as Acer and Asus – who showcased Windows 8 tablets at Computex. AllThingsD have said that Microsoft have developed their own tablet …
Read More »Prevent Facebook using YOU to sell products
During a BBC documentary that aired just ahead of the Facebook IPO, one of the more worrying aspects of Facebook's future advertising policy was exposed. And quite shocking it was too. But there is a way around it. KitGuru shows you how to hide behind the sofa when Facebook wants …
Read More »Nokia plan on axing another 10,000 staff by end of 2013
Nokia said today that they are planning to cut another 10,000 staff globally by the end of 2013. They are also selling luxury phone maker Vertu in a bid to cut costs even though they plan to boost investments in creating new smartphones based on Windows Phone. Nokia also announced …
Read More »28nm TSMC wafers to be in short supply until 2013
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the producer of many chips (the non-potato variety) that we love to enjoy and abuse daily has told media that its 28nm foundry will fail to meet demand until next year. This will effect the supply of newer products from AMD, NVIDIA and Qualcomm. Right …
Read More »Win a £1,200 CyberPower system with Gigabyte
With the Euros in full swing and the Olympics coming up soon enough, the world plus dog seems to be getting more competitive. Today we have a challenge in from the PC integration team at CyberPower alongside the mainboard maestros at Gigabyte. Entry is easy – so read on. The …
Read More »Silverstone Fortress FT03 Mini Case Review
Computex: Motherboard overload
We’ve written about a fair few of the new motherboards on display at Computex, but we haven’t even touched upon some of the smaller board makers, nor have we covered all of the products from the bigger guys. Take a deep breath and follow KitGuru down the rabbit hole for …
Read More »Which device gets what? iOS 6 features listed per device
As we briefly mentioned in our iOS 6 launch article, some older Apple devices will be missing out on some of the 200 new features in the latest iteration of Apple's mobile operating system. We already know that the iPhone 4 will not get turn-by-turn navigation and some of the …
Read More »ADATA Launches DashDrive UV110 USB Flash Drives
ADATA™ Technology today announces the launch of the DashDrive UV110, a slim, compact USB 2.0 flash drive which comes in a range of four charming colors: navy blue, milk white, cotton candy pink, and caramel brown. This colorful USB 2.0 flash drive offers simple data storage capabilities while still staying …
Read More »Sony also announces the tipo dual – switch SIMs with one press
Sony has already announced the Xpera miro this morning but evidently this wasn't everything they have in hand. They have also just announced the Xperia tipo and the tipo dual. Yes, we have spelt the names right, for whatever reasons Sony has an obsession with lowercase names for their phones. …
Read More »Apple release commercial for Retina MacBook Pro
Yesterday we asked the question …. could Apple's new Retina display for the MacBook Pro match the class leading Dell Wide View IPS RGB LED that was a £410 optional extra on the high end Dell Precision M6600 laptop. Anand Lai Shimpi of Anandtech seems to think the new retina …
Read More »Sony announces the mid-range Xperia miro
Sony attempted to generate hype around its latest smartphone launch with a countdown timer through Facebook and this was the perhaps biggest giveaway we were given. The Xperia miro was unveiled when the timer hit zero and is a mid-range, social focused Android smartphone – although we don't many signs …
Read More »Apple fans furious with weak Mac Pro 2012 revision.
Apple released a rather disappointing update to their Mac Pro range yesterday, but Tim Cook, CEO said that they are planning on releasing a ‘really great' update for 2013. At least this dispels fears that Apple may can the high end desktop computer, due to flagging sales. Many publications had …
Read More »Computex: Thunderbolt is coming, slowly for now
There has been a lot of talk about Thunderbolt and we’ve already seen motherboards from all of the major manufacturers that support the new standard, as well as many Ultrabooks and even a tablet and that doesn’t even take Apple into account. What we haven’t really seen a lot of …
Read More »Gaming notebooks ready to storm European LANs?
One of the strongest features of Computex 2012, was the sheer volume of mobile gaming solutions on offer. We'll go through the specifics soon enough, but first we wanted to float a question about the state of serious gaming in the West. KitGuru scans pics from the recent Multiplay event …
Read More »Computex: Thermaltake shows off new cases, headphones and more
We got a quick guided tour of the Thermaltake booth at Computex and the company is working on a wide range of new products, but for the first time Thermaltake is also looking at making some products for the console market as well as your average consumer. We’ll start with …
Read More »Computex: Asus shows off ThunderboltEX card
The TB_Header on Asus’ recently launched Z77 and H77 motherboard cause a lot of confusion at first, but once the company announced it was working on an add-in card that would allow users to upgrade these boards with Thunderbolt support, things became a lot clearer. At Computex the company was …
Read More »LG Optimus 4X HD launches in Germany – UK launch coming soon
While LG is not normally known for their phones, the Optimus 4X HD has hopes to match the likes of HTC's One X and Samsung's Galaxy S III. Their flagship offering is now shipping in Germany. The Netherlands, Sweden, UK and Italy will see the Optimus flagship launch in their …
Read More »Retina Macbook Pro – will it match Dell Wide View IPS RGB LED?
Contrary to popular belief, Apple did release a Retina version of their MacBook Pro and Macworld have posted a first hands on, detailing their initial findings. We are wondering if the new screen can compete against the Wide View IPS RGB LED panel that Dell employed in the 17 inch …
Read More »Kaspersky say Flame and Stuxnet share similar code
Eugene Kaspersky, the chief executive of Kaspersky labs has said that part of the Flame virus program code is almost identical to code from a 2009 version of Stuxnet. He spoke out at the Reuters Global Media and Technology Summit on Monday. The information was confirmed later in the day …
Read More »Apple unveils iOS 6 at WWDC
Last night at Apple's WWDC conference the latest version of their mobile operating system, iOS 6 was unveiled. The iPhone (3GS, 4 and 4S), iPad (2nd and 3rd gen) and iPod Touch (4th gen) will be getting the update this fall. Sadly, this means that it is end of the …
Read More »Computex: BitFenix launches the Ghost, throws paint on the Prodigy
BitFenix has gone from strength to strength and its latest cases are getting increasingly impressive with the relatively large-small Prodigy mini-ITX case taking the world with storm. At Computex the company also unveiled a second new model which is known as Ghost, much more traditional case but with a few …
Read More »Computex: ASRock does Thunderbolt differently than competition
Ah yes, yet another Thunderbolt equipped motherboard. Well, not quite, as ASRock has actually come up with a clever way of making its Z77 Extreme6/TB4 work with discrete graphics cards, although, just as with Asus, it does require an external cable. In fact, ASRock pretty much did what Asus did …
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