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Sir Stuart Rose was asked to leave M&S with an £8 million handshake and, at 61 years of age, could well retire to a humble Yorkshire mining town – supping bitter and regaling locals with tales of retailing wonder. But he's not doing that. In fact he's getting quite dramatic. …

Consumer rights group in both Germany and South Korea look set to take Blizzard to court over its handling of the Diablo III launch. The European legal threat is being spearheaded by the Federation of Consumer Organisations – reports PCgames –  and it wants to force the publishing giant to …

OfCom released its report on the 4G spectrum auction earlier today, suggesting that it would take place later this year, finally bringing the high speed network to consumers sometime in late 2013. In response, several of the big mobile operators have commented on the news. With over 1,000 pages to …

Ten years ago, Bob Feldstein was busy taking the lead on a deal with Microsoft that would lead to the Xbox 360 console being launched with ATi technology inside. Now he's made the move across to nVidia. KitGuru dances in front of a Kinect controller and ponders the nature of …

Wi-Fi that can operate at up to seven gigabits per second could be just around the corner, as chipset firms Marvell and Wilocity have announced a partnership to develop the new high speed wireless technology. The standard, known as IEEE 802.11ad operates in the 60Ghz band and was originally created …

Acting on behalf of pornographic film producer and actor Ben Dover, Golden Eye International is preparing to send out copyright infringement notices to just under 3,000 individuals in the UK, alleging that they illegally downloaded copies of Mr Dover's movies. The purpose of the letters is to solicit cash from …

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is another one of those devices with an especially  long announcement to release span, but in a way it has been justified. First announced at Mobile World Congress in February it was meant to ship with a dual-core Exynos chipset. However, it was delayed by …

With the upcoming release of iOS 6 it appears as if Apple will make it much easier for users to install free applications. Users running the third beta of iOS 6 have discovered that they no longer have to enter their password to download free applications from the App Store. …

When a young Nigerian entrepreneur and Bournmouth graduate, Saheed Adepoju, borrowed £40,000 from his family to begin working on a tablet PC for his home market, he had little idea of how much attention and energy his idea would attract. But there are huge struggles ahead. KitGuru scans the 8″ …

Toshiba are cutting flash production by 30 percent as the market has an oversupply of chips. This memory is used in smartphones, PC's and tablets. Toshibas have made an ‘adjustment to production' of NAND flash memory at their Yokkaichi Operation Plant in Mie Prefecture, Japan which will result in an …

Many Apple followers are waiting on the new, upcoming iPhone to be released. The negative impact is that Apple may post low sales in this sector from the third fiscal quarter. No one wants to buy the current model with the new release just around the corner. Apple are estimated …

The first teaser trailer for Red Dwarf series X has appeared online, prompting the usual avalanche of comments, criticisms and feedback from fans. Commissioned by Dave, not the BBC, in the same fashion as the three part “Back to Earth” episodes were, the new series will be the tenth, skipping …

THQ has announced a new vice president of production, Rob Moravek, who previously headed up EA Canada. Working directly with current THQ president, Jason Rubin, the pair are set to try and turn around the poor fortunes of the publisher, that has over the last 12 months met with many …

Amazon's business expansion is looking to go multi-national, especially in the UK. Announced today, the retail giant plans to open a new R&D centre in London, with an emphasis on development of services relating to TVs, consoles, smartphones and PCs. As well as fostering other businesses in the Glasshouse Yard …

In the second bird related story of the day, a brand new app has been launched which lets smartphone users send data to each other via a ‘digital birdsong'.  At present it's only available to iOS users but an Android version should be available sometime in the future. The app …

A team of researchers at the Florida Atlantic University, working with the Online Privacy Foundation and Kaggle, have been trying to discover if psychopathy can be detected through a person's tweets. So far, it seems like if the context is right, it's possible. The study used previous research from Cornell …

While some birds spend ages singing complex tunes, sparrow tend to tweet. The animal can take in a whole load of sensory inputs and reply back with a simple, direct message. Google is looking to take on this attribute with the purchase of Sparrow. KitGuru buys a pack of budgie …

You may not have heard of Tawkon before but they are the company responsible for the below inforgraphic and applications for iOS and Android that measure radiation output of your phone. The application was removed from the App Store since it doesn't make the iPhone look too good but is …

Canon are going to release their new mirrorless EOS M camera in October. The 18 megapixel compact camera will have touchscreen control and be designed to fit easily in a pocket for maximum portability. The new camera features an APS-C CMOS sensor with an ISO range between 100-12,800. It will …

It is not a big surprise at all to hear that Samsung's Galaxy S III is selling well, after all it was said a couple of months ago that they had collected over 9 million pre-orders. We also rated it a 9/10 in our recent review. Today a Samsung Senior …

Security experts at Venafi, the leader in enterprise key and certificate management (EKCM) solutions, warn that an estimated 67,000 mobile phones are likely to be lost or stolen during the Olympics in London. Numbers of smartphones and other portable networked devices have exploded over the past few years. As a …

HTC Desire HD users are getting used to feeling like the iPad's poor cousins, especially now it seems that they won't get access to Android's Ice Cream Sandwich. KitGuru licks around the edge of the story to prevent dribbles. While there are, no doubt, benefits to Microsoft's ‘pay big or …

Back in June, an act hired to entertain a Microsoft ensemble, decided to engage in some four-letter jokes, which caused the software giant some embarrassment. Now it's emerged that an ‘in joke' from its HyperV Virtualisation team has caused an issue. KitGuru examines this boob for size and impact. Someone …

Amazon has slipped under the sheets with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, in a bid to bring TV programmes like The West Wing and Fringe, to the Amazon Prime Instant Video library. Now with this deal locked down, Prime Instant Video users and owners of the Kindle Fire tablet, will …

Megaupload founder and current defendant facing money laundering and copyright infringement charges, Kim Dotcom, has released a music video entitled “Mr President,” that challenges Barack Obama to weigh in on the cloud storage firm's case. Arrested in the early days of 2012 shortly after Megaupload was taken down, Mr Dotcom's …

Just in case you've been wondering whether or not HTC's flagship has been abandoned entirely, it hasn't. The HTC One X, One S, as well as the American LTE version, the One XL will get the update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean at some stage. Here is the full statement from HTC's …

While I stand by the claim that you're a fool if you drop your tablet or smartphone, it is nice to know that your latest purchase will (or perhaps won't) survive some possible drop scenarios. SquareTrade is a company that offers device insurance but also often does these sorts of …

Microsoft have officially reported their first quarterly loss in its history. As we reported a short while ago, they were forced to write off some of the value of their online advertising business. They had to write down the value of Aquantive by $6.2 billion, which failed to bring the …

Four Youtube videos were removed earlier this week, apparently due to copyright claims for the music involved. They featured US president Obama singing the opening line of Al Green's ‘Lets Stay Together'. One of the videos was used by the Mitt Romney Campaign to show the president as ‘too friendly …

Yahoo have said in a regulatory filing that the new CEO Marissa Mayer could be earning close to $60 million to turn the company around. The giant salary includes stock options, equity grants, a payment for the Google shares she left behind and a one time $30 million ‘retention award'. …