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The Biostar brand doesn't have a massive presence in the UK, at least not in the enthusiast segment of the market.  We consider Asus, ASRock and Gigabyte to be the top three enthusiast brands on the market at the moment but this is something Biostar are looking to change with …

Nvidia announced their upcoming GTX690 at the weekend, which they are saying is the fastest video card to be released to the consumer market. Nvidia CEO Jen Hsun Huang announced this at the Nvidia Game Festival in Shanghai. The design looks rather impressive and we can imagine that companies such …

Launch any improvement, to any product, and the first question most intelligent people will ask is, “OK, so what's different?”.  For CS6, the powers that be at A-do-be have decided that a flood of Webinar options is the way to go. KitGuru gets a new GMail account just to sign …

Steve Wozniak is known to get around a lot in regards to the smartphones he regulary carries around with him. Last year he picked up the then-flagship Samsung Galaxy Nexus and earlier this month he got himself a Nokia Lumia 900 that runs on the Windows Phone 7 platform. In …

Scanning Adobe's sites for official launch dates is a bit like searching for the vegetarian special in Gaucho's. While there might be one, you're unlikely to find it. Similarly, when you search the online stores for CS6 Master Collection etc, then it's an equally thankless task. Thankfully, KitGuru is a …

Few memory companies have been pushing the boundaries as hard as G.Skill over the past 2 years. Following the launch of its latest TridentX modules, G.Skill has decided to celebrate with an easy to enter competition. KitGuru goes to a high street jewellers to play with some clocks. If you've …

As the new Intel processors sweep through the publications and channel, we find ourselves in that twilight world where the new king is putting on its crown, while there's still a few heatbeats left in the old one. KitGuru does a quick scan of the on line retail offers and …

While a double first in any set of track-n-field events this summer will mean that the victor is lauded, applauded and smothered in gold and kisses, going early with some of the latest processors might not achieve the same result. Certainly not in the Swindon/Portland areas. Purely by chance, we …

Google's Jean-Baptiste Queru, the technical lead of the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) has spoken out, voicing his opinion of the very long waits many Android users face for updates. Following Samsung, Asus and HTC, Sony has recently launched an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for its Tablet S …

LG has just announced their Optimus True HD LTE Android smartphone will soon be available across new markets in Europe and Asia. Countries at this stage include Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Hong Kong and Singapore. As you might expect from the plethora of buzzwords in the phone's title, it will be …

If you run a major competition 3 times a year and name it according to how many times you've run it, then almost any numbnutz can work out that Multiplay's i45 event is a milestone. KitGuru dons a black hoodie, opens a can of Taurine-enhanced Kick Energy drink and prepares …

At the top end, AMD graphic cards can cost up to £380 for the XFX Black Edition 7970, but eBuyer's latest offer is for a complete Fusion system, with 8GB of memory, for 40% less money. KitGuru opens an online account to investigate. It's in the topsy-turvy nature of the …

Sony have had to pull a game from their European Vita store – a classic PSOne title called Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. It was found that users who downloaded the title found that it didn't work. There have been reports on the NeoGAF forum which claim that the game …

Amazon have posted very strong first quarter profits that have exceeded analyst estimates and raised stock value. The Kindle Fire is a best seller, helping them to exceed the estimated results. Net income between January and March was $130 million. Revenue grew 34 percent to $13.18 billion, more than the …

Looks like today could be ‘mobile Friday' from a stories point of view. Following close behind Samsung's amazing profits announcement, we've now had eyes-on an analyst document which reveals that 3 of the top 10 phone manufacturers are now Chinese. KitGuru compares some of the numbers to sift chart crackers …

Asus surprised everyone with the aptly Transformer tablet in early 2011 which combined a 10.1 inch Android tablet and a dock that added a keyboard straight out of a netbook and a battery pack for valued battery life. Since then Asus announced the successor to the original TF101 Transformer and …

While Blackberry and Nokia flounder on the rocks, the good ship Samsung has installed turbo-charged-nutter-rocket engines and is ploughing a serious furrow through the treacherous seas of modern business. KitGuru dons a blue and white had and swabs the deck. While Apple announced that it had shipped more than 35 …

Kitguru has reviewed a handful of Z77 motherboards in previous weeks, and today we take a look at the new Pure Platinum Z77K from Sapphire. They face stiff competition in this sector from the likes of Asus, ASRock and MSI. But is the Pure Platinum Z77K worth a purchase? Over …

Motorola has enjoyed a varying degree of success over the years. It has managed to perform well in the USA thanks to its Droid series of phones but their international equivalents never quite caught on. Motorola has adapted the Droid RAZR MAXX for international users and in the process it lost the …

Nintendo are struggling in the current economic climate and have reported their first annual loss in 30 years. Part of the reason is said to be due to the price cuts for the 3DS handheld system and Wii home console. Ninteno said it hit the red with a net loss …

We always get a little bit excited when a large SilverStone box arrives in our offices.  Over the past few years they have released very impressive cases and it is clear that their design team are on a mission to be innovative, creating products like the Fortress FT03 and Raven …

Some companies have been selling tablet/laptop hybrids in the last year, but Apple said they have no plans to release such a computer. Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke out during the second quarter earnings call this week and dismissed the concept as a ‘compromise' for the end user. He said …

In just seven days Samsung will be holding their Mobile Unpacked event in London and while we still have no idea what the next Galaxy smartphone will look like, we now know what chipset will be inside. The Exynos 4 Quad. It has four ARM Cortex A9 cores running at …

Back in early March rumours arose that Valve were working on a ‘Steam Box' gaming console to outclass the proprietary formats used currently by the likes of Apple, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. These rumours were sadly shutdown a week later by Valve's Doug Lombardi, but the embers kept glowing regardless. Recently …

According to news leaked online, it would appear that AMD plan on releasing their dual GPU HD7990 in June. This will be going head to head against the Nvidia GTX690, a dual GK104 design. Donanimhaber.com posted information which claim that AMD are going to wait until June, making an official …

HTC, one of the worlds most recognisable smartphone makers has reported a staggering 70 percent drop in first quarter profit margins. HTC are facing stiff competition in the market by companies such as Samsung and Apple and revenue is also reported to be down 35 percent from a year previous. …

TUL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of AMD graphics cards, today releases the only HD7870 graphics solution which can support up to 6 displays simultaneously: the PowerColor HD7870 Eyefinity 6. The latest edition optimizes multi-display Eyefinity technology, enabling up to six monitors to be operated from one card through its six …

Today we are looking at the new Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe motherboard when paired up with the flagship GTX680. Is this the ideal foundation for a new, high performance enthusiast system? A couple of weeks ago we reviewed the Asus Sabretooth Z77 motherboard when paired up with an overclocked Core i7 …

While the big blue juggernaut continues to plow forward with yet another full range of high-end processors, AMD is looking to regroup around a different manufacturing model. With rumour set to become reality any time soon, KitGuru dons a bee keeper outfit and skirts around a Taiwanese FAB. Take any …

When Nokia execs eyed Apple's new toy back in 2007, they would have thought it was exactly that. A toy. Certainly this iPhone thingamajig could not be taken seriously and under no circumstances would it bring about the death of an era. Shirley not. For a Nordic Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to …