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It's hard not to love Silverstone. Sure there are a lot of companies out there who produce a greater diversity of chassis design – and then sell them in higher quantities – but Silverstone's quality is impeccable. Technical Marketing guru, Tony Ou, opens up the company's latest creation for your …

If your company teeters on the brink of the abyss or suddenly finds itself riding the revenues rocket because you're in the right place in the right industry at the right time – then you're going to be posting different financial results. The unscientifically calculated gap between Qualcomm's increase and …

Samsung has been the leader of the Android smartphone world for over a year now with their market-leading smartphones such as the Galaxy S and its consequent successor, the Galaxy S II. However their lower end phones have never overly impressed me; so can the Samsung Galaxy xCover (also known …

While Samsung has been rubbing its corporate hands together with glee at an overall increase in memory prices, some companies are still working hard to deliver value for UK enthusiasts. KitGuru does a quick price check and discovers some interesting results. If you're building an AMD Fusion system, then faster …

Real might have started life as a simple player, but over the years it has grown and developed in new and varied ways. Some have been successful and others less so. But today, it's board will be patting themselves on the back, because they have just picked up a nice …

Just 3 years ago, HTC was the industry's darling. It had moved from clunky old designs to a a sleek new range of phones and was adding in ‘smart' by the bucket-full. It's just announced a 70% drop in first quarter profits. So what went wrong? Before 2007, you could …

We have reported before on the 4G problems that affect people in the UK and Europe. It looks as if the British Advertising Watchdog are going to investigate Apple however because of the misleading marketing campaign. Apple will be investigated over claims that the new iPad offers 4G connectivity, which …

Samsung's upcoming “thinner, flexible and unbreakable” AMOLED displays will from now on be known as ‘Youm'. The quietly named display technology hopefully means an imminent launch from the Korean company. Estimates from Samsung in the recent past indicate a launch sometime in 2012. Samsung has passed an application over to …

Back in January 2008, Intel posed a question to scientists, “What would you do with a million quad core processors?”  While no one is offering to deliver and install a million chips to a single destination, the idea of a huge, distributed computing system has appeal. Folding@Home project is set …

Famous hacking group Anonymous have targeted the UK government, after giving them forewarning that it was going to happen. It selected Easter for the protest. The Telegraph reports “The British branch of Anonymous – a loose global collective of computer hackers who often target law-enforcement websites – first advertised “#OpTrialAtHome” …

Information on Nvidia's next generation Tegra 4 chipset has been leaked on VR-Zone. The new chipset will apparently run between 1.2ghz and 2.0ghz and it will use the same 4-PLUS-1 configuration as Tegra 3, but with less ARM A15 cores. There is going to be three A15 versions, according to …

An Intel engineer has been accused of stealing documents from the company which are said to be worth between $200 and $400 million. The former employee has admitted his guilt in stealing the documents and is now awaiting a sentence. He has pled guilty to five counts of fraud. The …

It appears as if announcing six phones in the lead up to Mobile World Congress just wasn't enough for LG, among them was the LG Optimus 3D Max. LG is reportedly preparing a new flagship Android that will be up against the HTC One X and Samsung's currently unannounced but highly anticipated …

Ever since Asus' Transformer Prime was released to the masses late last year, owners have been complaining about GPS and to an extent Wi-Fi performance. A later breakdown revealed that the a design issue was the cause. The Prime has a aluminum body, with no plastic RF window, behind which …

Today we are looking at the latest system from UK etailer, Overclockers UK. The Titan 8500i Vortex is a special configuration for the Gadget Show Live in Birmingham and features a Core i5 2500k processor with liquid cooler, Gigabyte Z77 motherboard, SSD drive and Sapphire 7 series graphics. Overclockers UK …

Intel have a busy month in April, launching their 3rd generation processors within a couple of weeks time. Today however they release their much awaited Z77 platform, with a raft of motherboards hitting the market from all their partners. Under NDA we have to wait until a later date to …

Today we are lucky enough to get our hands on a set of the new SteelSeries Fnatic 7H headphones. Team Fnatic are considered one of the top ranked professional gaming teams on the planet. The fact that members of team Fnatic are involved in the design of this headset should …

Around 10 years ago, a bunch of threads kicked off on science forums around the world, with boffins (pro and amateur) discussing the idea of a computer-based Einstein in the future. A decade ago, most of the contributors thought that the answer was in some kind of amazing new layout …

For the most part, memory is one of the most mundane components in a modern PC. Word is reaching KitGuru of a spike in issues with Corsair. How are the problems manifesting themselves and what will be the effect? KitGuru scans the forums for answers. Go back far enough, to …

Once upon a time (maybe 50 years ago), China was a technologically and financially backward nation – while Japan was surging ahead as one of the world's engineering centres of excellence. KitGuru takes a look at Japan's Elpida memory company and the likelihood that it will be owned by Chinese …

Most companies on the planet do not turn over $5 billion a year. To be honest, most companies won't turn over $5 billion over the entire course of their existence. Right now, things are bubbling up nicely for Samsung and its starting to bang in some serious numbers. KitGuru gives …

Today we will be looking at Thermaltake's new entry level chassis, the Commander MS- I Snow Edition. While this is an budget oriented case it still offers plenty of functionality for a fraction of the cost of a top end chassis. The Snow Edition monicker will probably give you a …

Mass Effect 3 was one of the most awaited games in recent years, but when many of the gamers finally beat the third outing, they raised arms against the producer, to complain. Normally a company would ignore the complaints and move merrily onto the next title for development but so …

Its hard to say if the Ivy Bridge launch is the worst in Intel's history, but it's certainly been one of the most confusing. The staggered nature of the ‘event' and complex nature of what can be released to who and by when, has caused a mish-mash of data and …

We have reported before that some people have been complaining that their new iPad 3 has been experiencing Wi-Fi problems. While the Kitguru staff have yet to experience the issue, there are several discussions online which are continuing to grow. One thread on the official Apple forum for instance has …

Today we are working with OCUK to give away a stonking, brand new Vertex 4 128GB Solid State Drive! We reviewed the 512GB version of this drive earlier this week and it scored 9.5 points out of 10! Zardon said “OCZ’s Vertex 4 512GB is a game changer and one …

The new mobile game ‘ Draw Something' has become the fastest growing mobile game in history. Within the space of 50 days the game, originally designed by OMGPOP has reached over 50 million downloads. Zynga bought the company and have been able to claim the success as their own, yet …

A recent study from Pew Internet has discovered interesting statistics on American's habits where book reading is concerned. The study reveals that the average e-reader user has read 24 books in the last year, compared to just 15 books read by those preferring traditional paper books. In a country where 99% of …

The always challenging memory overclocking segment has just witnessed another push to heights not reached previously; this time in terms of quad channel setups. Just last month we saw G.Skill and GIGABYTE reach for the stars, and by George did they ever, achieving a staggering 3736MHz on AMD's dual channel …

AMD have had it all their own way in 2012 as Nvidia have taken longer than expected to launch their latest ‘Kepler' hardware. The guys in green want to reclaim the high end performance throne with the ‘fastest, most efficient GPU ever built' and today we are looking at the …