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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 …

We've been hearing a lot about Google Drive recently, Google's much anticipated cloud storage solution to compete with Dropbox and the new SkyDrive. The previous reports of 5 GB of free storage have been confirmed and should be available already (or soon) to anyone with a Google account. As you …

The Google Drive rumours and reports are coming in thick and fast now, indicating the launch of the Dropbox and now SkyDrive competitor is imminent. Reports are claiming that it could launch as soon as today, Tuesday. Paid storage options will be available that reportedly go all the way up to 100 …

When 3D graphics was first delivered to an unsuspecting population by nVidia, the market rapidly mirrored the early Wild West land grab and scramble. Products that were thought to be ‘the standard' one week, were rendered [No pun intended – Ed] utterly useless the week after. nVidia is now presenting …

The first smartphone featuring the Intel Medfield platform has been released – in India. The Xolo X900 may have a rather amusing name, but the rumours are that it is built by Gigabyte. The phone is using an Atom Z2460 processor which is clocked at 1.6ghz and features a 400mhz …

Microsoft has stolen second base today, launching version 2.0 of SkyDrive that includes brand new local desktop clients for Windows and Mac OS X. The upgraded cloud storage service will come with 7 GB completely free of charge, a number that is apparently good enough for 99.94% of users. While this is …

G.Skill have taken the enthusiast market by storm in the last year, releasing many kits at incredible speeds and even more incredible price points. They have announced the release of their latest TridentX memory for the latest Intel Z77 platform. The memory has rated speeds up to DDR3 2800MHz 16GB(4GBx4)-overclocked …

Windows 8 is like marmite, you either hate it or love it, according to independent research. Microsoft have a lot riding on the success in the next 2-3 years, especially in the mobile marketplace. They have said that they are going to issue a ‘release preview' of Windows 8 in …

The global IT market is huge. So big that no one man/woman/Guru can keep track of everything. At times like that we rely on our network of friends to give us a heads up on the grass-roots happenings that affect technologists. We've had a camera-pic in this morning that's caused …

ASRock have made a name for themselves in the past few years, releasing some very impressive motherboards such as the Fatal1ty 990FX Professional that we reviewed a few months back. They have a wide range of motherboards across multiple platforms, from mini-ITX HTPC motherboards to high-end ATX boards with a …

With the recent launch of Intel's Ivy Bridge Z77 platform many established companies have been focusing on releasing quality memory targeting the demanding enthusiast user. Today we are looking at an ultra high performance kit from Kingston which operates at a staggering 2,666 mhz. In recent months we have reviewed …

Kitguru has been busy for the last week preparing multiple reviews for the latest Intel launch today. In this particular review we will look at the Asus Maximus V Gene when paired up with the Intel i7 3770k processor. In this review we will focus on this system as a …

We received this press release from ASROCK for immediate publication. It reads: “ASRock exclusive OC Master, Nick Shih, just managed our Z77 Extreme6 to overclock Intel's Ivy Bridge Core i7 3770K processor to unbelievable 6.9GHz high speed. The system can even run all Super PI 1M programs stably and cost only …

Earlier this morning we reported that Samsung was going to tease their next Galaxy smartphone at midday today. As midday hit the website crashed (surprise, surprise) but The Verge is reporting that the big surprise is a minute long teaser video that reveals very little. The video (below) basically confirms …

It does not take a genius to know that if you mule drugs within your body and get caught, then you can expect a stiff prison sentence. So far, most of the data carriers around the world have managed to avoid being done by authorities – even when they are …

Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear ZX Spectrum, happy birthday to you! Yes you are reading right. The Sinclair Spectrum is 30 years old today. Kitguru jumps into our Delorean and heads back to 1982 for a nostalgic look at the start of home computing. …

The first time you land in Taipei, you're immediately struck be a series of things. Alongside the heat/humidity/car fumes, there are the huge numbers of Starbucks and 7-11 convenience stores as well as the perpetual clouds hanging over the nearby hills. Look close at the people, then you will notice …

I spent some time with the Diablo 3 beta this weekend, for the most part trying to get it to actually work. The open beta launched which required a fat broadband connection for the download, not a major concern. Unfortunately after getting the game installed I experienced more than a …

Dutch Electronics company Philips are launching an LED light bulb which lasts for 20 years. The bulb uses LED to give the product a very long life span, although it does push the price up to £37. The pricing is the main concern and Philips are preempting this by offering …

It is now under two weeks to go until the May 3rd event in London and we will “meet the next Galaxy” and the first evidence of a marketing campaign has appeared. Samsung's Twitter feed directed us in the direction of tgeltaayehxnx, an angram for “The Next Galaxy”, where there is …

It seems like forever ago that Asus announced the Transformer Pad TF300 tablet back at Mobile World Congress alongside the Transformer Pad Infinity. The competitively priced tablet will be available for $379 and $399 for the 16 and 32 GB models respectively. It's good to see we don't have to pay an …

A lot of interest was generated after our news post yesterday detailing a new Cubitek chassis, which they were claiming was the ‘smallest area possible' for an EATX PC build. The new Magic Cube AIO is an attractive little case which measures 9.61” x 19.36” x 18.78” (W x H …

HTC's design team has recently shed some details on the company's plans going forward at an event in Seattle. We have already discovered that plans for phones with larger capactity batteries have been dropped, and now hardware QWERTY phones are destined for the same fate. Even though HTC are best …