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Amazon are set to launch an attack on the iPad 2 very soon, by releasing their new Kindle Fire at $199. Less than half the price of Apple's flagship product. According to IHS however Amazon will be losing $10 on every sale of the new product. Challenging the iPad has …

The battle between Apple and Samsung still rages and this time Samsung are trying to halt sales of the iPhone 4s in Australia and Japan. Samsung are claiming infringements in user interface and technology patents in Japan and wireless communications standards in Australia. To make matters worse, Samsung are also …

When AMD released the HD6990 in March it broke all performance records and seven months later is still the fastest video card on the planet. There are certainly no issues with the frame rates, but there have been plenty of concerns raised about the unpleasant noise emissions. AMD can create …

Well you can't say we don't look after you guys – our latest competition is just as impressive as being able to win a Gigabyte GTX590 courtesy of DABS ! Our review went up a short while ago of the new XFX ‘DD' range of graphics cards. No, the ‘DD' …

Today we are looking at three new cards from XFX which feature their latest ‘DD' cooling system. Before you all jump to wrong conclusions, it actually stands for ‘Double Dissipation' – a dual fan system with 3 direct contact copper heatpipes. XFX claim record low temperatures and equally impressive noise …

Well it won't come as much of a shock to hear that Apple are already on track for a monumental first month after the release of their new iPhone 4s. While the press have been rather muted in response to the ‘tweaked' new design, it appears that the punters don't …

Research In Motion have had a tough week as their customer base have experienced problems with many of their networking services. Internal investigations have been ongoing, trying to find the source of the widespread problems. According to industry sources in connection with the Telegraph it would appear that the reasons …

Apple were successful in getting a sales block on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, but their latest efforts in Australia have been rejected by the court. They wanted to force Samsung to give them advance notice of new product releases and be restricted in their launch of all new …

(HIS) today announced it has partnered with well-known Korean cooling expert ZALMAN to launch the new 6670 iSilence graphics card range. The model, which emits zero noise, is ideal for gamers and home media entertainment enthusiasts aspiring to create a 0 dB environment but still want the best in cooling …

The Solid State Drive industry has been rolling ahead at an incredible pace this year, with many companies releasing a range of performance drives for demanding enthusiast users. OCZ have been at the forefront of this market, with a portfolio of quality drives targeting a wide audience. Today we are …

Iran have failed with the latest step in their space program – to launch a monkey into space. Reports indicate that the ‘monkey stage' has ended in failure, which will assuredly have ramifications for the next stage which was to launch a man into space by 2020. They were successful …

Sony Corp have announced a huge recall on 1.6 million Bravia flat panel television sets due to potential problems which may cause them to melt, or even catch fire. Sony investigated their televisions after a problem in September in which a customer noticed some smoke, and a small fire. Yuki …

It has been a tough week for Research In Motion and they have had to apologise to customers for losing networking services, such as email and messaging. Their chief information officer Robin Bienfait said in a statement on their website “Right now we’re letting you down”. A rather blunt but …

The ghost of Steve Jobs seems to be well and truly active. Having been liberated from his earthly shackles, it appears to outside observers that RIM's network is under an outside influence that, surely, can only be phantasmic Steve. KitGuru douses itself in holy water to investigate how the Crackberry …

On 8th September 2011, AMD called the UK's top technology press to a secret location in London and began what seemed to be a standard presentation on its up-coming technology. After a short coffee break, things changed. Very quickly. Before you quite knew what was happening, these same seasoned hacks …

Whatever AMD's Bulldozer does against the might of Intel's Sandybridge products in the launch reviews, FX has – without doubt – been a massive PR triumph. KitGuru sips Chardonnay and nibbles on a canapé – all in the interests of science. While everyone would love to be in the media …

It has been a heck of a week for Research In Motion as they have been experienced some serious issues with their network, affecting millions of BlackBerry users across the globe. Blackberry email has been causing problems now for 36 hours and the BBM service is unavailable in many areas. …

Jon Peddie Research sent us some details of their current report on Mobile Devices and Semiconductors. Their study comprises 127 pages. They claim that the market for these devices has exploded creating a market for over two billion processors. According to the report: Over three quarters of a billion smartphones …

The battle between Apple and Google has reached fever pitch this year, with iOS and Android battling it out across a range of smartphones and tablets. According to the latest Comscore reports Apple are still holding the percentage of the US market at 43.1%. Google will be pleased however, because …

Sony have blocked 93,000 user accounts on their gaming and entertainment networks after they noticed unauthorised login attempts. These accounts have been associated with the Playstation Network and the Sony Entertainment Network. Sony are saying that a small percentage of these logins have been successful and that they happened between …

Intel's Core i5 and Core i7 range have been dominating the headlines in 2011, bringing together a heady combination of class leading performance with competitive pricing. Today AMD are set to revitalise their famous FX brand name and we analyse the new flagship FX 8150 Black Edition processor. Is it …

The world's oldest car, powered by steam has sold in auction in America for $4.6 million (£2.94 million). RM Auctions had initially estimated that the car might sell for around $2 million, but they were clearly underestimating the demand. This is the highest price ever paid for an early car …

The Android Market has been blocked in China, due to government restrictions. This is the second time it has happened in the companies history, before in 2009. Android users in China now have the option to only use local app stores, not the official channel. This will help the illegal …

Samsung will be pleased to hear that they have taken the top spot at the T3 Gadget Awards last night, knocking the Apple iPhone 4 from the top spot. This is the first time in three years that the award didn't go to Apple or HTC. The Samsung handset is …

Cooler Master are well known for producing a range of high quality CPU coolers that offer excellent performance at competitive price points.  Today we are going to look at one of their latest CPU coolers, the Hyper 612S which on paper should deliver a decent level of cooling without breaking …

Microsoft have plans to launch the new Xbox 360 dashboard on November 25th, according to reports on GigaOM. The major update will be based around ‘LakeView' which is a modified version of Microsoft's Silverlight development framework. This will include Kinect's voice recognition and gesture control. This new dashboard will also …

Blackberry customers all over Europe, the Middle East and Africa have been facing online service downtime since yesterday. All of this audience have been served by a RIM data center in Slough. Services affected have been instant messaging, HTTP access and email. Those users who are serviced by a corporate …

HTC are having a good year, and their latest reports over the weekend show revenues of $4.43 (US) billion for the third quarter 2011. This is up 9.2% from Q2, and almost 80% on this time last year. 2011 has been a massively strong year for the mobile giant, with …

A little while ago we took at two Xbox 360 headsets from Plantronics and were very impressed with what they offered for the money. We did however comment that the Wireless X95 headset would be a much better product if it featured an integrated rechargeable battery, as buying replacement batteries …

The death of Steve Jobs caused many ripples in the industry last week, but not all the responses to his death were complimentary. Outspoken Richard M. Stallman, the founder of the open source movement posted a rather damning eulogy on his blog several days ago. He said: “Steve Jobs, the …