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Now seems a good time to be buying a new AMD processor, as they are offering a £20 off cashback with their top of the range 8 core processors. The AMD ‘More Cores, More Cashback’ rebate is available on a range of the FXs which enable overclocking for huge performance …

Google have the Christmas spirit in full flow, with the latest ‘easter egg' to target their search engine. If you type in ‘let it snow' in the google search window, the screen starts to fill up with snow. Snowflakes fall from the top of the screen and eventually everything becomes …

Last week the NASA Rossi X Ray Timing Explorer may have found the smallest known black hole. Using the RTXE, which can detect X rays coming from cosmic sources, a group of astronomers have been able to identify an X ray pattern, known as a ‘hearbeat'. This indicates that a …

Santa has had a busy month, preparing for a huge round of deliveries in the next week, but he has taken time out to appear in the new Apple advert featuring the personal SIRI assistant. In the ad Santa asks “How do I get to Charlie Grant’s house?” – and …

UK communications giant British Telecom have decided to sue Google over alleged Android patent infringement. They are claiming that the search engine leader ‘willfully infringes' on six patents that they hold. The company have said in the suit “BT brings this action to recover the just compensation it is owed …

News has just reached us that Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal has just invested $300 million into Twitter. He already has stakes in Apple Inc and Citigroup Inc. The agreement to purchase a ‘strategic stake' in Twitter has followed after ‘several months of negotiations' according to a statement issued today. Twitter …

Akasa are well known for producing a wide range of products for the enthusiast market, such as fans, laptop cooling pads, power supplies and CPU coolers. They have had good sales success with their range of cases and today we are looking at the Venom Toxic, a full ATX design …

For those tech readers who don’t always get time to check out our game related content at Kitguru gaming – here is a round up of content published in the last week! “Asura's Wrath – Cheesy or Awesome?” Asura’s Wrath will quite possibly be the most insane game of 2012.  …

Following the announcement from Futuremark on 13th December, it seems that PowerMark is destined to become one of the most widely used benchmarks for determining battery life on Windows 7 devices. Not satisfied with re-running the release, KitGuru managed to send a spy to intercept President Oliver Baltuch.  Will we …

Globally, Asus is now one of the five biggest manufacturers of laptop computers. While its known for high-end components, it actually broke into the portable PC market by inventing the EeePC, effectively creating the netbook market sector overnight. But where will the Asus portable focus be for 2012? Good question. …

Steve Jobs made it clear that anything under 10 inches didn't make the grade as a fully fledged tablet, but it appears that according to a report on Digitimes that Apple may be preparing to launch a new 7.85 inch iPad by the end of 2012. The report also indicates …

The tech world is a fast moving industry, and we have noticed this year that the multimedia sector has been developing at an incredible pace. A few weeks ago we looked at the AC Ryan VEOLO Media Streamer, an ultra low power Android device which can be connected directly to …

The memory market is facing a dramatic turn of events. By simply looking online you can see that pricing is at an all time low point. Great for consumers, but what about the companies who make a living from the sales? An enthusiast user can now buy quality, ‘value' branded …

Google have earned a patent for driverless car technology which means a computer system can completely take over control of a vehicle from the human driver. The technology appears to be an enhanced version of cruise control, a firm favourite for many luxury cars owners. The new Google system uses …

Corsair's new PC gaming peripherals line includes four new HID products: The Vengeance K60 and Vengeance K90 gaming keyboards and the Vengeance M60 and Vengeance M90 laser gaming mice. A key feature of all four of these new Vengeance Series products is the use of an aluminum structure to provide …

Offering a fresh take on one of the best-selling gaming mouse pads in history, ROCCAT Studios – the Hamburg, Germany-based manufacturer of professional PC gaming devices and equipment – today announced that the legendary ROCCAT Taito Shiny Black Gaming Mousepad now comes in two thicknesses of 3mm and 5mm, as …

Leading international mainboard and graphics card manufacturer MSI today announces the official release of its X79A-GD45 (8D) mainboard. This new mainboard is based on Intel's latest X79 chipset and uses the LGA 2011 socket supporting the 2nd generation Core i7 processors. The X79A-GD45 (8D) features 8 memory DIMMs and supports …

Customers who spend time on Amazon will already be aware of the handy ‘one click' purchasing option which is tied into their user account. You can simply log in, enabled the ‘one click' purchasing option and buy items without having to wade through multiple pages of confirmation. Concerns however have …

Inspiration, like the list of people you know you should get something for but can't be asked, never ends. We've been scouring the web, bus shelters and the backs of toilet doors for ideas to hit you with this December – and here's the latest instalment. Enjoy! To be honest, …

Sony executives will be celebrating in the boardroom today as they have issued a statement to say that they have sold out of the Playstation Vita portable device, via preorders in Japan. Andrew House, chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment told reporters yesterday “There were lines to make reservations …

According to a report published in Nature on Wednesday there is a gigantic black hole absorbing a gas cloud in the Milky Way galaxy. The black hole is called  ‘Sagittarius A' and it is located right in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, it has a mass around four …

Corsair have a wide range of products now in the Solid State market, and they are adding the new ‘Performance Pro' series which uses an updated Marvell controller. This controller has worked well before with incompressible data, so we have high hopes for overall performance today. Corsair list drive bandwidth …

While Western Digital's hard drive production facility at Navanakorn remains too wet to use, the restarting of a line at Bang Pa-in has been welcomed the world over. Just how bad the damage to buildings will proves to be in the long run – and how long it takes WD …

When a multi-billion dollar organisation wants to update its systems and see how it could be doing business better, then Dutch-Brit tech specialist Logica, might have been one of their first phone calls. Now it seems that Logica's high-powered analytical skills have been focused inwards. Result? Major job loses. KitGuru …

Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire has new plans to create a business for commercial space travel. It should take around five years to develop. The US government are cutting back on space flight, so Allen has sensed a gap in the market for investment. Yesterday he showcased designs for …

Futuremark have just released an update to 3DMark 11 which is available for download from their website, and from media partners. You can get the update here http://www.3dmark.com/3dmark11/download/update/ Release Notes for 3DMark 11 v1.0.3: Bullet physics library updated to version 2.79 to improve compatibility with future CPUs and GPUs. For …

AC Ryan have updated the firmware for their latest VEOLO product. Kitguru loved this product, and you can read the review here. They have just released a new update: VEOLO continues its revolution of digital home entertainment, allowing users to take advantage of: I WANT – Apps on TV Free …

From the time the first gamer opened up a cardboard box with an Antec 900 chassis inside, this company has been one of the most popular at LAN gaming events across the globe. The launch of the brand new 1100 series will be welcomed by enthusiasts across the globe. KitGuru …

Google have announced today that they are donating $11.5 million to several organisations who are fighting against modern day slavery of 27 million people around the world. The associated press said “In what is believed to be the largest ever corporate grant devoted to the advocacy, intervention and rescue of …

Today we are looking at the latest motherboard from Sapphire to support AMD's new FX family of processors, with backwards compatibility for the previous generation AM3 CPUs. The Sapphire Pure Black 990FX is a full sized ATX board targeting the high end AMD enthusiast audience. This is also the first …