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Cooler Master have released many quality products this year, from CPU coolers and power supplies to computer chassis. Today we are looking at the latest headphones from their Storm series – the CM Storm Sirus 5.1 Headphones. The Sirus is a product which hopes to target both the gaming and …

The floods in Thailand will cause problems for the IT industry. Samsung and Acer have said that PC supplies will be lowered and subsequently prices will rise. The shortage of hard disk drives will have ramifications globally. Western Digital have also said that the floods have forced the closure of …

Steve Jobs sister Mona Simpson revealed his last words in a eulogy she save at the Memorial Church of Stanford University. She said he looked at her, then his children, his wife and then beyond them all and said ‘Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow'. The New York times printed …

Apple have taken over a Swedish 3D mapping company – which would be the third mapping company they have purchased in the space of only two years. According to AppleInsider, the debate over which firm published C3 Technologies has now emerged as Apple. C3 Technologies are a major player in …

One of the more creative Halloween costumes emerged online this weekend, when a NASA engineer decided to use two iPad tablets to create a rather unusual concept idea. He taped two iPad's to the insides of torn clothing, covered in fake blood, to pretend that he was walking around, in …

Scientists have found an asteroid that may have been an ancient baby planet, formed when the earth was only in its infancy. The European Space Agency's probe Rosetta flew past the asteroid Lutetia last year, between Mars and Jupiter and they have studied it closely with spectroscopic and thermal sensors. …

Panasonic have had great success with their latest range of cameras, and it looks as if they are bring out a new range of Micro Four Thirds cameras in the coming months. A series of photographs leaked on the Mobile01 forums showing what appears to be the upcoming GX1 MFT …

In the last week many people have raised concerns with problems regarding the new iPhone 4s battery life. It appears this has been shortlisted to a bug in the Apple location services system in the latest iOS 5 operating system. This has been the cause of short battery life for …

In the past year or so we have seen a number of component manufacturers such as Thermaltake and Cooler Master expand their product ranges into the gaming peripherals market.  While some of these manufacturers have entered the market very quickly with a large range of gaming peripherals, Corsair has taken …

Have you read our full review and watched the interview with Sapphire Global PR Director Bill Donnelly? Then you will already be hunting high and low to land yourself one of the new, limited edition discrete cards! This card has won our top award, scoring 9 out of 10. It …

Kitguru and sister group PCTV recently had some time to sit and chat with Sapphire's Global PR Director, Bill Donnelly. He speaks about their latest discrete graphics card – the new HD6970 Battlefield 3 FleX Edition. This card was reviewed today by Kitguru and it features a dual bios switch …

Sapphire are AMD's largest graphics partner and today we are looking at something very special – the new HD6970 Sapphire Flex with Vapor X cooler, which not only comes with a proprietary cooling solution, but with a free copy of the brand new Battlefield 3 game. This will be a …

NAS systems are becoming ever more popular, with many households in 2011 adding one to their network. QNAP need no introduction, being one of the most established players in the networking industry. It has been some time since I have looked at one of their boxes and today we have …

Research In Motion have struggled to sell their BlackBerry Playbook. This hasn't been helped by networking issues in recent months, and the news that they won't be updating their software anytime soon. RIM have tried to push sales, by cutting the price of the tablet, but channel partners claim that …

Nintendo have announced that their new Wii U console will be launching next year and they are working hard to ensure a stronger launch than last time. Satoru Iwata, the president of the company said “Based on the bitter experiences we have had with the Nintendo 3DS, we are making …

According to reports, Samsung have sold more smartphones than Apple in the July to September period. Samsung shipped 28 million smartphones, four times as many as this time last year. Apple say they shipped 17 million smartphones during this time period. Samsung are said to be chasing Nokia as the …

Hewlett Packard have said that they will not be selling off their PC section of the business. CEO Leo Apotheker was fired in September over his plans for the future, and the company have reversed this particular decision. The Guardian newspaper in the UK has heard that HP do plan …

Intel have had a hell of a year, with little competition offered in the enthusiast sector. AMD's Bulldozer chip looked promising, but sadly fell short of the mark, even with double the physical cores. The Core i7 2500k and 2600k have remained the enthusiast number 1 choice, and today we …

Intel have had a hell of a year, with little competition offered in the enthusiast sector. AMD's Bulldozer chip looked promising, but sadly fell short of the mark, even with double the physical cores. The Core i7 2500k and 2600k have remained the enthusiast number 1 choice, and today we …

Apple released a series of EFI firmware updates for their Mac Mini, iMac, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air systems. The updates are: • iMac EFI Update 1.7 (3.69 MB) This update enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection and includes fixes that resolve issues with Apple Thunderbolt Display compatibility and …

We reported a while ago that Sony may be buying out Ericsson from their mobile phone partnership. They have settled on 1.05 billion euros in cash for their share in the company. The agreement looks to be settled by January 2012 and it will mean that Sony Corp will have …

Mozilla issued a statement yesterday which claims that they will be supporting Microsoft's Bing search engine with a custom Firefox version. Bing will be configured as the default search engine. Mozilla said “Mozilla and Bing are pleased to make available Firefox with Bing, a customized version of Firefox that sets …

Steve Jobs high profile biography reveals a lot of interesting information and one which has surfaced is based around the use of Intel chips in the original iPad. Walter Isaacson revealed that Jobs considered using the Intel Atom in the first iPad. Jobs faced some counter arguments from Tony Fadell, …

Research In Motion haven't had a very memorable 2011, unless you factor in lower than expected sales and networking issues. The latest news will cause an uproar among customers as it appears that the ill fated Playbook tablet will not be getting a much needed software update until next year. …

SilverStone have a great reputation for their chassis design, but they also make a wide range of peripherals for the enthusiast audience. Today we are looking at two of their latest range, the SST-TS07B USB 3.0 enclosure and the EC03B Internal USB 3.0 PCIe Card. The Silverstone SST-TS07B is a …

At Kitguru we know a portion of our audience won’t want to read 30-40 page reviews on the latest technology. With this in mind we are starting a new series of videos which demystify all the tech talk and lay out the cold hard facts. Kitguru Lite is tech without …

On 19th October, KitGuru and Pro Class TV were invited along to a private technology seminar – held behind closed doors in the heart of London. We managed to catch up with one of the company's most senior executives, Jackie Hsu, as well as a number of product managers and …

One of the most hyped games this year has been flying off the shelves since it was released last week for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. According to the latest reports, 4.6 million units has been sold in the first week. The sales of this game haven't been a …

The gaming world is buzzing with news of a new trailer coming for the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V. Rockstar games announced the upcoming game on their website earlier this week. They have now added a clock, with a count down to the release. RockStar are being very secretive about …

John McCarthy, one of the leading lights in the artificial intelligence sector has died aged 84. He was the creator of the language often used within the artificial intelligence industry. McCarthy was a professor in Stanford University for four decades and according to reports he died at his home in …