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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 …

OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs), launched the Indilinx Everest-based Petrol SSD Series. The Petrol Series enables further adoption of SSDs in cost-sensitive applications, while taking advantage of real world performance and complete feature set of the Indilinx Everest platform. “Until today, SSD …

A simple three page contract that Steve Jobs signed, establishing Apple Computer sold for $1.59 million (£1 million) at a Sotheby's auction in New York today. The auction was estimated to generate around $100,000. According to a report on Bloomberg Businessweek, the bidding started at $70,000 in a room of …

Billions have been spent researching the little fellow, but it seems that scientists (mad, bad and downright boffin-like) may be ready to start discussing the physical characteristics of the Higgs Boson particle. KitGuru picks up a white coat, clipboard and pen to see what's what down in old Geneva town. …

Research group NPD have posted the latest domestic sales data from America which show the Macintosh range of computers have experienced 13 percent growth year over year in the first 2 months of Q4. This number is expected to increase in December as people rush for a new purchase and …

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has broken all records, to reach a sales income of $1 billion in just 16 days. Avatar was a monster hit for James Cameron, grossing $1 billion in just 17 days after release. No one would have expected that a computer game would trumph …

SAPPHIRE Technology, a leading manufacturer and global supplier of graphics, mainboard and multimedia solutions has just introduced a new mainboard developed to support the latest high performance FX CPU family from AMD, and fully backwards compatible with previous generation AM3 CPUs. The SAPPHIRE Pure Black 990FX is a full ATX …

Today, we reviewed their 16GB 2,400mhz DDR3 kit for Intel's X79 platform, and G.Skill have just announced a staggering 64GB kit for the same platform. Below is their press release: Following the exciting announcement of its extreme RipjawsZ series quad channel DDR3 memory, G.Skill has once again pushed the DDR3 …

Intel have cut their Q4 sales projection by $1 billion, citing supply shortages due to the floods in Thailand. The flooding caused damage to many factories in Thailand that produce disk drives. Intel say that while they don't make disk drives, the shortage has caused wide spread problems within the …

When Intel launched their latest high end X79 platform, Kitguru was on hand with three, detailed reviews. One of the most impressive talking points with X79 is the use of Quad channel memory, which delivers substantially higher bandwidth results than anything else on the market. Today we are looking at …

The concept of Morality has been around for as long as there have been intelligent humans on the planet. Looking back at the Latin origins of the word, you can see that it's roots are in ‘moralitas', which means manners, character and the exhibiting of proper behaviour. Who are we …

With a massive plunge in the value of the company, is it a foregone conclusion that Blackberry is on its way to being dead/buried/bought out, or is there still time for it to learn from Apple?   If it was to open its ears and learn something new, what would the …

The Xmas holidays seem to be a truly cross-cultural idea for the 21st century. No matter what your individual beliefs, there's something really cool about doing nice things for others – including trying to put a smile on their faces when they open up the presents. We may well hit …

Tweetsport, the real-time tweet by tweet sport news site, announced the winners of the Naughty and Nice Twitlist for 2011 today (Monday 12th December 2011). Tweetsport which reviewed tweets from over 1000 top sporting favourites to find the ‘Sweet Tweets’ and the ‘Sporting Sprouts’ in the categories of football, rugby, …

Cooler Master have announced a competition which they are running directly. They are giving away 50 black 5.5 whrs (1500 mAh) power forts! The contest runs from the 12th December until the 3rd of January 2012. They will be announcing the winners on 5th January 2012, posting the information on …

The Hale90 series of power supplies has been a great success for NZXT, targeting the high end enthusiast audience. Today we are looking at a power supply in their new Hale82 range, which targets a wider, cost aware user base. All of the Hale82 power supplies feature 80 Plus Bronze …

Arctic, best known for their CPU coolers, have been expanding this year into different markets. The latest product they have released is the new ‘Protection Film DUO – a protection system for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. They are making a ‘Glossy' and a ‘Matt' version, both of which …

While the idea that technology moves from being a tool to being a companion is attractive, it's useful to know exactly what kind of personality your new life partner has. Upon examining the logic Siri uses on the iPhone 4s, we've discovered that it might be a little more ‘Fox …

One thing that KitGuru's known for a long, long time and that's the fact that the world never stops turning – and each revolution brings its own, revolution. In the field of mobile phones, the king is dead and the prince is now taking a beating. KitGuru pulls out the …

Is your computer slow and in dire need of an upgrade? Then today's competition will help solve part of the problem! Thanks to ADATA, Kitguru is giving away their latest S510 120GB Solid State drive, to one lucky reader. Regular readers will have already studied Zardon's review of the new …

Motorola executives will be smiling today, as a German court has ruled against Apple in an ongoing battle over patents. Motorola have complained that Apple failed to license one of their wireless intellectual properties. Apple use this technology in their 3G iPads and iPhones. Motorola may now try to force …

Hewlett Packard have been in the news this year for all the wrong reasons. After their botched release of the TouchPad tablet, which ended up on sale at rock bottom prices it appears they have had a change of heart in regards to WebOS. Chief Officer Meg Whitman has verified …

No company is analysed and stripped apart more than Apple, and this latest report from ASYMCO is slightly bizarre yet fascinating. According to the correlated information the Apple stores generate over $100k per employee, every quarter. In 2010 the revenue was $481,000 per employee. This year this has increased to …

The Apple audience are waiting with baited breath for the upcoming iPad 3, which is said to feature a super high resolution ‘retina' display with 2048×1536 resolution. We have been following the rumours now for many months. Breaking news last night however would indicate that Samsung are keen to beat …