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Cooler Master and Thermaltake have many years combined experience in the cooling sector and today we are looking at two of their latest cooling platforms designed for hot running, performance oriented laptops. Both coolers are priced between £30 and £40 and feature adjustable height settings with a focus on delivering …

Amazon announced a drop in third quarter profit, with shares falling 19 percent in late trading. Their net income dropped 73 percent to $63 million from $231 million, this time last year. Amazon have also said that they may post an operating loss this quarter. Amazon are searching for higher …

Looks like the chaps at Tt eSports are very excited to announce SAPHIRA, which they believe to be the world’s most advanced pro-gaming mouse and the White-Ra’s Limited Edition signature mouse pad. So what's this all about then? For a long time fans of both Tt eSports and StarCraft II …

Kingston Digital Europe Ltd, an affiliate of Kingston Technology Company Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced Kingston urDrive, a free pre-loaded application available on a variety of its DataTraveler® USB Flash drives. Kingston urDrive transforms USB drives from passive storage to engaged, active storage, allowing consumers …

Today we have the chance to put the NZXT HAVIK 140 CPU Cooler through its paces. This is the first retail CPU Cooler that NZXT have released and if size matters, they will have a winner on their hands! The HAVIK 140 uses six, 6mm heatpipes, 46 aluminum fins and …

Does your home network suck? Then look no further! We really do like to give away the sexiest of goodies at Kitguru, and today we have not one, but two stunning Buffalo Nfiniti WZR HP AG300H 300 Mbps wireless routers up for grabs in the competition pot. The Dual-Band Wireless-N …

Late yesterday there were reports that Apple were set to release the iPad 3 as early as March, but with a smaller dock connector. This would lead to issues with a plethora of existing products. I decided to try and get confirmation from a source I have, close to Apple. …

The challenge to Apple's iPad mounts as Amazon are due to release their new, low cost Kindle Fire tablet. So far Apple have remained king of the tablet market with staggering sales of their iPad and iPad 2 but analysts seem certain that the Kindle Fire will take the number …

Nokia have had a tough year, facing stiff competition from Android and iOS smartphones. Their future success rides on the partnership with Microsoft which caused some concern for followers of the company when it was announced. According to information from sources, they are due to release a new range of …

Celebrating the launch of the much anticipated Battlefield 3 game, SAPPHIRE Technology is introducing the SAPPHIRE HD 6970 BF3 Special Edition – featuring two SAPPHIRE exclusive technologies, SAPPHIRE FleX and Vapor-X cooling as well as performance enhancing options for the enthusiast and access to a FREE copy of the full …

Kitguru loves high performance NAS systems, and we have been focusing lately on many of the new Synology range. Today however we are looking at a very competitively priced product from Buffalo – the TeraStation Pro 8 Bay which is supplied with 8x1TB hard drives. This is the most affordable …

OCZ have been at the forefront of the Solid State sector now for a very long time, and the news of their upcoming Octane drives is set to shake up the SSD market. We managed to speak with an insider over the weekend and the new units will use 2Xnm …

While the effects of Bulldozer on the market as a whole were interesting, at stock speeds it does not set the world alight. So what is Intel's response?  Strangely enough, they have taken a leaf from AMD's history books. KitGuru dons a toga and prepares to draw diagrams in the …

Well known hacking group Anonymous will be popular this week as they claim to have taken down 40 child pornography websites while publishing the names of 1,500 people involved. This happened around a week ago but has just surfaced at the weekend. They posted statements on pastebin saying that they …

Apple published a video on their website yesterday celebrating the life of Steve Jobs who died aged 56 after losing a battle against pancreatic cancer. The 80 minute video is called ‘Celebrating Steve' and includes a series of speakers from the Wednesday event, which wasn't available to the public. In …

Microsoft are dealing with a rather embarrassing situation today, as their Youtube channel appears to have been hacked at the weekend. All of their videos were removed and replaced with short clips. We checked this morning and they seem to have the situation under control now. According to Mashable, four …

Amazon look to have Apple in their sights, with the upcoming release of the bargain priced 7 inch Amazon Kindle Fire. For the last week or two however they have been dealing with privacy concerns over the upcoming Silk browser. The Kindle Fire has not been released yet, but technology …

Apple have always had a reputation for being an expensive option, when considering a new computer or smartphone, but in recent months some analysts and journalists have commented on pricing – we wonder are they becoming a good ‘value for money' supplier of tech goodies? When we look at the …

Those who read KitGuru on a regular basis will know that we review quite a number of gaming products from SteelSeries.  They are renowned for being one of the best gaming peripheral manufacturers on the planet and are held in high esteem by gamers across the globe.  Take a trip …

When Dennis Publishing set up the London International Technology Show, they knew that there would be a huge variation in the effort made by the various exhibitors when it comes to ‘What do we do with the stand space now we have paid for it'. By far and away the …

Looking around the game-related stands at Dennis Publishing's London International Technology Show at the Excel Centre, we noticed an aberration.  The problem is that some of these gaming people are complete perverts. Really out there. What are we talking about?  Well, it's that horrific affliction that no one dare talk …

If you own an Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 console then today's review product might raise an eyebrow. Have you ever wanted to share video content showcasing your gaming exploits? The Hauppauge HD PVR Gaming Edition records high definition video from either console direct to your computer in compressed H.264 …

After the death of Steve Jobs, many concerns were raised that Apple may have lost some of their leading executive team. Board member and former US Vice President Al Gore said the concerns are unwarranted and that the team will remain strong. He spoke at the All Things D technology …

Google are set to release an updated version of Gmail. It will offer a redesigned conversation thread system and an enhanced search algorithm. A video was posted online explaining the new features and changes. The video is presented by Jason Cornwell, the user experience designer for Gmail. Access to the …

In one of the more bizarre stories this week, MC Hammer, the famous rapper with the baggy trousers is developing his own search engine. He has commented, claiming that it will be better than Google, or Bing. The rapper has announced the platform, called ‘WireDoo' which has been 24 months …

Scientists have been analysing the Ozone hole over the Antarctica and have came to a rather frightening conclusion. The hole reached its annual peak on September the 12th and stretched across 10.05 million square miles, according to a report that NASA filed yesterday. NASA work with the National Oceanographic and …

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 …

Kogan have released a new low cost Tablet in the UK to target the audience who are unwilling or unable to spend more for a mobile device. The pricing in the UK for the 8 inch tablet is around the £120 price point. The 10 inch version is only £30 …

PowerColor today introduces all-new multimedia solution, SlingIt, which is designed to help centralize and distribute entertainment to various devices inside your home. SlingIt creates a gateway to wireless entertainment by offering a pair of devices that builds a bridge among multi rooms. Beams Digital Content from HDMI Source to HDTV …

Not everyone will be happy building a new system from the ground up, due to inexperience or time limitations. Thankfully for these people, the UK has many enthusiast grade system builders vying for attention – some of whom you might not have heard of. We admit we hadn't heard of …