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We have reviewed several exciting products from Cooler Master over the past few months from cases to CPU coolers.  They have built up a strong brand in both these markets thanks to a combination of good performance and high value.  They do produce other cooling products, though, like notebook coolers. …

Nature Photonics has an interesting story online which details that the first single living cell has been able to produce laser light. Malte Gather and Seok Hyun Yun from the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital has the scientific world buzzing. The scientists have been able to engineer …

Bill Gates was interviewed recently by the Daily Mail and he let a interesting tidbit of information slip. His friend Mark Zuckerberg has gotten engaged to his long term girlfriend Priscilla Chan. Gates may have revealed his friends secret by referring to Chan as Zuckerberg's ‘fiancee'. Gates and Zuckerberg have …

According to sources in Taipei, it appears that next iPhone will be released in September this year. Industry sources indicate that the final testing stage is underway meaning that the product is ready to be given the goahead for mass production. Other sources such as 9to5Mac claim that the iPhone …

Microsoft haven't had the best launch for their latest Windows Phone 7 operating system, but they might take some comfort that the latest IDC WorldWide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report indicates that they could surpass Apple's iOS platform by 2015. IDC are making predictions that Android will have 43.8 percent …

Free leaks indicate that Apple may update their MacBook Air mid week. Twitter user Chronic, who is a well known source of insider information with successful ‘predictions' in the past has posted last night that his sources have 100% confirmed a Wednesday release for a MacBook Air update. Earlier today …

Well another day, another legal wrangle. This time iCloud Communications are suing Apple over the ‘iCloud' trademark. iCloud Communications offer VoIP products and services which use the same centralised server principle as Apple's service. The complaint says “The goods and services with which Apple intends to use the ‘iCloud' mark …

Hands up if you need a new video card? Well Kitguru might just have the cure for that. Today we are giving away an XFX HD6990, the fastest video card on the market! Amp up your graphics with the XFX Radeon HD 6990 dual GPU graphics card. With GDDR5 high-speed …

We have recently looked at two impressive AMD motherboards from Asus which performed well in our tests and offered great feature sets and build quality. Today we are going to look at the M4A88T-M motherboard which offers a similar feature set to the other two boards we've tested but in …

KitGuru gets access to a lot of data as it flows across the interwibble. With launches and delays part of the ebb and flow of modern computing, it must be particularly annoying when one company's glory is interfered with by another product's failure to launch. KitGuru fills a glass of …

Apple have called a stop to the delivery of some iPad 2's due to a manufacturing glitch, according to sources in the industry. These iPad 2's were on route to Verizon Wireless for shipments to customers later in the week. The problem from what we hear was a identity code …

Codemasters, the successful developer of many leading games for the PC and console market have been hacked, the second time in recent months. The hack took place last month and unfortunately, the hackers have been able to get details of their customers. Data downloaded indicates that email addresses, telephone numbers, …

If you are in the market for a new keyboard then there are literally thousands available today which use membrane technology – but this won't be the first choice for the discerning enthusiast user as they can often feel ‘spongy' when typing.  Where we really see a step up in …

In the UK, buying memory could hardly be more puritanical. You duck into your local PC store, whisper in the ear of the store assistant and leave a few minutes later with a brown paper bag under your arm. Nor so in Guang Hua. KitGuru ignores the Welsh jokes and …

Back in the nineties, computer companies were opening up all over the place and everyone seemed to know someone who was working in the UK system building industry. Now things are very different. As news of a spate of closures reaches KitGuru, we look around to see who's fallen and …

The UK is always behind the USA so this won't come as much of a shock to many readers today. Apple's iCloud service won't launch in the UK until early 2012. A spokesman from the Performing Rights Society issued the statement saying that negotiations with Apple about rights in the …

We don't often review many Foxconn related products but today we are looking at their new mini PC which is based around AMD's successful Fusion platform. Foxconn are a massive manufacturing organisation who produce many goods for leading tech companies such as Apple. Their NT-A3500 is based around an ultra …

In a surprising U-turn, the folks on the Shuttle stand at Computex 2011, were sharing their views on the imminent death of the notebook market. KitGuru examines, extrapolates and exercises its right to disagree. Back at the start of 2010, the world seemed like it was heading lock, stock and …

Ever since Apple implemented the App Store on their mobile devices, iOS has becoming a serious contender in the portable gaming space.  There are a huge number of games available on the app store from racing games to FPS games so there has never been a better time to buy …

Microsoft will be crying into their cornflakes this morning as the US Supreme Court ruled against them. The outcome is that they infringed patents held by i4i, a small Canadian company. The judgement forces Microsoft to hand over $290 million to i4i who accused Microsoft of infringing patents it holds …

Researchers have created a functional integrated circuit smaller than a grain of salt. This circuit is a broadband frequency mixer which according to IBM researcher Yu Ming Lin is “one of the most fundamental and important circuits in essentially all wireless communication devices and equipment.” The new circuit design is …

Cupertino City Major has given his full support for Apple's new campus in the city. Gilbert Wong said “Cupertino is ready for this.” KitGuru reported on this a few days ago and Steve Jobs will be very happy that his plans can go ahead. Their new building will be able …

While all of the world's top chassis designers fight it out in the mid-range to entry-level, only a select few have consistently battled for the accolade of the finest chassis ever produced. KitGuru was lucky enough to be allowed inside Silverstone's Taiwan headquarters for a 1-on-1 with Chassis guru and …

Roll the clock back 10 years and there was no BeQuiet. At Computex 2011, the company began to flex its muscles.By Computex 2012, the company will have a completely different profile. KitGuru pieces together the info and looks ahead. Germans are a meticulous bunch, by and large. So when a …

As gamer, of all levels, push the envelope harder and harder – so the control of your in-game character becomes more and more important. KitGuru investigates Roccat's latest innovation and wonders how useful it will be. Up on the 10th floor of the Hyatt in Taipei, Computex has evolved into …

Nintendo have admitted that their video footage used at the Electronics Entertainment Expo  this week was actually nicked from rival consoles, the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. The Wii U was warmly received at the event and a lot of focus was placed on the tablet style controller, which seems …

Right now, the buzz word is ‘iCloud'. Many tech minded people reading this will already be groaning. Why? Well it seems that no matter what Apple do, it always gets saturated in the press, even if the technology is actually not new. iCloud has met with a huge level of …

Are you looking for that special gift for your better half this summer? Well why not check out the new ‘printed custom swimwear' from Jenna Fizel and Mary Haung of Continuum Fashion. They are using nylon discs of different sizes connected by springs – which can flow around the contours …

Assassins Creed Revelations has been getting a lot of attention after the amazing gameplay demo at E3 this week. Fans of the stealth games look to be getting worked up on the latest exploits of Ezio, the double jointed Assassin. For Ubisoft, there is no better source of income than …

A Macintosh technician from Orange County, California has been arrested after being caught tampering with women's computer webcams, allowing him to spy on them while in the privacy of their own homes. Trevor Harwell, an employee of Rezitech has been arrested on suspicion of installing software on women's laptops which …