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Hewlett Packard seem to be jinxed in May. They recalled 70,000 laptop batteries in May 2009, 54,000 in May 2010 and another 162,000 are apparently potentially dangerous. According to sources, the batteries may cause skin burns due to overheating and even potentially catch fire in extreme circumstances. The US Product …

This month Kitguru has been at the forefront of many Solid State Drive reviews including the new models from ADATA and OCZ. Today we are looking at the new model from Corsair, the Force 3 120GB which is set to target a wide audience, offering high levels of SATA III …

We have some shots for you from Computex of the upcoming Powercolor HD6990 Custom design, which is not yet finished. The HD6870X2 which will be available very shortly and the HD6850 SCS3. Yes, the custom HD6970x2 has three power connectors, its not a mistake ! Stay tuned for more Computex …

We have been watching many discussion forums in recent months and the overriding consensus seems to be that Apple really have the tablet market wrapped up. We don't just mean in terms of sales, but with the interface and overall product design. While reviews and journalists are only a small …

CyberLink Corp and MasterImage 3D will today, at Computex 2011, demonstrate the cutting-edge auto-stereo 3D solution enabling glasses-free stereo 3D playback on MasterImage 3D’s new CELL reference tablets running Android. The advancement of auto-stereo 3D technology enables users to watch 3D movies, photos and videos with PowerDVD without 3D glasses, …

According to insider information Microsoft are going to be announcing a new raft of games for their flagging Windows Phone 7 platform at the E3 conference. The company have been working overtime to support developers and to entice a wider audience to adopt their latest mobile platform. One of Microsoft's …

Asus have announced the new ultrathin 11 inch UX PC which looks to be a direct competitor against the successful Apple MacBook Air. The UX has an 11 inch screen with an aluminum alloy chassis which has a polished appearance. The company are aiming high saying that it ‘takes inspiration …

Sandisk are updating their range of solid state drives with new models offering higher levels of performance. The new drives have a SATA III Interface and can will almost double the performance of the previous P4 range. Solid State drives are slowly gaining momentum with the enthusiast audience appreciating the …

Sony said last night that they will have restored most of the services in Europe, America and most of Asia by the end of the week. So far they have yet to commit to a timeframe for services to be fixed in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea but that …

Today AMD are launching their new 990FX chipset motherboards and we are looking at the Asus Sabertooth model which is a board loaded with a plethora of features. The Ultimate Force (TUF) Sabertooth 990FX has a 10 phase Digi+ VRM and it is wired to four DDR3 DIMM slots which …

Powercolor have been one of the more active AMD partners in recent months, releasing many modified cards with custom cooling solutions for all sectors of the market. Today we are looking at their latest HD6870 PCS++ which is supplied with a proprietary cooler and substantial ‘out of the box' overclocks. …

Government ministers have released a list of entertaining and often hilarious reasons why people claim to be defrauding the UK government. One guy when questioned about the benefit claimed by his wife said “I wasn't aware my wife was working because her hours of work coincided with the times I …

Macintosh users have been targeted in recent weeks with one of the most sophisticated and clever pieces of scamware ever created. MacDefender has been such a success story for the developer that Apple themselves had to step in to issue warnings (they normally avoid discussing these problems) and are even …

It has been a tough lesson to learn for Sony, but it appears that at least Microsoft are learning from their mistakes. Microsoft General Manager in Ireland Paul Rellis has revealed that the company has learned from Sony's aggressive stance to the PS3 hacking and the damage that was caused …

Zuckerberg is quickly becoming one of the industries younger ‘eccentric' personalities and his latest claim will certainly only be enhancing his status as being seen as a ‘little odd'. The young multi billionaire says that he likes to set himself challenges and this time he claims he is only going …

It may be later than many countries, but Russia embraced the release of the iPad 2 with open arms. The official release will help stop black market sales in Russia, a good thing considering the insane prices being asked. Some retailers have claimed that the iPad 2 in Russia are …

Last week, we reported on a new upcoming Asus product which combines both tablet and smartphone functionality. Insider information has leaked which indicate that Asus will be calling the product the ‘Padfone' – a rather cool concept of merging both sectors into a single design. Pocketnow have released some pictures …

Samsung are seeking a court order to force Apple to disclose iPhone and iPad models under development. They claim that they need information to defend allegations of copying. They say they need to “evaluate whether a likelihood of confusion exists” between Apple and Samsung products which could go on sale …

It has been a hell of a year so far for Sony. The PlayStation Network was hacked last month, in what is classed as the second biggest security breach of all time. With the information of over 100 million users potentially in the wild they say they are unable to …

Internet Explorer has been hit with a new flaw, which is based on a cookie exploit – this affects all versions of Internet Explorer on any version of Microsoft Windows. Rosario Valotta found the flaw, and subsequently named it, however it does require a little bit of effort to cause …

Apple are apparently looking at British chip maker ARM for a potential upcoming laptop design. Japanese language site Macotakara have a writer who has claimed to have seen a Macbook Air which is based on Apple's A5 ARM processor. This test machine was supposedly made for Apple by Quanta, a …

The Macintosh isn't normally associated with malware, but the latest software which has caused problems for a large portion of the user base has been traced back to Russian online payment processor ChronoPay. The MacDefender software, a fake security suite set to cause Macintosh users to panic, forcing a sale …

Asus changed the world when they released the EEE PC. It was an inexpensive, superportable computer which many enthusiast users bought by the million, especially as it could be easily modded and run Linux out of the box. Computex is ready to rock and Asus are building up hype, promising …

The publishing industry has been gathering at their annual four day national convention and Amazon's Kindle is certainly being seen as the dominant force in the growing e-reader market. Barnes and Noble are gaining momentum and Apple are not delivering at all in this specific market. It is not often …

Today we are going to look at a new laser mouse designed by Smartfish Technologies. This is no ordinary mouse however because it is specifically designed with ergonomics in mind. Smartfish Technologies feel that this new ground breaking mouse will change how people use a mouse, forever. The Whirl uses …

Although Foxconn is one of the largest 3rd party manufacturing operations in the world, Terry Gou's company is on the verge of meltdown – trying to deal with the phenomenal demand for iPad 2 products from Apple customers. KitGuru considers the company's plight. While the company has struggled to promote …

Earlier this week some shots of the upcoming Asus Matrix GTX580 were leaked – we have a few high resolution versions available. As would be expected with an ASUS product, the card looks rather stunning and there will be two versions, a Standard and a Platinum version, both equipped with …

All PC enthusiast gamers loathe DRM which is being supplied now with more and more games. The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings has just received its first official patch and as well as bug fixes, developer CD Projekt have removed the DRM from the title. Gamers will be rejoicing. DRM …

A few months back we looked at Fractal Design's range-topping Define XL case which impressed us with its great build quality and near silent operation.  So we are excited to see what they can deliver at a lower price point where there is much more competition. Today we are going …

Processor giant Intel said it would consider making chips for specific customers such as Apple and Sony, if asked. Chief Financial officer Stacy Smith told journalists “There are certain customers that would be interesting to us and certain customers that wouldn't”. He added that Intel would be happy to create …