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Sony have been having a rough time in recent weeks, with the latest news sure to cause more disruption for the electronics giant. Sony are still under attack by hackers and the Sony BMG Greek site has fallen to an attack. Personal details of users who are registered to the …

Many researchers have overlooked the importance of the astrocyte brain cell, focusing on the neuron. But for the first time scientists have been able to grow them in the lab. Sh Chun Zhang, a study researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison said “Not a lot of attention has been paid …

Rumors are circulating in Taipei today that Apple may be trying something new and radical with the upcoming iPhone 5. Sources close to Kitguru have also spoken with Digitimes to ‘confirm' the latest rumour that Apple have been buying a lot of new glass cutting machines, used by glass makers. …

Enthusiast users with a constrained budget often have to make compromises in regards to quality, building a PC around a chassis that emits a lot of fan noise due to thin panel design and the inclusion of low quality fans. Enter Cooler Master with their new Silencio 550, a case …

Preparation for Computex is never a quick and painless ordeal for the companies involved. We chatted this morning with Arctic Cooling and they are really excited about Computex this year. Representative Timothy Yun said “We have worked wholeheartedly in every part of the exhibition including booth design, product and display …

According to IC Insights, Intel have extended their lead over nearest rival Samsung by a whopping 44 percent. The report shows the strength of Intel sales right now, with Samsung literally miles behind. Another chipmaker in the report, Nvidia, recorded sales down by six percent with Panasonic also shows a …

At the weekend, M.I.C. Gadget posted a background story on Foxconn's facility which gave many people a peek inside one of the factories responsible for the tech goods we use today. The factories were built in record time, specifically to meet demand for Apple's latest wonder gadget, the iPad 2. …

Intel announced that their SSD 320 range of solid state drives are getting a warranty increase from three to five years. SSD's have a good reputation for being reliable and while it makes sense considering a lack of moving parts, Intel are ensuring that customers feel more comfortable with their …

German police have taken down servers related to the German Pirate Party. This operation was started by the French authorities. The Piratenpartei Deutschland issued a statement which said “police confiscated a number of servers of the German Pirate Party which are provided by AixIT in Offenbach, for a French investigation”. …

Sony have announced that they are planning to move older PSP titles onto the PS3, but this won't be a plain ole emulator. The electronics giant want to remaster the old games and add new content, high definition graphics, support for DualShock 3 controllers and even in some cases 3D …

Last week, we reported on problems faced by Microsoft with the latest Xbox 360 console firmware flash. Microsoft have acknowledged the problem and have said that the issue isn't related to specific older versions or newer versions of the console and they have started a replacement program for those which …

Kitguru has been using PowerDVD now for a year in many of our reviews. It is without question a great real world test for processors, and with hardware acceleration enabled it can give a good indication of how a new graphics card can help with high definition media playback. Today …

AMD's latest Brazos Platform has proven popular over recent months, with many users adopting a secondary low powered system for general, light duties or as the foundation of a high definition media center. Today we are looking at the Gigabyte E350N USB 3 motherboard which is built to the high …

KitGuru is a boring old windbag. When we're not writing 40-page reviews on the world's most advanced technology, we trundle down to the local stores in search of the new/different/interesting. This bright spring morning saw us inside PC World – and what value we found! PC World is part of …

Microsoft have announced a new offer for students who purchase a Windows 7 PC. Starting May 22nd, students who buying a new Windows 7 based PC costing $699 or more will also be able to get a free Xbox 360 4GB console. The offer is currently only available at participting …

Sony seem to be in the press recently for all the wrong reasons and another event took place this week which is sure to lower consumer faith in the brand name. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Sony's So-Net Entertainment subsidiary was hacked by unknown sources, who made off …

There are no shortage of video cards on the market today, with all sectors perfectly covered with solutions from both AMD and Nvidia. Today we are looking at the new card from VTX3D – a custom cooled Radeon HD6670. The HD6670 was released by AMD to target the HTPC audience, …

It has been impossible to have missed the recent Sony Playstation Network problems. If you have, then follow the story from the start with this search term. Many people had assumed that Sony would lose a huge portion of their user base, but evidentally this might not be the case.' …

Macintosh users love the fact that they get very few virus infections, but there is a new and rather sinister program which is targeting the user base. Research is showing that the infection is four to five times higher than normal. The Malware is devious, because it is posing as …

Earlier this week Kitguru reported on story of the upcoming Windows 8 platform. Intel executives said that Microsoft would be releasing different versions of Windows 8, with specific versions for the ARM series of processors. Microsoft have said that this is ‘factually inaccurate'. At an analyst meeting this week, Intel …

iPad sales are at an all time high for Apple, and many research companies are running their own analysis to get feedback from the user base. Nielsen have applied their own graphical based research on mobile devices and it certainly makes for interesting reading. Nielsen weren't focusing on sales, this …

The time of the ebook is certainly upon us. Amazon have issued a report saying that they are selling over twice as many ebooks on their store now when compared to physical hardbacks. The figure also includes books which have no Kindle electronic edition and excludes free ebooks, of which …

Apple are known to be heavy handed in the world of legal affairs and as many regular readers will already know, they are currently in battle with both Microsoft and Amazon over the ‘App Store' name. Microsoft files a protest against Apple's legal rights to have the ‘App Store' name …

Today we are looking at Zotac's take on the new Nvidia GTX560, a card which should NOT be confused with the GTX560 ‘Ti'. The Ti was released at the start of the year and is a higher end part targeting a slightly different market. Nvidia have released the latest GTX560 …

Symantec are one of the industries big players and Enrique Salem, their chief executive is not hiding his desire to invest in new opporunities. According to Reuters he is in the market for new takeovers. Symantec's last deal was to purchase Verisign for the secure transaction sign up capabilities. This …

Gears Of War has been a huge seller on the Xbox 360 console and the latest version due for release in September. Amazingly it has already achieved over 1 million preorders, hitting the mark faster than hot seller Halo: Reach. Major Nelson, well known blog writer said “Today, Microsoft and …

If you have recently gained access to the Playstation Network again, you might be wondering if you are ‘safe'. While Sony certainly dropped the ball this month, there are certain steps you can take to protect yourself online. Not just with the Playstation Network, but with general ‘store' related activity. …

Twitter announced this week that they were making various changes to allow users finer control over accounts. Until recently, with other applications such as Twitterific requested access to the account, it could get into the ability to read and post tweets but also into the full history of messages. When …

LinkedIn sold shares on Wednesday, and the valuation of the business was $4.25bn (£2.63 bn). They sold 7.84 million shares at $45 each which raised a total of $352.8m. Investors see the potential for the professional networking site to link companies with customers and job seekers. The company shares are …

KitGuru has looked at a number of Arctic Sound headsets over the past year which have impressed us by offering great performance at little cost.  We were very excited when Arctic offered us a sample of their latest earphones to review which also offer an impressive feature set for the …