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Microsoft announced a very healthy quarterly earning report which show a 31 percent increase to $5.2 billion. This fiscal third quarter report has exceeded analyst estimates. While the figure is very positive for Microsoft, there is a rather negative aspect to the report, this is the second straight quarter that …

The much awaited ‘white' iPhone 4 has been released to eager punters, keen to show off their glaringly bright new phone to friends and family. Initial reports indicate that the white version is actually 0.2mm thicker and may actually have a problem fitting into all the current case designs. Early …

Taipei are demanding that Sony provide details about the leak of the Playstation Network user data, sending the electronics giant a letter asking it to explain the incident ‘from start to finish'. Sony have been under some public scrutiny and have faced the biggest backlash of their history after keeping …

Research In Motion are keen to get a percentage of the app store market and to help them realise their goal they have purchased Montreal based software company Tungle, who have a history of developing applications which allow users to schedule and synchronise meetings over their smart phones, computers and …

AMD's new HD6790 has already proven to be a great performer for the gaming masses, delivering HD gaming capabilities without breaking the bank. Today we are looking at the new XFX HD6790 Edition which features a lovely, custom made dual fan cooler. As we have said before, AMD are marketing …

While Epson might be doing relatively well in projectors, the market itself is not that large. At the same time, it has taken a beating from HP. KitGuru has a quick look at the financial print outs to see where Epson might have smudged. KitGuru loves making solid predictions, in …

A new range of products have been released by market leader: ASUS. ASUS launches the new HD 6770 DirectCU and HD 6750 Formula graphics cards that employs Super Alloy Power to provide a 15% performance boost, 35°C cooler operating temperatures and 2.5 times longer lifespan. The HD 6770 DirectCU applies …

Panasonic are to cull 35,000 people from their workforce over two years, as they are losing money from restructuring costs associated with damage from the March 11th disasters. President Fumio Ohtsubo has said that the company will streamline operations to boost profitability, including selling some of its business and to …

These are troubled times for Nokia, and their home land Finland. Nokia have announced that 7,000 people will be leaving the company. Something that many analysts had forseen for many months. 4,000 of these staff are losing their jobs entirely, with Finland, United Kingdom and Denmark being the target countries. …

As Epson prepares to unveil its financial results, KitGuru takes a look at the printer market and wonders if the beating being handed out by HP in the print space will affect anything. Can Epson still thrive in the face of competitors that can easily out muscle it and earthquakes …

It has been a long time coming, but Apple have finally gotten around to releasing the white iPhone 4, 10 months after it was initially announced. We really don't see the fuss over the white phone, but Apple fans seemingly love the cool, clean appearance. Apple has said that the …

Sony could potentially face legal action in various parts of the world after it has disclosed a security breach of the popular Playstation Network. Gamers are incensed and faith in the company as a whole has taken a hit, highlighted in the 5 percent share drop today. Sony have really …

OCZ have been delivering quality power supplies now for over five years and one of their most historic claims to fame was when they purchased PC Power & Cooling, a company well known in enthusiast circles for their extreme high end designs. OCZ have released a new, high end ZX …

Foxconn, the world leading manufacturer of computer components and systems, today announced incredible performance results for the new NT-A3500 Barebone – with over twice the performance of the NT-330i it replaces, whilst using significantly less power. Utilising the new AMD Fusion APU with built-in Radeon HD 6310 graphics, the NT-A3500 …

Crytek are a company well known to controversy. When the original Crysis was released, it was illegally downloaded so much that they claimed at the time another Crysis game would never hit the PC. Fast forward a couple of years, and they didn't abandon the PC platform, but ironically due …

A film studio has launched two lawsuits against BitTorrent users which is sure to prove very unpopular with the downloading audience. Corbin Fisher and SKN Law.com are suing a number of people within the Ohio area for sharing two separate hash files tagged to ‘Amateur College Men Down on the …

Apple's iPhone still collects and stores location data even when location services are disabled, according to the Wall Street Journal. The location data appears to be collected using cellphone towers and Wi-Fi access points near a users phone and don't appear to be transmitted back to Apple. Apple have been …

Sony have finally admitted that the recent system hack might have compromised their customers credit card information. Sony are coming under attack from the public for taking so long to release information on the ‘intrusion' which happened between April the 17th and 19th. This recent hack has caused a week …

Kingston Technology Europe Ltd today announced the new HyperX® Plug and Play (PnP)series of high-performance enthusiast memory. HyperX PnP are the first modules to scale the higher memory heights that are a part of the second generation Intel® Core™ i5 and i7 CPUs. The memory is programmed with faster frequencies …

KitGuru has saved the most powerful of Sapphire's range for the last in our series of FleX reviews. The HD6950 FleX Edition is created to target the hard core gamer who wants to game at the highest resolutions. Sapphire have been steadily releasing FleX edition cards to cover all bases …

In the wake of Toshiba's announcement, KitGuru has been speaking with industry insiders about the memory market. While the biggest impact for Toshiba will be in the tablet/handheld markets, we also consider what future improvements to DDR3 processes could do to the desktop PC. It might come as a surprise, …

MSI is proud to present the Wind Top AE2210 All-in-One PC with Intel's latest Sandy Bridge platform. Next to the 22” Full-HD Multi-Touch display, the AE2210 is equipped with Hollywood-class THX TruStudio Pro surround sound technology for a high quality surround sound. To make sure data can be transferred at …

In the interests of pushing hardware sales, Nintendo have committed to deliver an updated Wii Console which will be shown at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles in June. Nintendo have made this announcement after showing financial figures which show huge percentage drops in sales over the last twelve months. …

One of the more concerning stories relating to the Playstation Network downtime is that Sony have said they have suffered an ‘external intrusion', which we would assume means, they were hacked. Sony spokesman Patrick Seybold has said “Our efforts to resolve this matter involve re-building our system to further strengthen …

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has been very open when he spoke at a conference for investors and analysts. It seems if he could turn back time he would use outside sources to help market the Nintendo Wii. He also said that things will change. Nintendo have reported a second straight …

Sony are the latest to want a slice of the iPad pie, they have just revealed new Google Android powered touchscreen tablets, which will be released later this year. The tablets are called the S1 and S2 and have been highlighted at a media launch in Japan. Sony are hoping …

Since the launch of DirectX 11 at the back end of 2009, AMD has been synonymous with triple screen gaming action. You can see how our hero driver was confused when he got into a £28,000 super-gaming-car at Multiplay i42 and found 2 sets of branding. Which was real? Driving …

IHS iSuppli have cut their forecast for iPad shipments this year by 9 percent after Apple have failed to meet the demand in the first quarter of 2011. According to their analysis, it appears that Apple will ship around 39.7 million iPad tablet computers this year, down from an initial …

Arctic are well known for producing a large range of cooling products which includes both CPU and GPU coolers.  But more recently they have been aggressively diversifying their product range to encompass far more of the PC market. A few months back we reviewed a couple of their gaming headsets, …

Until the last day or so, Anonymous have denied taking responsibility for the recent attacks on Sony's Playstation Network. Popular UK news site Thinq however seem to have received information that highlight that a branch, or part of the famous hacking group have said that recent downtime and issues may …