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The M11x has been a big seller for Alienware, and rightly so because it combines class leading performance in a thin and light, custom chassis design. The newest R3 revision has been in the Kitguru labs for some time now and today we present our analysis. ‘Not another ATOM netbook!?' …

Research in Motion's much discussed Playbook goes on sale in the United States and in Canada today. RIM are hoping this will be a big seller, especially as they have placed a lot of time and resources into the development. RIM's BlackBerry smartphone has struggled to compete against Apple's iPhone …

Yahoo have stated that they are going to keep records of their user's search engine queries for at least 18 months. This has abandoned an earlier policy in which it only held data for 3 months. This retention of search engine terms, which can call upon financial issues or other …

Samsung said that it is going to take counter action against Apple after they filed a suit alleging that Samsung copied their smartphones and tablet computers. Apple's lawsuit claims that Samsung's Galaxy Tab is imitating the iPhone and the iPad. Samsung said “Samsung will respond actively to this legal action …

Last October, AMD launched the first cards in their Radeon HD 6000 series, the HD 6850 and HD 6870.  In the six months since then we've seen the release of the top end HD 6950, HD 6970 and HD 6990 cards which are targeted at serious gamers.  But until now, …

When in comes to delivering pure processing power, transistor density is right up there with clock speed as the key ingredient. We're used to AMD and Intel revealing ever more transistors packed onto a piece of silicon, but today's record annoucement comes from a different source altogether. KitGuru pulls out …

Many people will opt for the simple route when purchasing an external hard drive, purchasing a pre-assembled unit from the likes of Western Digital or Seagate.  But the more tech-savvy users out there may decide to purchase the enclosure and hard drive separately to reduce the cost or to achieve …

In a rather embarrassing state of affairs Skype for Android has been found to be leaking personal information, including the users name and email address and contacts and chat logs. A security researcher has called it ‘sloppy coding' and ‘a disrespect for your privacy'. Not mincing his words, thats for …

Top secret information on Britain’s nuclear forces is something that we’d all like to believe are, well, secure. Seems that some of the important controller types at the MoD have missed a few of the ‘Microsoft Word for Beginners’ course on offer – with serious results. KitGuru slips past Checkpoint …

It has been pretty well covered since the release of its predecessor, with a mountain of conjecture and hopes piling up across gamer forums, but now it looks like Rockstar has confirmed its target date for the release of GTA 5. KitGuru fakes a pit pass and heads to the …

Getting an iPad2 anywhere is proving to be a challenge. In America, the Toys R Us chain have gotten involved, with the goal of helping to meet consumer demand. Everyone headed over to Toys R Us to pick up a new shiny tablet from Apple, but sadly it didn't work …

Nintendo will be pleased that their 3DS launch has been so strong. reports are filtering in that they have sold 400,000 units in the first week of release. While many have commented that the DS was a ‘bigger' seller, it is worth bearing in mind that the 3DS is priced …

Apple have gone live with the Apple Support Communities support forum upgrade which it announced last year. This adds social networking features and replaces the Apple Discussions board. Apple announced the new Support Communities upgrade to their online forums last August on the Apple Discussions Board. It said “Apple Support …

Microsoft have announced the availability of the full public beta of Office 365, Redmond's cloud based enterprise productivity suite that puts Office, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Lync Online into a single subscription package. Six months ago Microsoft rolled out the first limited beta of Office 365, and now they …

KitGuru doesn't often write editorials on the motoring sector, but the Nissan Leaf is a very exciting piece of technology which was the first total electric design. Sadly for Nissan the initial launch hasn't gone as smoothly as was hoped. They are launching a repair service to fix more than …

For the handful of people who still aren't aware, Valve have been involved in a rather cool marketing twist, before the Portal 2 launch. If people play any of 13 selected games, they can help unlock Portal 2 early via Steam. Portal 2 is one of the most awaited games …

Apple staff have joined the ‘it gets better' campaign with a new video which shows words of encouragement from their gay, lesbian and transgendered employees. One man in the video says “To finally be open and honest with who I am and what I want out of life. To my …

With the region's most famous LAN gaming event set to kick off with a long Good Friday, the Multiplay chaps are preparing to move Heaven, Earth and several truck loads of kit down to the famous Newbury racecourse to begin preparations. KitGuru dresses like a roadie to get the inside …

After having the market to itself for over 3 years, AMD finally woke up and realised that there was a market for a Fusion-class processor that combined decent CPU-ing with decent GPU-ing. News into KitGuru suggests that Intel might be embarking on a strange strategy for 2011. Here's what we …

Gigabyte has made its last P67 mainboard and cancelled all future production – that's the stunning news that has just filtered into KitGuru's newsroom. Shocking stuff, but is it real and, if so, what does it mean. KitGuru heads for the underground carparks to find out, deepthroat style. Having shown …

It is always fun to watch a high powered executive get flustered, but today RIM's CEO Mike Lazardis just had enough when the BBC were questioning him about security issues. Lazardis took a wobbler because the BBC interviewer suggested that RIM and the Blackberry software had issues in India. The …

Not a lot of good news this week for the PC industry, we reported yesterday that PC shipments were dropping, despite previous expectations of growth. NPD, a research firm who track video game sales have reported that software sales have dropped in March. The reason? Well, no one is actually …

There are a lot of people out there who would benefit greatly from purchasing an external hard drive as a form of storage for backing up their files and storing large media files.  But the benefits of owning a hard drive docking station are constrained to a much narrower segment …

Research In Motion have handed out some PlayBook tablets for review, but it would seem as if the new product has a fair share of problems. The seven inch Tablet was designed to go head to head against the iPad, particularly in the business market. Reviewers complemented the rugged design …

Investment Bank J.P. Morgan has raised their projections of Apple's earnings through 2012 in expectation of continued growth from both the iPad and the iPhone. Mark Moskowitz, an analyst with the company issued a note to investors early today with revised estimates, increasing his revenue estimate for the March quarter …

Once upon a time, mainstream stores carried computers and almost no one sold decent components. Then the direct model arrived and systems were sold online. Smaller stores began to stock components locally and every town had at least one ‘cool shop' with a few boxes of the latest kit, nestled …

Google feel 5.6 percent in extended traded yesterday after a first quarter hiring spree, their operating expenses are the highest in three years. First quarter operating costs rose 54 percent, outstripping a sales gain of 29 percent to $6.54 billion. Larry Page, has recently replaced Eric Schmidt as chief executive …

Enermax have earned a solid reputation as one of the leading power supply manufacturers and they have recently launched a new series of units aimed at the entry level marketplace. These power supplies are rated between 350w and 850w and have been designed for a wide range of applications such …

Apple could never have dreamed that the iPad would prove such a monumental product for them, outselling demand and generating many millions in profit. Educated component makers have said that Apple could sell up to 45 million touchscreen tablets in 2011. 45 million iPads is a tough figure to wrap …

Well this rumour has been going on now for months, and KitGuru has reported on it many times before. The latest murmurings from inside sources indicate however that the much awaited ‘white' iPhone could be finally reaching retail within the next month. Sources last night told Kitguru that production has …