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Microsoft surprised us all with the announcement of its new laptop, the Surface Book, featuring Intel's latest Skylake technology and a custom made Nvidia discrete graphics chip. It really is a good-looking device, though its design comes at a cost, the Surface Book isn't easy to repair at all, scoring …

Google has been running Project Zero for some time now, with the mission of seeking out bugs in software, notifying the software makers and then notifying the public should nothing be fixed in an effort to force something to be done. Previously, Google has taken on Windows and OS X …

Microsoft has been working on its Cortana apps for iOS and Android all year. You can already download it pretty easily on Android, with the app being available on the Google Play Store in certain territories, though things have taken a little longer for iOS users. Now, Microsoft is ready …

Last year, Sony announced that it was trying to bring backwards compatibility to the PlayStation 4 in a different way, using a cloud gaming service known as PlayStation Now. This service allows PS4 owners to rent and stream older titles to their consoles and now, an influx of 105 games …

Yesterday, we heard rumours that Konami had shut down its LA based studio, the one responsible for putting together Metal Gear Solid V's multiplayer component known as Metal Gear Online- which has still yet to release on the PC. Now, Konami has confirmed that its LA studio has closed its …

Age of Empires 2 has seen a bit of a resurgence this year. A few months back, Microsoft announced that Age of Empires 2 HD Edition would be getting a new expansion known as ‘The African Kingdoms' and now, that content is dropping tomorrow. As we knew from the announcement …

While we spend a lot of time here at KitGuru talking about gaming peripherals like headphones, testing 5.1 and 7.1 channel solutions, seeing whether they have leatherette earcups and built in volume controls, it's easy to forget that audiophile solutions go so much further. Take for example Sennheiser's new Orpheus …

Apple products are often seen by many as a premium, whether you're trying to buy an iPhone in China, or an Apple Watch in the western world. That said, none of them perhaps are quite as luxurious as the optional extra being offered by Goldegenie, the self-described gold-plating specialist from …

The Federal Communication Commission has stated its intention to crack down on companies blocking Wi-Fi hotspots created by its customers, with fines being levied against two hotel and convention centre owners for doing so. It's claimed that the blocks were designed to encourage the purchasing of expensive Wi-Fi time sold …

Uber, the app-based, ride-sharing hire-car application company, has seen a lot of resistance from a number of private and governmental organisations around the world. Some don't like its competition, others don't like that it circumvents traditional licensing fees and some suggest its driver registration bar is set too low. One …

One of the big issues privacy campaigners and some ministers had with the ‘Snooper's Charter' or as it was officially termed, the Draft Communications Data Bill, was that it would have made it mandatory for ISPs to record their customer's online actions for up to 12 months. While that was shot …

Epic Games has been a little quiet for the past couple of years. Yes it impressed with its recent Bullet Train VR demo and its had Fortnite and the new Unreal Tournament in the works behind the scenes, but it's not had much in the way of big new announcements. …

Back in early October, we heard rumours that Nvidia may be preparing some changes to its budget line of graphics cards. More specifically, we heard that the 2GB versions of the GTX 960 would be phased out and discontinued in favour of 4GB versions, now it seems that add-in board …

In recent years, the prices of SSDs have come down significantly and we are now at a point where companies can launch affordable SSDs with speeds that will dwarf a traditional hard drive. This week, Crucial unveiled its new BX200 drives, bringing solid performance at a price point that should …

Apple has been really pushing its Force Touch technology recently. The new haptic feedback feature has quickly been implemented in to Macbook trackpads, the Apple Watch, the latest iPhones and now it looks like it could be coming to keyboards as well, if this recently filed patent from the company …

If you have been around the KitGuru site or Facebook page over the last few weeks, you will have noticed that we ran a pretty huge giveaway with Overclockers UK, giving one reader a chance to win the Powercolor Devil 13 390X2 graphics card, worth £599.99, in return for a …

While Konami is still denying that Kojima has left the company, it does appear to be shutting down more of his studios. According to reports circulating today, Konami has shut down the Kojima Productions LA studio, which was responsible for Metal Gear Online, despite the fact that the multiplayer component …

Microsoft has today announced that it is making some major changes to the OneDrive cloud storage service in an effort to compete better with the likes of Google Drive or Dropbox and prevent abuse of the service to make it faster for everyone. The company is starting off by removing …

It's rare that we discuss upcoming reviews here at KitGuru. That's often because we've had to sign a non-disclosure agreement or are under an embargo until the launch date, or in some instances just because we don't know what the scheduling will work out like. But one upcoming review sample …

At this point, there are quite a few people out there with access to Fallout 4 already, a quick look at SteamDB will show that several people are in-game at any given time. As always, people getting the game early also results in leaks, so we now have quite a …

Back at E3, Microsoft announced its new Xbox Elite controller, a premium gamepad with modular components for customisability. However, those features come at a price, £120/$150- which sounds like an awful lot of money for a controller but that hasn't put people off one bit. Xbox's Major Nelson has revealed …

Microsoft has announced that it is giving OEM PC makers another year to sell machines with Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 pre-installed. Starting from the 31st of October 2016, companies like Dell or Lenovo will need to ship systems with Windows 10, moving away from older versions of the operating …

MSI has completed its PRO Series motherboard line up today with the addition of the Z170A SLI Plus motherboard, packed with features in a stealthy, black design. At first glance, you can spot the similarities between the Z1z0A and X99A SLI Plus motherboards, though plenty of features have been enhanced …

Larger than life internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has been in the sights of U.S. and New Zealand authorities for years as they attempted to deport him to America to face charges of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement and money laundering. While he managed to postpone the necessary extradition trial for …

ASRock has pulled out all the stops for the launch of its new Fatal1ty Z170 pro-gaming motherboard, with the inclusion of a bundle of features to help it appeal to a wide range of system builders; as well as offering support for all of the latest standards of hardware. Skylake …

Oculus has been working on the software development kits (SDK) for its various virtual reality platforms for several years now, releasing updates every few months that add features, improve tracking, reduce latency and other miscellaneous betterments to the experience. While it has yet to release the launch version of its …

Although there were a number of reasons for Google to give itself a new parent company – Alphabet – one of the effects of such a move we were told, was that some of the search giant's less profitable, more experimental strategies and developments would receive more focus. That appears …

Activision Blizzard is a rich company, clearly; it bought its way out of being owned by Vivendi back in 2013 for just shy of six billion dollars and now once again its dropped a similar figure on another developer/publisher, King. Known for its addiction peddling gameplay in titles like Candy …

Apple's iOS devices are generally pretty secure and difficult to hack in to, so bug bounty company, Zerodium put its money where its mouth is and offered hackers a $1 million reward if they could find a remote way to jailbreak iOS 9.1 untethered via the web browser. As luck …

At Blizzcon last year, Blizzard officially announced its first brand new IP in years, Overwatch, a team based first person shooter title. However, it was later discovered that another company owned the trademark to Overwatch and in a worst-case scenario, Blizzard may have had to rename the game it just …