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The world of streaming is in a bit of a quality no-man's land right now. While 1080p is a pretty solid standard for those watching content via services like Amazon Instant Video and Netflix, 4K is not so well grounded. Some have TVs that can support it, but there isn't …

As if we needed any more indication that we are mere months away from the biggest virtual reality hardware launches ever, AMD and Dell have announced a partnership with Oculus VR, to bring to market “Oculus Ready” desktop and laptop systems, to make it quick and easy for those that …

The rhythm guitar game wars are back guys! Remember? Way back in, well the '00s, when it was Rock Band versus Guitar Hero, Harmonix versus Nerversoft and DLC versus DLC, as both franchises tried to see just how much they could get us to pay for songs we already owned …

With The Crew set to receive a big expansion called Wild Run this November, Ubisoft has decided that it would like to have a bit more involvement in its developer than just publishing it. So it's purchased Ivory Tower, the developer behind the mixed-bag of a racer. There has been …

Advanced Micro Devices has begun to test its upcoming dual-chip graphics card internally. The company shipped six samples of its dual-GPU Radeon graphics adapters to India, which means that the company is developing drivers for the solution. According to Zauba.com database, which monitors imports and exports to and from India, …

Via Technologies, a developer of low-cost computer platforms, has announced that it had sold part of its telecommunication assets to Intel Corp. The two companies revealed no details about the deal, but it looks like Intel got various patents related to telecommunication technologies. Via Technologies and Intel reached agreement on …

High-performance computing is a market that adopts the latest and greatest technologies very quickly. Leading-edge supercomputers usually utilize the latest microprocessors, compute accelerators, high-end NAND flash-based storage from various vendors. The vast majority of modern HPC systems are based on Intel Xeon processors, however, when it comes to compute accelerators, …

Over the last few years as our portable devices get more and more powerful, battery life has started to take a bit of a hit and unfortunately, nobody has quite figured out how to make bigger, longer-lasting batteries for super thin and light products yet. As a result, companies have …

Divinity Original Sin 2 was just crowd funded recently but the sequel is still some time away so in the mean time, Larian Studios has revamped the original game with a new enhanced edition, which now has a release date. The Enhanced Edition of Divinity: Original Sin will be free …

Over the last year or two, water resistance and dust proof ratings have become an increasing selling point with some smartphones. Last month, Apple revealed the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, each with a slew of new features over last year's models. However, one thing that wasn't mentioned was that …

Star Wars: Battlefront is just on the horizon, with an open beta scheduled for this week and a release for next month. A few weeks back we learned that the game would not contain a server browser option, even on the PC, for those who want to set up their …

Ubisoft might not be your favourite publisher these days but its studios do occasionally churn out something good. Today, Ubisoft has kicked off a surprise livestream over on YouTube, promising an announcement ‘coming soon'. It also comes with the tagline “Survival is timeless”, which seems to be an obvious hint …

Well if there is one story I didn't think I would be writing today- this is it. A YouTube video has emerged, showing a Japanese livestreamer lighting a match and accidentally starting a fire in his room. He then makes a few pretty bad attempts at putting it out. It …

The Pokemon Company International is demanding $4000 from a fan of the series after he organized a Pokemon themed party to celebrate the kick off of PAX earlier this year. Ramar Larkin Jones organized the unofficial Pokemon PAX party this year but had to cancel it at the last minute …

All of the KitGuru team are enthusiast users, just like our readers. We buy hardware every year and for the most part it is a pain free, sometimes even pleasant experience. No feeling can beat upgrading that new video card, or adding a new motherboard and processor. But what happens …

Being the first to release a new piece of hardware using new processors is always a good way to net yourself a few early adopter sales, which is no doubt what MSI is hoping for with its release of the WT72 workstation aimed at high performing enterprise users. Sporting sixth …

Have you ever bought a new piece of tech that just didn't work? Did the company you bought it from flat out refuse to replace or refund you? My email inbox in recent months has highlighted some pretty hairy moments for KitGuru readers via some big retailers in the UK …

The extradition trial of the MegaUpload operators, including Kim Dotcom, versus the United States, has been ongoing for just over a week now, with most of that time spent giving the New Zealand Crown Court – representing the U.S. – its opportunity to paint an unflattering picture of the site …

Microsoft's upcoming Xbox One Elite controller has a lot of cool benefits, like higher quality build materials, extra trigger switches on the back and replacement thumbsticks and buttons, but perhaps the most exciting feature is that users can remap the gamepad's functions. The only real downside is that it's much …

Uber has been facing stiff opposition to its operation almost since it began service several years ago. It's had to deal with violence in some countries, protests from entire working sectors and most recently court battles, where taxi industries attempt to shut it out of their industry. The latest battle …

The first beta event for Fatshark's Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide was good fun. The cooperative shooter, smasher blends Left 4 Dead level design with an addictive loot mechanic in a medieval fantasy setting against humanoid rats (Skaven) and it looks pretty too. That selective beta is set to relaunch …

Micron Technology on Friday acquired Tidal Systems, a promising startup, which develops controllers for solid-state drives. With the acquisition of Tidal Systems, Micron will no longer have to rely on SSD system-on-chips developed by other companies. Besides, it will be able to tailor controllers for its memory, something that is …

We seem to have a vigilante white hat hacker on our hands, as newly discovered ‘malware' aimed at Internet of Things devices and certain routers appears to be making these devices more secure. The Linux.Wifatch virus is doing the exact opposite of what most viruses would, rather than stealing user …

Japan Display Inc. (JDI) has developed the world’s first 17.3” display with 8K (7680*4320) resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. The display can be used for professional and gaming applications, but will hardly hit production shortly. Nonetheless, the announcement of the device is a clear indicator that technology for ultra-high-definition computer …

WildStar went free to play this week, dropping the cost of the game and its subscription entirely for those wanting to get in to the game. It seems that a lot of people were waiting for this to happen as Carbine Studios is now working on fixing player server issues …

Intel Corp. has announced that starting from late October it will ship new processors based on the “Skylake” micro-architecture with enabled Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) technology. The new central processing units will feature new S-Spec and MM numbers, but will continue to use  the same physical dies as existing CPUs. …

As Oculus VR gets closer to release of its Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, more details emerge about the hardware itself as well as about its price. According to Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR, the company did not want to make any trade-offs in terms of quality, which …

Xilinx, a leading maker of programmable gate arrays as well as special-purpose system-on-chip solutions, this week said that it had made the first customer shipment of its Zynq UltraScale+ processing solution. The chip is made using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s second-generation 16nm FinFET process technology (CLN16FF+) with increased performance and …

Micron Technology plans to finally start shipments of consumer solid-state drives based on triple-level cell (TLC) NAND flash in the ongoing quarter, the company revealed this week. SSDs featuring TLC NAND memory will be generally more affordable than non-volatile storage solutions powered by multi-level cell (MLC) flash. “We will begin shipping …

Contract prices of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) modules dropped in August and September, despite peak season and anticipated stock-up demand on China, according to DRAMeXchange. Analysts believe that the launch of Microsoft Windows 10 this summer did not catalyse rise of demand, whereas the free Windows 10 upgrade program …