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10 days ago the new ‘Reality Deck officially opened at New York's Stony Brook University. The creator of the concept has described it as ‘The closest thing in the world to Star Trek's holodeck'. The four walls are covered in 416 high resolution screens that deliver 1.5 billion pixels. SBU …

If you ever wondered why super oblong screens weren't more commonplace, then LG might just have the answer. The company are launching their new 21:9 aspect monitor in Korea this week. This is the first in their attack on the ‘ultra widescreen invasion'. This will be the world's first 21:9 …

A high percentage of tech savvy users do most of their shopping online now, however buying clothes online has proven difficult. New tech aims to resolve this problem. Research conducted by the London College of Fashion and the University of Surrey, with help from specialists is set to resolve the …

Rumors are circulating behind the scenes that Microsoft may be planning a low cost Xbox based console for the TV. An insider confirmed to Kitguru this morning that it could very well happen in 2013. Additionally, news from The Verge yesterday said that “multiple sources familiar with Redmond's plans' were …

With Christmas coming up many families will be on the look out for an inexpensive, yet versatile tablet for the family. ARCHOS may just have the product you want. The FamilyPad is released under the ARNOVA brand, and is a 13.3 inch 1280×800 resolution, 10 point capactive touchscreen panel which …

Samsung and Apple have been at each other's throats for some time now, across the business landscape and in the courtrooms. Despite all this they've been cooperating on certain aspects of their products, one such way being that Apple's iPad and MacBook lines used Samsung batteries. Now however, Apple has …

People wondered where copyright lobbyist pandering would get us and while we don't necessarily know the destination, the direction is certainly clear. Finnish police have confiscated the Winnie the Pooh adorned laptop of a nine year old girl, accusing her of piracy. According to Torrentfreak, the story begins back in 2011, when …

Nintendo has announced that when its new console, the Wii U, launches in the UK, it will be at a partnered HMV store on London's Oxford Street. It will officially begin at 12am, but doors will actually open an hour before, with the first 100 people awarded a free game. …

While some markets are occupied by major competitors who like nothing better than to batter each other with price promises and cuts all the time, but the world of backup solutions seems to move at a more serene pace. That's why a move on Synology caught our eye. KitGuru backs …

Over the past 7 years, Black Friday has been the busiest day in the US retail shopping calendar. It represents the last chance for retailers to flush out older lines – ahead of the new stock for Xmas rolling into the stores and onto the shelves. More recently, companies that …

While Windows 8 might not be selling well, some might call it a misguided product and we know it isn't all that fast for gaming, not everyone is quite so negative. The new VP of Microsoft Game Studios, Phil Harrison, is planning dedicated development for the new OS. “We are …

Culture secretary Maria Miller revealed today that the reason the promised super fast broadband hasn't reached some of Britain's most rural areas in the past year, is because of European delays placed on funding. While the request was put in for £530 million in state aid in the early months …

Facebook has announced through an email to its users, that it plans to share information between itself and affiliate companies like Instagram and similar services. This is expected to begin as of the 28th November. While the email wasn't specifically about this, in the Policy section, it does discuss a …

A team called Puzzlebox are releasing a stunning looking gadget which they hope will teach children about neuroscience, open source coding and focus. Their helicopter toy is controlled by brainwaves. Puzzlebox have been creating code to turn EEG signals into instructions that a robot can understand. In the last 24 …

You may have missed the breakthrough technology news by Everspin in recent weeks, so we thought we would take a quick look at the hardware. The company have created Spin Torque MRAM (Magnetic Random Access Memory) which uses an electron ‘spin' to store data in a magnetic, rather than electronic …

Our good friends over at BeQuiet! are running a competition right now to win a power supply and 120mm Silent Wings 2 fans. These fans are PWM Versions, not available yet for purchase. They are clearly in a festive mood as they are giving away 30 special Advent Calendars as …

A U.S. Judge has ordered Apple to pass over details of a legal settlement with HTC to rival Samsung. This will include the terms of a 10 year patents licensing agreement. Samsung had filed a motion to force Apple to reveal details of their HTC settlement which was reached on …

In a move that might have more than a few business owners scrambling to delete their five star self written reviews of their own products, high profile review sites are starting to implement technology that will catch out anyone thinking of writing fake customer opinions. According to GotJuice founder Mark …

ARIA just informed us that they will be getting stock of the Dell U2913WM early next week. This IPS monitor has been getting rave reviews and ARIA will be selling it for £559 inc vat, free delivery too. This is a considerable saving over the Dell UK price of £621.60 …

I've been talking about British censorship on social networks Twitter and Facebook a lot here at Kitguru in the past few weeks. From the Poppy Burning fiasco, to the extended look into social networking and freedom of speech, the fact that people are getting in legal trouble for making single, …

THQ has entered into talks with a couple of potential investors, in the hope that it will secure funding to see it through the current tough times with stock pricing and game delays that sees it threatened with liquidation. However while those discussions are ongoing, it has managed to secure …

Last week Nokia announced its Here Maps initiative, a cross-platform mapping solution that has today arrived for Apple iOS devices. Nokia Here Maps will make “you feel like a local wherever you go” with traffic and public transport overlays and voice guided navigation. You also have the option to download …

We are hearing from local dealers in the United Kingdom that Windows 8 sales are not as strong as expected. This verifies the news earlier this week that American retail tech giant Newegg have said that Windows 8 sales are ‘slow going'. Our reports from various sources in the United …

U.S. space agency officials are planning to announce a ‘major' discovery in December, and speculation is rife that some form of life may have been discovered on MARS. NASA's Curiosity chief scientist John Grotzinger, of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena spoke to the NPR on Tuesday. He said …

Blizzard has filed a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum for HeroesofWarcraft.com, hoping that the system will force the site's current owner, one Simon Rattray of Newcastle – according to the WHOIS page – to hand it over. What Blizzard wants the domain for remains to be seen, but this …

While females in gaming are often considered a rarity despite the fact that their number is steadily growing and beginning to rival that of their male counterparts, females in technology fields are still a rarer find.  However now a new graduate scheme programme is being launched by Entrepreneur First, that aims to get …

Despite the security hole that Microsoft was forced to patch in its VOIP software, Skype, just a few days ago, the software giant is continuing to populate retail outfits with physical gift cards, designed to get people using the service to call landlines and mobiles, as well as other Skype …

Microsoft have launched Windows 8 to a mixed response. While sales figures are good, the enthusiast audience haven't embraced the new operating system with open arms, claiming the user interface changes are more suited to a touch screen tablet, than their prized desktop computer. Jakob Nielsen, the well known interface …

Zoe Lofgren, current representative for California's 16th congressional district, will be taking to Reddit on the 19th of November to ask the site's users how they think web freedoms would best be protected. Their responses will help build a new piece of legislation that will be put before congress in …

With the Wii U now available in the US, we can finally get a look at its innards. Some of the details emerging confirm that it has 2GB of RAM in four separate 512MB chips, that the AMD GPU core is built on 40nm technology and the IBM CPU is based on …