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Nokia have not had an easy 12 months, with declining sales and the replacement of their CEO. News has just reached us that they are delaying their flagship N8, once again. The N8 is seen as Nokia's first major smartphone to launch a challenge against Apple's iPhone, the success of …

AMD have released a new slew of processors and as always their focus is on competitive pricing. We have new AMD CPU's in our labs for testing and the reviews will be published in the near future. The success of KitGuru has meant that everyone wants us to review their …

Yesterday Hewlett Packard agreed to end their lawsuit against Mark Hurd after he went to work for rival company Oracle. It what seems to be an almost weekly soap opera now, HP have dropped their case against Hurd after he has agreed not to disclose HP's trade secrets to his …

Not often KitGuru discusses channel affairs. Most of our readers are fun loving types who love nothing better than loading up a virtual plasma rifle and blowing their best friends into a million tiny globs of goo. That said, we're hearing a lot of channel chit-chat about Bell Micro and …

It has been a year of billion dollar take overs, with companies like Intel taking over a few companies to expand their portfolio and dip their toes into new sectors. News has just hit that IBM are buying Netezza Corp for $1.7 billion, joining other technology giants in expansion and …

It is difficult for Microsoft executives not to mention Apple when it comes to achieving sales goals and once again they target the iPad as being the product to beat. Microsoft Game Studio manager Kudo Tsunda has said in a recent interview with Gamasutra that Kinetic is going to break …

A few days ago LG CEO Nam Yong was removed from his position to make way for a new leader in the form of Kon Bon Joon. Yong's removal was due to poor smartphone sales. LG have a few smartphones available on the market which use the Android operation system …

Halo Reach is quickly becoming one of 2010's biggest success stories and latest statistics in from Bungie are certainly verifying that gamers are really enjoying the newest title in the franchise. Since the game launched 31,000,000 games have been played across the world. 78,499,560,895 credits have been earned. Campaign mode …

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison announced his companies new addition into the private cloud computing territory, going head to head with Hewlett Packard and IBM. The Exalogic Elastic Cloud, a system which contains 30 servers, each with 6 core processors for a total of 360 cores are interconnected with each other …

Outspoken UK comedian (and tech fanatic) Stephen Fry is helping Sky TV to push their 3D television support with a promotional video. Stephen Fry is well known for his love of all things Apple, turning up at launch events and even interviewing Apple CEO Steve Jobs for TIME Magazine. Sky …

Nokia were once the outright leaders in the mobile market but in the last few years we have been watching the company weaken, every month. In the last three years their shares have fallen by 49 percent and they have dropped 30 places across 12 months in a global brand …

Sony' exhibit at the Toyko Game Show was focusing heavily on 3D as well as their motion sensor controller, called the Playstation Move. Sony's booth was crowded, with gamers eager to try Killzone 3 and Gran Tourismo 5 in full 3D. A few people commented that while the 3D aspect …

Whether you love them, or love to hate them, 2010 has been a very strong year so far from the shiny fruit maker from Cupertino. Their shares lately have been reflecting their business strength and shares closed at an all time high with an increase of $6.35 (up 2.35%). Apple's …

Halo Reach is one of the best games of 2010 according to KitGuru gaming reviewer Terry Franklin. Not only that but it looks to be on track to being one of the biggest sellers also generating $200 million in the first day ! It’s “the biggest game Microsoft has ever …

A couple of days ago KitGuru reported from IDF showcasing the new upcoming AMD CPU architecture with integrated graphics. The new  APU chip, codenamed ‘Zacate' looks to be a very exciting product with a low power requirement and a high level of performance. Zacate is based on dual Bobcat CPU …

Intel have launched their new AppUp Centre Software store which focuses on application support for their Atom based Netbooks. The whole concept of Appup is to give netbook users a one stop shopping experience for applications catered specifically to support their devices. This project grew from the Atom Developer Program …

Google have been at the center of a rather unpleasant story lately. A google engineer has been caught spying on four underage teens for months. David Barksdale, a 27 year old ex engineer with Google took advantage of his position as a member of an elite technical group at the …

Kitguru have been making an appearance at IDF and today we spent some time with AMD at their ‘hotel location'. They were really keen to focus on their new CPU architecture with integrated graphics. The new ‘APU' chip is code-named ‘Zacate' and it is based on dual Bobcat CPU cores …

Amazon have released a new Kindle advertisement which mocks Apple's iPad while highlighting the low price of the third generation Kindle device. The advertisement shows a man at the side of a pool trying to read an iPad. Unable to make out the writing he asks the women next to …

Halo Reach has been receiving positive reviews so far from most of the online press and it is certainly going to be one of the biggest games this year. Hundreds queued last night to get their hands on a copy. 400 stores opened in the UK to sell the game …

The iPad has generated a lot of money for Apple, with geeks across the globe latching onto its portable goodness and high quality screen. Latest rumours in however show that a new version is already in the cards for release next year. The Apple iPad is a great product, but …

Microsoft delivered a rather wacky ‘celebration' a few days ago when their Windows Phone 7 OS achieved ‘release to manufacturing' status. They held a rather weird funeral parade for the Blackberry and iPhone. This parade was held through the companies Redmond Campus, and was initially reported on by NeoWin. The …

On Saturday Apple opened a new store in the York Region at Upper Canada Mail in Newmarket, Ontario. As with every Apple store launch, it was an almost religious experience with hundreds of people waiting in line for the final moments. By 8 a.m., hundreds had staked out a spot …

Dell's top man Michael Dell has always been an outspoken CEO and in 1997 when asked what he would do if he was in charge of Apple he said “I'd shut it down and give the money back to shareholders.” Unfortunately this was the start of a ‘CEO-style' feud between …

Intel top dog Paul Otellini said in an interview yesterday that the first Google TV devices will start shipping in September. He has also launched a rather scathing attack on Apple TV – probably because it is using an ARM chip rather than a Pentium M. Otellini said that he …

AT&T have been sending out news releases and letters to their customers in the last few days which is firing speculation that the carrier may be coming to the final days of the exclusivity deal with the Apple iPhone in the U.S. AT&T have said that this speculation has been …

Latest reports in from Taipei have shown that Trend Micro are receiving offers for a company take over, although the players involved are being kept quiet at this time. Trend Micro are a publicly listed company which means if the shareholders agree to a takeover deal then the CEO will …

We reported yesterday that Samsung are stepping up a new campaign to shift focus into the television market, using Google's Android operating system. In an announcement from Google – they state they are bringing the web to television screens in the US later this year and then worldwide in 2011. …

Hewlett Packard are in the press for all the wrong reasons lately and now they have launched a lawsuit to stop ex CEO Mark Hurd from moving to Oracle. Experts have said that this is going to be a difficult lawsuit for them to win because the California courts generally …

We have been publishing many stories recently on Google's Android operating system and we even reviewed the new Dell Streak which makes full use of the platform. What many people aren't realising however is that the platform is undergoing some staggering growth trends lately. Android in August has taken share …