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While the tide may not have turned 100%, the days when computer chassis simply grew and grew are certainly behind us. There will always be a market for massive cases, but small is not only sexy, it is also cost effective and neat. KitGuru fires up the trusty camcorder. At …

Netflix has made real waves in the film and TV production world over the past year, self-funding the development of several new shows and new series for old ones to much acclaim, releasing all episodes simultaneously for subscribers of its digital streaming service to watch whenever they want. Now though …

Ryse: Son of Rome, originally an Xbox One exclusive, caused developer Crytek a lot of problems, as despite being a beautiful rendering of what new-gen games could look like, its gameplay was lacklustre, with quick time events galore and repetitive combat. However now in an effort to recoup a little …

Although Apple is not the world’s largest supplier of personal computers, smartphones or tablets, it sells so many products that by 2015 it will consume 25 per cent of LPDDR memory produced in the world, according to analysts from TrendForce. At present Apple uses LPDDR3 memory inside its iPhones, iPads and MacBook …

Microsoft Corp. is expected to provide free Windows 9 upgrade to those who use Windows 8.1 today. Moreover, the company will reportedly offer Windows 9 with a huge discount to owners of Windows 7, the most popular version of Windows today. In a bid to make Windows 9 more popular …

Failure rate of consumer-class hard disk drives is a point of concern for many, if not all computer enthusiasts who build PCs themselves. Apparently, failure rate of hard disk drives heavily depends on manufacturing processes of particular manufacturers. Last week a report from Backblaze, a cloud-storage provider that uses consumer-class …

Intel Corp. has already started to ship its Core M microprocessors based on the Broadwell micro-architecture for ultra-low-power notebooks, 2-in-1s and tablets. According to a new media report, the company will introduce its Core i3/i5-i7 central processing units made using 14nm process technology for mainstream mobile PCs at the Consumer …

Microsoft Corp. last week announced the return of its hardware-focused event. The purpose of Windows Hardware Engineering Community (WinHEC) will be to bring the hardware engineering community together in one place. The software giant will provide an opportunity to interact with technical and business experts from Microsoft, other partners, and …

Kitguru were lucky enough to receive an invitation to Creative Assembly’s offices last week for an early look at Alien Isolation. We thought that Sam Grant, being a big brave gamer type, would be the right person for job. We were wrong. Here is his account. It was about 15 …

A Microsoft executive has supposedly confirmed that Windows 9 will be made available as a free upgrade to Windows 8 users. Windows 9, codenamed Threshold, is set to be officially revealed tomorrow on the 30th of September, developers will then be able to get their hands on a preview version …

Oculus CEO, Brendan Iribe has said that while the Oculus Rift may have other uses and purposes, its roots will always be in gaming. Several members of the Oculus team discussed a lot of potential uses for virtual reality at an event last week, at which the company also announced …

If you asked anyone relatively in the know about which company was pushing driverless cars forward the most, it wouldn't be some long standing automaker, but the search giant Google. This might seem bizarre now, but apparently it's not that far fetched a transition, since Chinese search giant Baidu is …

A Destiny player has come across a bug that reveals Bungie's plans for future expansion packs and DLC content. Irish player, Ben Kinsella encountered the bug, which prevented him from accessing ‘the tower', Destiny's social hub. While it prevented him from hanging out at the tower, it did reveal new …

Amazon has officially completed its purchase of the popular game streaming site, Twitch, for £595 million. Twitch had already accepted the deal as soon as it was announced but these multi-million pound deals can take some time to finalize. Originally it was rumored that Google would be buying Twitch for $1 …

US District Judge, Kathleen Williams, has ordered movie giant, Warner Bros, to reveal documentation detailing the company's flawed anti-piracy measures. The records are a part of a now closed case between Hotfile and the MPAA. Three years ago, file locker site, Hotfile, countersued Warner Bros, stating that the studio had …

Forget the problematic correlation of Apple products and skinny jeans for a second, as Apple has something altogether more bothersome to deal with. The EU is set to charge the tech giant with taking on illegal state aid from Ireland, thanks to an investigation into why Apple pays as little …

It looks like Football games have found a new way to claim real world accuracy, by suspending a player in-game for the same time period that he is in the real world. That's right, if you wanted to play a game with Luis Suarez on your team in FIFA 15, …

2015 looks set to bring some classic, cooperative sidescrolling action to the PS4, with Viking Squad from Slick Entertainment. Charged with collecting riches and powerful artefacts for your sovereign lord, who due to his rather ghostly looking skin and eyes suggests he'll be an end boss of sorts, up to …

Intel Corp. and Tsinghua Unigroup, a China state-owned limited liability corporation, confirmed that they have signed an agreement under which Intel will acquire 20 per cent stake in the Chinese holding company, which controls two developers of mobile system-on-chips (SoCs), for $1.5 billion. It is believed that that the SoC …

Even though earlier this year it was reported that the talks between GlobalFoundries and IBM over the latter’s semiconductor business collapsed, a new media report claims that the two companies have finally come to an agreement. The Big Blue reportedly agreed to pay the contract maker of semiconductors for taking …

Backblaze, a cloud-storage provider that uses consumer-class hard disk drives and extensive replication mechanisms to store data, has published a new hard drive reliability report. It is not a secret that many consumer-grade HDDs are not very reliable, but what is surprising and alarming is that failure rate of certain …

Nvidia Corp. on Friday told KitGuru that it will focus solely on its proprietary G-Sync technology and not on a potentially competing Adaptive-Sync, which will become available sometimes in 2015. According to Nvidia, G-Sync-enabled graphics cards and monitors are available today, which is why it is natural to concentrate on …

If a data disaster strikes a small/medium sized business then, according to Synology, 48% of them will be bankrupt within 12 months and a further 29% will go down before the end of the second year. If correct for all markets, then that is a staggering statistic. To find out …

Much like Bethesda's The Evil Within, Warner Bros' upcoming game, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor will also have a high Video RAM requirement for ultra textures, a screenshot of the game's PC graphical settings has shown. If you want to play Shadow of Mordor on ultra then you're going to …

Was there consumer demand for a square shaped smartphone with physical QWERTY keyboard running Blackberry's OS? Apparently so as the company has already sold out of its recently announced device. The Blackberry Passport officially launched on Wednesday and has sold 200,000 units, which is impressive considering the company's current lack …

Most of you have probably heard by now that Phones 4U has gone in to administration and is selling off its retail stores and assets to the likes of EE and Vodafone, the same networks that allegedly drove it out of business. However, despite offloading its retail stores, the company's financial …

Creative Assembly has announced the next addition to its Total War series for release early next year. The star of the next game will be Attila the Hun, as the Huns attempt to wipe out the remnants of the Roman empire. Features such as family and skill trees have been …

If you've read my earlier quick coverage of the AAA offerings at EGX 2014, you'll know I wasn't impressed by the idea of standing around all day. That wouldn't make for much in the way of interesting content for you guys and it certainly wouldn't have made for a fun …

Bethesda has revealed the PC system requirements for The Evil Within, although the company chose to only release the recommended specifications rather than letting users know what bare minimum hardware they will need for the upcoming horror title. Bethesda stated on its blog that it doesn't have a list of …

Blizzard has announced that soon World of Warcraft players will be able to revive past characters that they had deleted. The ‘Undelete' feature will be rolling out in a content patch just prior to the release of Warlords of Draenor. Not all characters will be eligible for recovery though, characters …