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The upcoming Tomb Raider reboot has been held back by Crystal Dynamics until early 2013. Fans were disappointed to hear about the delay of the new Lara Croft adventure, but the good news is that the company want to release the best game they can. Darrell Gallagher, the chief of …

Without doubt, Photoshop is the most popular pixel manipulation tool for anyone who makes (or aspires to make) money from images. Today, Adobe opens its street stall and lays out the latest version for download and purchase – but with a difference. KitGuru dodges and burns its way to the …

When KitGuru reported the analysts' feelings about HTC at the start of April, it was very much a ‘doom and gloom' picture. Sales were down 35% while profits plummeted a massive 70%. In general, the feeling from places like Morgan Stanley was that HTC had ‘nothing useful coming to fight …

Mark Zuckerberg, one of the world's youngest multi billionaires has turned 28 today. He is exactly half the age of the average S&P 500 CEO, according to reports from executive search firm Spencer Stuart. Even though he is only 28 years old, he has been the leader for Facebook now …

Scott Thompson resigned over the weekend as CEO of Yahoo Inc. He spoke to the board of directors and told them he had been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. He discussed his situation last week before he resigned. The decision for him to resign was partially due to his cancer diagnosis, …

French researchers from the Institut Polytechnique Grenoble and the Centre Technique du Papier are in the process of developing a wallpaper that blocks a range of Wi-Fi frequencies. The smart reams of paper are to be known as Metapaper. The triangle snowflake pattern found on Metapaper is where its smart …

When DARPA came up with the idea of an interlinked network of computers, the whole reasoning behind it was that a Soviet attack on one part of the system should not prevent communication. Now governments are putting themselves into the Soviet commander's seats to play war games. KitGuru declares, we'll …

Ever since Apple revealed the iPhone 4S late last year, the Siri personal companion service was, and still is arguably the flagship feature of the slightly tweaked iPhone 4. While many people use Siri for mundane things such as “where is the nearest cafe?” or “Siri, do you love me?” …

KitGuru is in love with the Japanese idea of maximum efficiency with minimum effort. It's something that permeates not only the universe as a whole, but the world if technology in particular. One of the first things that any computer science student learns is that, in life, remove repeating groups. …

The Samsung Galaxy S III was revealed to the public last week surrounded by iPhone levels of hype, but with that came iPhone 4S levels of disappointment. One of the main complaints was the 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED display having a Pentile matrix, even though it has a 720p …

While flexible OLED displays are most attributed to Samsung, fellow Korean company LG are also planning to bring flexible OLED displays to mobile devices with their new display production line. While it may seem LG is stealing Samsung's idea, LG is apparently using a different production process. Aside, the above …

Microsoft have Google's search engine in their sights as they prepare to change BING to offer new search terms, including Facebook and Twitter information. Microsoft are betting that people will like the new search options and they are planning to continue expanding their connections with social networking. If you are …

It's all well and good giving a shout out to a new software update that will touch the lives of millions, but how certain can we be that our lives will actually improve after the time-consuming effort of updating an iPad or sumsuch?  KitGuru optimistically plugs an iPad 3 into …

Products like Coca Cola are so ubiquitous that most of us are surprised to enter a shop that sells any kind of food or drink and find out that they have no Coke. In fact, many restaurants will apologise before saying, “But we have Pepsi”. At the same time, how …

While Google is certainly a monster in many ways, there is at least one ‘Sully in the closet' for the search engine super champ – and that's the idea of Facebook launching its own search engine. While that prospect might make Google worried enough to look under the bed at …

Sony’s name is synonymous with leading edge technology and quality consumer electronics, but as the market declines do Sony have what it takes to stay at the top? Originally founded way back in 1946 Sony quickly became a household name for consumer electronics. Just a quick look at their portfolio …

If you are in the hunt for NVIDIA's latest and greatest Gefore GTX 680, chances are you either managed to grab one out of pure luck or have given up completely. As of writing, Newegg does not have a single GTX 680 in stock. Even one of the largest PC stores down …

John Riccitiello, Electronic Arts CEO has caused the shares of Zynga Inc to drop to their lowest level earlier this week after he suggested that Zynga paid too much for a recent takeover deal. This caused analysts to ponder the decision. Riccitiello was holding a fourth quarter earnings call on …

Amazon may be planning to release new colour e-reader devices later this year according to an industry insider we spoke with yesterday. Makers in the supply chain are already preparing to ship components for the production. The new colour e-reader devices are going to be built with multi touch capacitive …

Many gamers are heartbroken to hear that BioShock Infinite is going to be postponed until February 2013. The game was originally planned for release in October 2012. The delay was mentioned on the official game site by designer Ken Levine, who said “Bioshock Infinite is a very big game, and …

One of the smartest things anyone can do is work less for more money. Conversely, one of the dumbest things we can do is work harder/faster for less and less. Unfortunately, this is the situation that the major producers are finding themselves in. KitGuru heads down to the local takeaway …

Elpida Memory announced today that they are in talks with Micron Technology regarding a possible takeover. Elpida filed for bankruptcy protection in February with 448 billion yen in liabilities. Elpida have said in a statement that Micron Technology have won the right for negotiations to buy the company. The news …

Samsung has just announced the first OLED television set that is ready for mass production. While OLED displays are best known for being at home in Samsung's smartphones, they are now stepping up to the big time, 55 inches across with a Full HD resolution. At the Samsung Premium TV …

As part as ongoing (and largely baseless) lawsuits between the mobile giants, Samsung and Apple, they were pressured into agreeing to settlement talks last month and today some results of that have arisen. Both parties have agreed to drop some of their current claims in the Californian courts. Apple has …

We would never condone illegal activities in any shape or form, but The Pirate Bay has become almost an institution. We look into the latest backlash from their followers. In a revenge attack hacktivists have taken down the Virgin Media website. Virgin Media was one of the first UK ISP's …

Overnight Sony has announced their first LTE enabled smartphones for the Japanese market; the Sony Xperia GX and Xperia SX. While the GX, or at least a variant of it, will be coming to an international audience at some stage this year. The same cannot be confirmed for the SX, …

Visit any major city on the planet, roll through its development over the past 100 years and you’ll notice something about the height of the skyline. When you need to pack more people into a fixed area, X and Y are not enough. You MUST build upwards. KitGuru casts an …

Regular readers will be aware that Proview Electronics have been gunning for Apple, entering into legal wrangles in China over the iPad trademark. Proview won't be happy as a California judge, Mark Pierce dismissed the lawsuit against Apple which was first filed in February. Proview had claimed that Apple deceived …

Hewlett Packard have just announced a new series of ‘Envy' Ultrabook computers with aggressive pricing. The new Envy Sleekbooks will be offered at $150 less than the current range of Ultrabooks. The new machines will feature both Intel and AMD processors and will ship with 14 and 15.6 inch screens. …

Microsoft rolled out a fix last night for both 2008 and 2011 versions of Office for Macintosh. One of these fixes is critical, as it fixes a loophole which would allow an attacker to ‘overwrite a computer's memory with malicious code.' Microsoft Office 2011 14.2.2 and Office 2008 12.3.3 include …