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My new iPad 3 turned up a few days ago and since then I have been addicted to the new Angry Birds Space game. If you have grown sick of the Angry Birds concept over the last year, then the new title brings a new dimension to the standard gravity/physics …

Apple CEO Tim Cook has traveled to China to talk with government officials as he tries to clear up a raft of problems in this heavy growth market. Cook has never been to China, since taking over from the late Steve Jobs last year. He is keeping to a guarded …

BMW are recalling around 1.3 million cars worldwide as a result of battery malfunctions which they say in extreme cases could cause fire. The company issued a statement which said that the battery cable cover inside the trunk may be mounted incorrectly. The problem may cause malfunctions including the ability …

Aria are holding another competition to win a new Z77 motherboard direct from MSI! There's also 300x Runner-up prizes of £25 Cashback!! You can find out how to enter over here on the ARIA forums

The NZXT Phantom 410 has been on the market now for many months but today we are looking at a special coloured version of the case. NZXT have decided to re-release this popular case in duotone colours – Black/Orange, Black/White and White/Blue. We get a very special version however for …

One of the most, if not most, annoying things about travelling by air is the fact you must switch off any personal electronic devices before takeoff until you reach cruising altitude. Nick Bilton of the New York Times recently got in contact with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and learnt that they …

Game have offically shut down now, and have pulled the plug on their website, showing a ‘is down for maintenance' message. They say on the page “MJA Jervis and SD Maddison have been appointed as Joint Administrators of The GAME Group plc, Game Stores Group Limited, Gameplay (GB) Limited, Game …

Imagine a display that offers much of the readability in sunlight and battery life of today's E Ink displays yet also offers refresh rates and colours equivalent to LCDs currently available, thanks to Samsung and Liquavista that dream will soon become much more than a dream. Following Samsung's acquisition of Liquavista last …

New, double resolution images have been found in the second developer build of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. This means that new Macintosh computers could very well ship with a Retina display, or HiDPi mode. We have all seen how the ultra high resolution panels have improved the iPad 3, …

Thermaltake has been making cases for several years but they also have many different product lines such as power supplies, CPU coolers, fans, keyboards and mice.  Today we have the opportunity to review one of their new full tower cases.  The case we are going to examine is the Thermaltake …

Windows 8 hasn't been getting the warm reception from the enthusiast desktop PC audience that Microsoft would have hoped. Many people who have tried the consumer preview are very unhappy with the new interface and can see very few benefits to ‘upgrading' from Windows 7. One of the main sticking …

The battle against Pirates Bay continues, with many ISP's blocking access to the site now. Microsoft are joining the censorship by stopping people sharing links to the site with others. Windows Live Messenger now refuses to pass on links, claiming they are unsafe. It looks as if Microsoft are now …

Reports indicate that Microsoft, with an escort of U.S. Marshals seized control of command and control servers on Friday in two states in America. This is an ongoing campaign by Microsoft to take down botnets involving 13 million computers infected with the Zeus Malware. Microsoft announced last night that “some …

Over the weekend Nvidia dropped the NDA on it's Geforce GTX 680 graphics card based on their new Kepler architecture. Which in the case of the GTX 680, Kepler beats the AMD competition, the 7970 on many levels with some degree of ease. As a result of a successful launch (excluding a …

Thermaltake make a wide range of power supplies targeting all sectors. The ToughPower 1,500W Modular supply is firmly aimed at the hardcore gaming enthusiast sector who need to power multiple high end graphics cards. The ToughPower 1,500W can deliver up to 1,600Watts at peak load and is 80 Plus Silver …

It can't be fun trying to compete with a company like Intel. If you look at the $50Bn worth of engineering, marketing and sales muscle the sponsors of tomorrow has at its disposal, then look over at AMD's $6.5Bn revenues, you you get an idea of the scale of the …

It seems like every month that we are looking at a gaming peripheral from a company targeting the gaming sector.  Even though some of these companies have created very impressive products like the new Corsair Vengeance range, many gamers will opt for a tried and tested brand instead, such as …

Research In Motion have been knocked off the top spot in hometown Canada for the first time, to be replaced by Apple's, with their iPhone. The maker of Blackberry smartphones shipped 2.08 million Blackberry phones last year in Canada compared to Apple's 2.85 million, according to data complied by Bloomberg …

Without doubt, Koen ‘Big Daddy' Crijns is one of the nicest guys in the technology industry. Widely respected in his native country of Holland, Koen left ComputerTotaal magazine as reviews editor around 10 years ago and never looked back. Earlier today, he dropped a cool link into KitGuru and we …

Facebook have bought 750 patents from IBM to help the company battle against potential patent infringement allegations. The information came from an unnamed source close to the situation who spoke to Bloomberg. The patent purchasing is said to cover various areas such as networking and software. This acquisition will increase …

The Solid State market has been thriving in the last six months. Part of this growth has been caused by the Thailand floods which raised the prices of mechanical drives. If you are in the market for a new Solid State drive, but only have £100 to spend then the …

Today leading international mainboard and graphics card maker MSI officially announces the new GeForce GTX 680 graphics card featuring the latest 28nm GeForce GTX 680 GPU and 2GB of GDDR5 memory. The GeForce GTX 680 graphics card is outfitted with the latest GPU that not only meets PCI Express 3.0 …

Palit Microsystems Ltd releases the powerful new Palit GeForce GTX 680 and its delivers more than just state-of-the-art features and technology. It gives you truly game-changing performance that will transform the way you experience all your favorite titles-now and in the future. Armed with 1536-core GPU that clocked at 1006MHz …

If you walk into an electronics store these days you (should) find a bunch of tablets on display near the laptops. If you're curious as to what is offer you'll find tablets mostly with screens roughly 10 inches in size such as the Asus Transformer Prime or the Apple iPad. …

WikiLeaks' founder and leader, Julian Assange, is reportedly planning to run for a seat in the Australian Senate next year. However Assange is currently being held in England on bail ahead of a possible extradition to Sweden over allegations that he sexually assaulted two women. “We have discovered that it …

Last month we looked at the Xigmatek MidGard II chassis and today we are featuring another product from Xigmatek, the Venus XP-SD1266 CPU Cooler. The Venus XP-SD1266 has a nickel coated copper base and features six 6mm heatpipes to draw heat away from the processor. This tower style cooler relies …

Microsoft have a plan which targets China. The plan is to overtake Apple, by offering a wide range of handsets at lower prices. Passing Apple will be the first step in a longer term goal of market dominance. Simon Leung, Microsoft's Chairman and chief executive officer for the Greater China …

If you are as old as me you will remember the days of the Commodore Amiga and the Atari ST, it brings back fond memories for me. Commodore are releasing a ‘new' computer in a small form factor PC chassis, called the Amiga Mini. The system comprises an Intel Core …

You read a ton of claims every day. Adverts, articles, fans and haters alike – everyone has an opinion. But when Adobe says that Photoshop is the world’s best image editing software, it is hard to disagree. Now, as the beta programme for version CS6 begins, KitGuru gets misty and …

We have been hard at work for the last week reviewing many new 7000 series cards from AMD's leading partners. In this review today we are looking at the new Sapphire HD7850 Overclock Edition which features a custom cooling solution and out of the box clock speed enhancements. Sapphire are …