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Microsoft may be the desktop operating system leader but in the mobile sector they are having problems becoming a primary competitor against Android and iOS. In times like this drastic action is called for, and in the attempt to raise interest they decided to erect a 55 foot ‘interactive' Windows …

He may be a multi billionaire but Mark Zuckerberg doesn't mind doing some grass level recruiting. He returned to Harvard yesterday since he left to form Facebook. He appeared to recruit students for internships at Facebook, according to a report that was posted on the Harvard Crimson. It was the …

The new Cooler Master Storm Trooper is a case that is getting a lot of attention. It is a full tower chassis able to handle an array of hard drives, graphics cards and XL ATX motherboards. It also has full dust filter coverage, a fan controller, an external SSD drive …

Eric Schimdt has said that Google is a great innovator and hasn't been sucked into a debate on comments that Steve Jobs made in his biography, written by Walter Issacson. Schmidt spoke to reporters in Seoul and said that he was very sad over his death and feels that it …

While the price of a regular drive is now well above the £107 mark, the world of the corporate IT guru is worse. Much, much worse. Having a quick scan round the online retailers reveals a shocking trend. KitGuru considers the implications. We all know that hard drive prices have …

While the initial designs were all on show at Computex 2011 in Taiwan, detailed pictures of the final mainboards have been few and far between. In most cases, the possibility that these are covered by a dark and devious NDA have prevented too much info from surfacing. The game has …

AMD's HD6970 has been a favourite with the high end enthusiast user since it was released. The reference design card is a powerful discrete solution but it was never equipped with the greatest cooling solution. Sapphire have decided to replace their reference card with a new Dual fan, heatpipe cooler. …

One of the world's most successful electronics retailers has raided the white flag store and is preparing to surround its outlets with them. Looks like more than 1,000 people could be unemployed before Christmas. Bad news, but was it predictable? In economic terms, this recession is like the retail version …

The Apple iPhone 4S battery life has been the topic of conversation since it was released and we reported that many customers were complaining about excessive drain. Apple have acknowledged a problem with the location services system in OS 5 and have released a beta version of iOS 5.0.1 to …

Antec have produced many cases over the years, and are continually bringing out new and improved versions of previous models. Continuing the focus of quiet sophistication from the original Antec SOLO case the SOLO II aims to deliver a new standard for quiet, high-performance cases. The Antec SOLO II is …

DuPont announced at the weekend that they have signed a deal with a leading Asian manufacturer of Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode display products (AMOLED). This agreement will allow the company to use the technology in the product of large AMOLED based television displays. The costs will be much …

A 1,312 foot diameter asteroid is said to be on a close path to Earth and will pass closer than the moon at 23.28 GMT Tuesday. It will pass Earth as a distance of around 201,000 miles from our planet. Scott Fisher, a program director with the National Science Foundation …

Rumours have been circulating that Barnes and Noble are planning a new tablet, with leaked documents posted by SlashGear a few days ago. This document details why the Nook Tablet is better value than the Kindle Fire, due for release shortly. This document was supposedly leaked from an internal source …

Panasonic have just released a new 3D compact camera which is called the DMC-3D1. It has two ultra wide angle lenses, each with 4 times zoom. The camera is using two 12 megapixel CMOS sensors which can record 8 MP 3D images, or 9 MP 2D images. It can also …

Following up on recent rumours relating to the supply and sale of GeForce cards in the market, KitGuru spies have been sniffing around the channel and there's a definite change in the smell of the sea air. KitGuru takes a bucket, spade and hand grenade along, just in case. When …

While the challenges for AMD's ambitious 8 core Bulldozer product have been well documented, there is an improvement waiting in the wings. So what can we expect in 2012? KitGuru pulls an electron scanning microscope out of its pocket and heads for the local chip shop. In a simple head-to-head, …

If your only experience of Scottish education was watching something like NEDS, then you'd be in for a bit of a surprise at the work that Research Machines (RM) is doing with places like Tynecastle High School. The Scotsman was keen to cover it. McKitGuru dons a kilt and sporan …

There are no shortage of modified AMD HD6000 series cards currently available on the market, and today we are looking at the latest HD6950 from HIS, featuring the infamous semi transparent IceQ cooler. The HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ Edition is a custom design and based on past experiences …

The news stories continue to cascade from the global weather crisis. While manufacturers, traders and consumers continue to get buffeted, KitGuru takes a look behind the scenes at the kind of maneuvers that are taking place around HD stock and supply. Normal folk go into stores and buy products. This …

The floods in Thailand have been horrific for the locals, but the effect felt strongest by technologists is the continuous rise in the price of hard drives. But when will it end? KitGuru has been speaking with the UK channel and we've heard a shocking truth. Once a country like …

Those old enough will remember OCZ as being one of the leaders in the enthusiast memory sector and in recent years they have focused on the Solid State Drive sector, producing many cutting edge products. They took over PC Power & Cooling a few years ago to enhance their company …

According to insider news, Sony Chairman and CEO Howard Stringer may step down, passing the leadership to a new, fresh successor. The New York Post say they have received information on the subject claiming ‘sources close to the situation'. Howard Stringer has had one of the worst years he could …

With the death of iconic Apple leader Steve Jobs, the biography of his life by Walter Isaacson entitled ‘Steve Jobs' is the top selling book in America. It has sold 380,000 copies in the US during the first week of sale, becoming the biggest seller since the debut of George …

A trip to Mars is the dream of many astronauts and Moscow have finally allowed 6 volunteers to leave isolation after spending around one and a half years locked away in isolation at a Russian research center. This was to test the effects of a flight to Mars. The high …

Canon have launched a new high end video camera which is marketed directly at professional movie makers. The C300 was showcased at an event in Los Angeles yesterday, attended by Ron Howard and Martin Scorsese. At the event, Canon showcased the camera with some lenses which they are aiming at …

AMD have announced a restructuring plan which is designed to strengthen the company's competitive positioning. AMD claim that the restructuring will make for a more competitive cost structure and to ‘rebalance the company's global workforce skillsets'. Rory Read, AMD President and CEO said “Reducing our cost structure and focusing our …

VTX3D are a relative newcomer to the graphics sector, although we have reviewed several of their graphics cards in the past. VTX3D stands for Vertex / 3D and they are the ‘price aggressive' brand from the TUL Corporation, the parent company of PowerColor. We are looking at two of their …

According to whisperings in Taipei, Apple may be planning to launch the iPad 3 in Q3 next year. I have heard from a source close to Apple last night that the date may be set for October 2012. There is some confusion however as to the naming conventions of the …

Apple will be releasing a software patch within a few weeks to address the bug in iOS5 which has been causing battery life problems for owners of their smartphones. The problem seems to have been widespread, with many customers complaining of very short battery life with their new iPhone 4S …

Amazon are launching a new digital book loaning library that will be made available to their most important customers – Kindle and Kindle Fire owners who also subscribe to the Amazon Prime delivery program every year. According to the WSJ, the new service is going to be focused on titles …