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After working tirelessly for several days in the KitGuru Lab, our technicians are only now coming out into the grey autumn light and blinking like moles. With all of the reviews published, we now have time to analyse what just happened. The cards are great, AMD's partners worked overtime to …

If someone offered you a domain name for $13 million you are likely to either laugh, or faint. But one of the nets most sought after names has just sold at auction for $13 million (£8.2 million). The domain name went on sale in July after the former owner went …

Microsoft have announced that over 240 million copies of Windows 7 have been sold since releasing the operating system over a year ago. This is now officially the fastest selling OS in their history. Vista was never warmly received, although at KitGuru we think some of the uneducated press damaged …

Hewlett Packard are launching a full blown assault on the Apple iPad with the release of their Slate 500 Tablet, which is aimed at the thriviing business market. It will be set to cost $799 and is going to satisfy those people who have to omit the Blackberry Playbook due …

When nVidia released the GTX460, everyone was literally blown away – this was a mid range card that utterly dominated the market and delivered staggering levels of performance, particularly when overclocked. AMD had left a big hole in its range, from the 5770 to the 5850 – with only the …

KitGuru is old in the tooth and likes naming conventions which don't change. With the launch of the Radeon HD 6000 series, AMD has altered its naming strategy. The high end cards will now be the 6900 series (due November) and the 6800 cards that we're looking at today, will …

AMD have been in charge of the DX11 battlefield since their HD5000 series cards were released last year. It took nVidia many more months to come to market with competitive solutions and while their GTX480 and GTX470 received a half hearted welcome, the GTX460 has literally taken the mid market …

Enthusiast PC users are rarely satisfied with the performance or appearance of reference bundled CPU coolers. These coolers are either not good enough, too loud or lack aesthetic appeal to be installed inside a very carefully designed system. This alone explains the huge demand for aftermarket cooling solutions and the …

With the hotly awaited release of Windows Phone 7, the critics were clearly expecting more. Many have said already that Microsoft have a long way to go to catch up with Apples iPhone and Google's Android. While it is still early days, this hasn't been the ideal launch for Microsoft. …

OCZ have been selling a lot of SSD drives lately, achieving record sales in August. They have sold 54,000 solid state drives in August alone, an increase from 15,000 per month recorded in the first quarter. Due to the massive increase in sales, OCZ have opened a new SSD manufacturing …

Steve Jobs held a conference yesterday in Cupertino, California to talk about the new Macbook Air and the new operating system OSX 10.7 – codenamed ‘lion'. Steve Jobs revealed two new Macbook Air's and said they were ‘the future of notebooks'. There are two new Air products, 13.3 inch and …

Lian Li are world-renowned for producing some of the best quality cases out there which we experienced with their PC-8FIB case a few weeks back. So when Lian Li offered to send us another case from their range we were eager to see how it would compare. Today we're going …

Hewlett Packward has been talking about the benefits of webOS 2.0, saying that it would offer improved multitasking by ‘stacking' similar applications into logical groups for easier, faster switching. It will also support Adobe Flash ensuring that pages with embedded flash content can be viewed by their customers. The new …

KitGuru reported yesterday that Apple iPad sales didn't quite reach the 5 million estimated in the first quarter – peaking around 4.1 million, still an impressive figure. Steve Jobs said in a call with Wall Street analysts “we're already seeing tremendous interest in the iPad from education and, to my …

Apple are expected to launch a new MacBook Air at an event later today, and also give fans a peak at the new Mac OS X operating system. Apple are apparently going to be using a press conference to showcase the new Air, OSX 10.7 – code named ‘Lion', as …

The Bit Fenix Colossus was a strange case. It has as many challenges as it has advantages, but it is bulky, easy to work inside and (with an extra fan fitted) decent airflow. KitGuru was down in town yesterday when we spotted a (mating?) pair of these cases, in stock, …

Kingston can sometimes be overlooked in enthusiast circles, which is a shame as they have some fantastic solutions on the market. They recently announced several new memory products and today we are looking at their high end HyperX H20 memory modules. The HyperX H20 are targeted at demanding gamers and …

Today our good friends at Kingston have very kindly offered not one, but five HyperX Blu memory kits as a prize for five lucky KitGuru readers! (KHX1600C9D3B1K2/4GX) KitGuru have reviewed many Kingston products over the last couple of months, and be sure to check out our latest review on the …

KitGuru has seen an interview with a Western Digital VP who claimed that the SSD would never seriously impact the sale of hard drives because the cost was so high. The world has spun through space several times since then and now SSD is very affordable. KitGuru puts Steve Hall, …

You might not know the name, but Rob Dickins used to run Warner Brothers music in the UK and he is also a former chairman of the BPI. In a recent music conference in Manchester he told the assembled crowd that he believes downloaded music albums should cost £1 or …

After an incredible $20 billion quarterly income report, Apple have also announced that their critically slammed $99 Apple TV unit has sold around a quarter of a million units in only six weeks. In an earnings call with Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes Steve Jobs said “We don't talk about unannounced …

CEO Steve Ballmer sent out emails yesterday telling Microsoft employees that long standing Chief software architect Ray Ozzie is stepping down from his position and leaving the company after a transition period. The email which was published later as a press release said that Ozzie wouldn't leave right away but …

Well we never thought we would be reporting this after all the hype over the last three months, but it appears that Apple sold less iPads that expected, with 4.19 million sales falling short of the 5 million that was estimated. Strong sales of the iPhone helped Apple generate over …

nVidia launched the GT440 today with not much of a fanfare. The card is a DX11 part and is OEM only, which means it is going to appear in prebuilt systems in the run up to Christmas. The GT440 is about as exciting as the GT430 (yawns) and features 144 …

KitGuru has been a vocal advocate of the GTX 460 – we believe it is the best value for money card on the market right now. Equally so we have also been singing the praises of AMD's HD5770 since it was released, especially as a paired up, high performance, low …

Motorola has taken action against Apple in court by attempting to invalidate 11 iPhone related patents. Motorola have recently sued Apple over alleged patent violations and have just filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court in Delaware. This seeks to invalidate 11 patents given to Apple and Steve Job's …

According to The Register – Microsoft senior product manager Greg Sullivan surprisingly said that Phone 7 looks to be a poor choice for Tablets, prefering to focus on Windows 7 for this medium. “Windows 7 will provide a richer touch and applications experience and will be necessary on tablets.” he …

We've all experienced G-Force, from a casual pulling away at the lights to hitting sudden turbulence when flying. But we can guarantee you that nothing you've ever done will prepare you for the experience of being sat in a tiny plastic chassis and then launched to 240kph in a matter …

The iPad has been a resounding success this year for Apple, and justifiably so – it is a fantastic product with a huge diversity of application support. One of the big problems however is that in its ‘naked' form it is very vulnerable and somewhat easily dropped. This weekend, as …

Engadget have just received anonymous information on what appears to be the insides of an up and coming Macbook Air. It shows extra battery room, a 13.3 inch display, with unibody Macbook Style hinge and no space for a regular hard drive or SSD. It looks as if Apple are …