If like us, you hate the thought of sitting in the house like a lemon with 3D Glasses then the new system from Toshiba will certainly be an appealing proposition. They are preparing a solution which can produce images with the illusion of depth without requiring glasses. These televisions are …
Read More »Corsair Graphite 600T Mid-Tower Case Review
Corsair have been building on their success in the memory business, expanding into many other areas of tech in the past few years. But they haven't done so in a half-hearted way – each new product they have launched has been class leading like their H70 watercooler which we reviewed …
Read More »LG ditch Google Froyo based tablet
LG have announced that they are ditching the plan to launch a tablet computer based around Google Android 2.2 ‘Froyo'. Exact reasons are not yet clear but reports are hinting that Froyo 2.2 is not suitable OS for their product. LG have said “We plan to introduce a tablet that …
Read More »Adidas say Steve Jobs – “Too much of a control freak”
Adidas have recently been working with Apple on a $10 million deal to place mobile advertisements on Apples iAd service. Latest reports show that Adidas have pulled out of the deal because Apple have been to controlling during the process. Silicon Valley Insider has claimed that Adidas pulled their campaign …
Read More »ZeuS Trojan hybrids prove unstoppable
ZeuS malware has been used for some time now to steal personal information from online accounts and while several arrests have taken place in the US and the UK this Trojan is proving difficult to stop. Arresting several organisations unfortunately won't suddenly mean that this nasty piece of software vanishes. …
Read More »Verizon Wireless may have to pay $90 million in refunds
Verizone Wireless announced that they may be paying up to $90 million in refunds to 15 million cellphone customers who were overcharged for data sessions and Internet use. If this happens it will be one of the biggest customer refunds offered by a telecommunications company. Verizon issued the statement yesterday …
Read More »Radiopaq Dots Review – ‘The tiny earphones with the big sound’
Although some people are willing to spend upward of £100 on a premium set of earphones, there are many more who cannot afford top-end audio hardware and will opt for a cheap and cheerful product instead. But the lower end of the market is filled with hundreds, possibly thousands of …
Read More »Microsoft Windows Phone 7: going to fail ?
KitGuru has been reporting on the new Microsoft Windows Phone 7 platform for many weeks now. With the imminent launch of the new Phone OS, it is worth analysing if Microsoft really can make their mark in this competitive sector. Last month we reported on a bizarre, mock funeral parade …
Read More »XFX Pro Series 650W Power Supply Review
Today we are looking at a new power supply from XFX, the Pro Series 650W – the smallest in a series of three units recently released (750W and 850W are also available and will be reviewed shortly). This is not the first time XFX have released a series of power …
Read More »Order Medal of Honor and get Battlefield 3, FREE
As you know, KitGuru is powered by Multiplay – the world's leading online gaming and LAN event organisation. They're massive, with the ability to host more than 100,000 simultaneous gamers. Big Stuff! But what many of you may not know is that Multiplay also owns Fileplay. KitGuru sticks in its …
Read More »Amazon Kindle 3 Review (with leather light cover)
Since the Apple iPad was released, the tablet sector has been a thriving hotbed of news and discussion. Market leaders such as Research In Motion, Samsung, Sharp are developing new tablets to target this lucrative market. On the ‘monochrome' side however, the battle has been just as intense and recently …
Read More »JPEG to be replaced by WebP ? Google hope so
The Joint Photographic Experts Group format (or JPEG as it is more commonly known) has become such a part of our lives in 2010, it is hard to image it ever being replaced. If Google have their way however, their new image format called ‘WeBp' will do just that. Google …
Read More »Researchers may have found first life supporting planet
Researchers yesterday said that for the first time they may have found an extrasolar planet that could be the foundation for life. This is because it falls squarely withint the ‘habitable zone' of a nearby star. They are calling this planet ‘Gliese 581g' – the sixth planet found orbiting the …
Read More »RIM take a swipe at quality of Apple apps
Research In Motion announced a few days ago that their App World now has over 10,000 applications available for download. Much of the press found the statement rather underwhelming as the Apple store has hundreds of thousands more. RIM VP of Platform product management Alan Panezic said “We aren't focusing …
Read More »Tablet PCs will not ship by volume until 2011, sources tell Kitguru
While many companies are preparing new Tablet PC's to compete with Apple's iPad the latest reports from Taipei show that volume shipments are not likely to hit the market until 2011. If you read any tech press this month it is hard to escape the news on upcoming Tablet computers …
Read More »Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Review
Arctic Cooling have been releasing some great products lately and we have covered most of them on KitGuru – such as the excellent Accelero XTREME Plus. AC are a company who combine high performance with ease of installation at reasonable prices. Today we look at the follow to the excellent …
Read More »Dell 7 inch Tablet launch might be closer than expected
KitGuru has reported on the upcoming 7 inch tablet recently, but we hear that the launch date might be closer than expected. It looks as if Dell will be releasing their 7 inch tablet in the next few weeks and a 10 inch tablet within a year. Michael Dell has …
Read More »Google Instant vets sexual searches, well sometimes
Hacker quarterly magazine 2600 has listed blocked words in Google Instant, many of which are sexual. If you have been using Google recently (and we all do) then you may have noticed a change in their search functionality, now when you type in a search term you will generally see …
Read More »iPhone 4 sells out in China – in only four days
Whether you love or loathe them, there is little faulting Apple's business plan. China is the latest country to be getting hot under the collar for the Cupertino technology giants latest iPhone. Over 100,000 iPhones have been sold in four days after the offical launch and another 100,000 phones are …
Read More »Skype and Facebook exploring possibilities of partnership
Social networking giant Facebook are exploring the possibilities of a partnership with Skype which is aimed at integrating their communication services. Wall Street Journal have said that under the proposed partnership that Facebook users would be able to sign into Skype through their Facebook Connect accounts. Once signed in then …
Read More »Gigabyte releases world’s fastest graphics card (KG sneak peek)
Those of you who are looking for the fastest single GPU card in the world need look no further. Today saw the launch of Gigabyte's range-topping N480 SOC (Super OverClock) edition which is the fastest production single GPU card on the market. Many of you will be thinking this will …
Read More »Gorgeous Gigabyte Keyboard set to sell, Aivia!
KitGuru was invited to a special presentation in London earlier today and we'll tell you more about the secret stuff we saw in a little while – including the world's fastest graphics card (single GPU category). But first, here's something very cute that we just could not wait to bring …
Read More »ROCCAT Pyra Wireless USB Gaming Mouse (& Sota Surface) Review
These days it seems every manufacturer is trying to get into the gaming peripheral market including the likes of Thermaltake and Corsair. But there are some brands, like ROCCAT and SteelSeries that have much more experience in the sector and have been producing gaming peripherals for a number of years …
Read More »AOL purchase TechCrunch for $25 million
AOL have purchased TechCrunch for a crunching $25 million. This is the first move to boost editorial content for AOL since being split up from Time Warner. AOL do not have a great track record for purchases, as they paid $850 million for Bebo in 2008 and then offloaded it …
Read More »AMD 6000 series tessellation performance to be much improved
While we dont have any detailed information or benchmark figures, we are hearing from sources in the Far East that Tessellation performance on the new AMD 6000 series cards is said to be significantly improved over current 5000 series offerings. This will be a great source of joy for the …
Read More »Apple sue Nokia in the UK over nine patents
Apple and Nokia do not get along, it seems every month that the mobile giants accuse the other of foulplay, either via public statements or in the courts. Apple are now suing Finnish smartphone maker Nokia in the UK for the violation of nine patents it owns. Reuters have stated …
Read More »Nintendo 3DS scheduled for a February/March release
One of the most sought after gadgets, the Nintendo 3DS will be hitting retail in February in Japan and March in Europe/US. Nintendo have pushed their original release launch for April, forward. Proving they are ahead of schedule right now and ready to get major sales for this hot handheld …
Read More »The RIM Playbook Tablet – will it be a success ?
We posted a story yesterday on the new, upcoming Blackberry Playbook which looks to be an impressive piece of kit. Today, publications across the net are talking about the product, with many saying that it is destined to fail. Why? Research In Motion are well known to always target the …
Read More »Crysis becomes a reality: US Robot Soldier exoskeleton suits – XOS 2.0
Two companies in the USA are developing exoskeleton suits – these are powerful robotic suits to give the human soldiers powerful strength and other abilities. The XOS creators come from UTAH and are currently seen as playing second fiddle to California's HULC – but they are stepping up the conflict …
Read More »Lian Li PC-Q11 Mini ITX Case Review
I am a sucker for a well designed aluminum chassis and Lian Li have always been one of the pioneers in this sector. They recently updated their fantastic Q series of compact enclosures with the PC-Q11. While these designs are based around the tiny ITX standard they allow for people …
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