Microsoft have made the first public preview of Windows Small Business Server 7 (SBS7) available for download. This version is built upon Windows Server 2008 R2 and includes Exchange Server 2010 SP1, SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Windows Software Update services. SBS7 is a part of the suite due to be …
Read More »Planet Michael online virtual world – release date 2011
Planet Michael, an online virtual world devoted to the memory of the late Michael Jackson is going to be released next year in the attempt to give the general public an interest in the MMO genre. People who would find World Of Warcraft intimidating. “There will be a whole restructuring …
Read More »BlackBerry Blackpad release date imminent
Apple are not only facing stiff competition from Samsung with their new 7 inch Galaxy handheld computer because BlackBerry are due to release their new ‘BlackPad', possibly within the next few weeks. The Blackpad is rumoured to be based around a 7 inch touchscreen and will have at least one …
Read More »Apple customers are the happiest – 86% give a thumbs up
Researchers have found that almost nine in 10 Apple customers are ‘pleased' with their computer purchase. Steve Jobs must be equally as happy hearing this. Windows 7 was also on the ‘happy list' with customers much more satisfied with the platform than the ill received Windows Vista. The American Customer …
Read More »Casio release EX-H20G camera offering indoor Geotagging
Casio have released a new megazoom camera with the ability to geo-tag photos and video with ultra precise detail. The EX-H20G is the newest camera from Casio in their EXILM hi-zoom range and it is in the first on the market to offering indoor geotagging, according to the company. It …
Read More »ZOTAC announces its first Quadruple-display capable graphics card
If three screens just isn't enough for you then the new card from Zotac might just tickle your fancy. It's the first Zotac graphics card to support Quad monitor configurations and is based around the excellent GTX 460 solution. New ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 460 3DP graphics card ZOTAC GeForce® GTX …
Read More »Nokia delay flagship N8 – continuing woes
Nokia have not had an easy 12 months, with declining sales and the replacement of their CEO. News has just reached us that they are delaying their flagship N8, once again. The N8 is seen as Nokia's first major smartphone to launch a challenge against Apple's iPhone, the success of …
Read More »Gigabyte GTX 460 OC SLi Review
nVidia have had a rocky year, with Fermi delays costing them sales and market place. With the release of the GTX480 and 470, people still weren't sold on the new architecture as it ran hot, sucked a lot of power and didn't really offer considerable improvements over the current HD5000 …
Read More »New AMD CPUs – pricing confirmed
AMD have released a new slew of processors and as always their focus is on competitive pricing. We have new AMD CPU's in our labs for testing and the reviews will be published in the near future. The success of KitGuru has meant that everyone wants us to review their …
Read More »Intel unleash new $50 CPU upgrade cards
Intel have announced their intention to sell $50 ‘Processor Performance Upgrade Cards' which people can buy to enhance the performance of their Intel CPU's. These cards unlock additional CPU features which are physically on the die but are disabled in their ‘sell state'. CPU world have detailed that the Intel …
Read More »Apple patch OS x 10.6.4 – fire sharing security issue fixed
Apple announced a security update for OS X 10.6.4 which has addressed an issue which could allow a remote attacker to gain access to shared folders without a valid password. Security Update 2010-006 was issued yesterday afternoon and it applies to OS X 10.6.4 and X Server 10.6.4. The 1.93MB …
Read More »HP lawsuit against ex-CEO Mark Hurd dropped
Yesterday Hewlett Packard agreed to end their lawsuit against Mark Hurd after he went to work for rival company Oracle. It what seems to be an almost weekly soap opera now, HP have dropped their case against Hurd after he has agreed not to disclose HP's trade secrets to his …
Read More »Is Bell Micro trading from a place of fear?
Not often KitGuru discusses channel affairs. Most of our readers are fun loving types who love nothing better than loading up a virtual plasma rifle and blowing their best friends into a million tiny globs of goo. That said, we're hearing a lot of channel chit-chat about Bell Micro and …
Read More »IE9 incompatible with XP, will it destroy market share?
Microsoft often make decisions that befuddle enthusiast users and many across the net are wondering if the recent news about IE9 being incompatible with Windows XP is going to cause a massive backlash with the Windows user base. Research firm NetApplications have reported that in August 61 percent of all …
Read More »IBM to spend $1.7 billion for Netezza
It has been a year of billion dollar take overs, with companies like Intel taking over a few companies to expand their portfolio and dip their toes into new sectors. News has just hit that IBM are buying Netezza Corp for $1.7 billion, joining other technology giants in expansion and …
Read More »Napster hits iOS devices
Apple owners rejoice because Napster have finally released an application for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Historians among us will remember that Best Buy bought Napster for $121 million which has helped its survival in this tough climate. The NAPSTER application allows the end user to list to over …
Read More »Intel DH57JG Mini-ITX Motherboard with Intel Core i5 660 CPU Review
Many people don't have enough room for a full-size PC and crave more performance than you can squeeze from a reasonably-priced laptop. For these people, a mini-ITX system is very appropriate, compromising a few features for a much more compact system. Today we are going to look at the Intel …
Read More »Microsoft claim Kinect sales will ‘blow away’ iPad
It is difficult for Microsoft executives not to mention Apple when it comes to achieving sales goals and once again they target the iPad as being the product to beat. Microsoft Game Studio manager Kudo Tsunda has said in a recent interview with Gamasutra that Kinetic is going to break …
Read More »LG CEO kicked into touch – poor smartphone performance
A few days ago LG CEO Nam Yong was removed from his position to make way for a new leader in the form of Kon Bon Joon. Yong's removal was due to poor smartphone sales. LG have a few smartphones available on the market which use the Android operation system …
Read More »31,000,000 Halo Reach games have been played in 5 days
Halo Reach is quickly becoming one of 2010's biggest success stories and latest statistics in from Bungie are certainly verifying that gamers are really enjoying the newest title in the franchise. Since the game launched 31,000,000 games have been played across the world. 78,499,560,895 credits have been earned. Campaign mode …
Read More »Oracle announce Exalogic Elastic Cloud
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison announced his companies new addition into the private cloud computing territory, going head to head with Hewlett Packard and IBM. The Exalogic Elastic Cloud, a system which contains 30 servers, each with 6 core processors for a total of 360 cores are interconnected with each other …
Read More »Sony PRS-600 Reader Touch Edition Review – a bargain revisit
Apple's iPad has dominated the press this year, with incredible sales figures verifying that there is a huge market for easy to use, portable devices. I will hold my hand up and say I use an iPad regularly, from reading the Times newspaper every morning to playing with latest games …
Read More »Dawn of a new Ice Age with Cryo PC
Ten thousand years after the last great ice age receded (forming the Vale of Aylesbury on its way), Alan Johnson formed Cryo PC in the sleepy village of Granborough. KitGuru went to investigate. His technical team have all concealed their secret lives as ‘enthusiast overclockers’ by working real jobs in …
Read More »HIS HD 5830 iCooler V Turbo Review
Today we have another graphics card from HIS to test. This time around we will be focusing our attention on the HIS HD 5830 1GB PCI-e. This is a product that sits somewhere between the 5770 and 5850 both in terms of price and performance. Currently here in Canada the …
Read More »KitGuru’s most disgusting expose ever? You tell us
Harsh? Maybe. But if the battle lines are not drawn, then things will just start to get ridiculous. So what's got KitGuru so hot and bothered on this fine, warm September day? OK. It's Saturday, so we're allowed to stray from the well-trodden path of the tech gods. Out shopping …
Read More »Apple fanatic Steven Fry pushes Sky 3D TV
Outspoken UK comedian (and tech fanatic) Stephen Fry is helping Sky TV to push their 3D television support with a promotional video. Stephen Fry is well known for his love of all things Apple, turning up at launch events and even interviewing Apple CEO Steve Jobs for TIME Magazine. Sky …
Read More »AMD Drivers available in Steam
AMD have announced that their drivers will now be available via Valve's STEAM software package. Nvidia have yet to commit to any move – although if STEAM ratings are anything to go by it looks as if AMD dominate 87% of the Direct X 11 marketplace. Ben Bar-Haim, corporate vice …
Read More »Nokia shares are falling – by 49% in three years, but why?
Nokia were once the outright leaders in the mobile market but in the last few years we have been watching the company weaken, every month. In the last three years their shares have fallen by 49 percent and they have dropped 30 places across 12 months in a global brand …
Read More »Asus Extreme Slim DVD-RW Drive Review (Model: ESEDRW-08-H)
If, like me you rarely use an internal optical drive now in any of your system builds, then the product we are looking at today will be of particular interest. The Asus Extreme Slim DVD-RW Drive is only 14mm thick and takes all its power from the USB ports – …
Read More »XigmaTek NRP-PC702 Power Supply Review
Earlier this year Xigmatek released a couple of power supplies which didn't receive much coverage, but we really liked the whole ‘eco friendly' approach they were focusing on, heck they even shipped the unit in a box made from recycled materials. They have four supplies in this range, The PC402, …
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