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If a simple iPhone 4 isn't enough for that special lady in your life, then perhaps the new iPhone from Stuart Hughes will hit the spot. He is only making two of these phones so you can get a matching pair if you want – the asking price? only £5,000,000 …

KitGuru has reviewed many Synology products recently and our findings have shown that they have been incredibly successful targeting both the business and home enthusiast markets with high performance solutions. As many people are immediately discouraged by typical NAS pricing however today we are going to look at one of …

Over recent weeks we have reviewed the XFX Pro Series 650w and 750W power supplies and today we finish our series of reviews by looking at the highest wattage version in the non modular Pro series – the 850W model. The Pro Series power supplies are designed to be cost …

A US federal judge has a approved a whopping $100 million fine against Dell for securities fraud. Dell CEO Michael Dell had to persuade judge Richard Leon that he would never do the same thing again on the SEC, the judge ruled against him, saying he had to fork out …

There have been many reports lately that UFO's have been spotted all over the world. USADAILY have said that the most prominent sighting has happened recently, when a Chinese airport was shut down. China's state run People's daily reported September that air traffic controllers observed with instruments a UFO about …

AMD Chief Executive Dirk Meyer has been measuring the impact that Apple's iPad has had on netbooks and notebook sales. His final conclusion was that the tablet has been killing both. AMD are also waiting on more market development before committing R&D resources to developing tablet processors. Meyer said in …

The new Medal Of Honor game is causing controversy due to calls by the UK defense secretary calling for it to banned. The game, as reviewed on KitGuru gaming follows the travels of a Special Forces group battling enemy in Afghanistan in 2002. Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox called for …

Many thought the iPad would spell the end of the Amazon Kindle when it was released, however these reports have proved to be wide of the mark. The Apple tablet which was launched in April has actually helped expand the market for digital books. Sales of the Kindle are expected …

We were recently impressed by the Roccat Pyra gaming mouse which was designed specifically for gamers on the move.  This only appeals to a small section of the market however as most gamers will prefer a full-size mouse with a better specification. Today we are going to look at Roccat's …

KitGuru is asked more questions about the graphics market than anything else. Seems like you lot love a good fight – and the Heavyweight Championship is fought in the land of shaders. In the spirit of pushing things together until they get heated and critical mass is achieved, we sent …

Intel have posted a record quarter, with a staggering $11.4 billion revenue. This is the first time in their history that they have broken the $11 billion revenue barrier and $3 billion of this is net income. Intel chief Paul Otellini said that “these results were driven by solid demand …

Apple are hosting a new event on October the 20th called “Back To The Mac”. One of the key points of this upcoming event is that they will be showing the next major version of Mac OS X. It is rumoured that they may also use this event to refresh …

KitGuru loves the Kindle 3 – our recent review said it was one of the most exciting devices released this year. Amazon electronic book sales are very strong already, however with a new initiative Amazon might be driving even more sales to customers who find reading books a bit of …

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams said during a conference in San Francisco that the Twitter platform will soon have one billion users. Williams said “Twitter will get to a billion members”. It could however take quite some time before this becomes a reality, as there are only 165 million registered users …

Outspoken Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that the Microsoft brand holds value for users, more than rival brands. He also said he is seeing more iPads in the real world than he wants to see. Ballmer sat down with Cnet news.com's Ina Fried and he was asked about the huge …

Yesterday Microsoft issues patches for 49 security holes in Internet Explorer, Windows and other software. This is the largest number of bugs to be squashed in a single Tuesday release. The 49 fixes were classed as critical, one of the highest security ratings that generally indicates potential ‘rogue takeover' issues. …

We have reviewed many GTX460's on KitGuru over the last month and we are confident that this nVidia product is quite possibly the best value for money gaming card on the market today, bar none. It has won our highest awards, and deservedly so. We have already compared the GTX460's …

Today we noticed that Hexus have translated some information from chinese website xfastest.com. They have shown some benchmark figures from the upcoming HD6850 and HD6870. Both of these cards have already been pictured and leaked on various Far East sites (shame on you guys!), but this is the first benchmark …

Vince “k|ngp|n” Lucido and EVGA took over the top spot in the 3DMark Hall of Fame on 10/11/2010 with a Performance score of over 70,000 and still climbing. This score was achieved on an EVGA Classified SR-2 motherboard, with 4x EVGA GTX 480’s and an EVGA Classified SR-2 1200w Power …

There has never been a better time to purchase a sexy, svelte chassis for a new system build. You no longer have to pay a small fortune either as prices continue to drop and discerning customers keep demanding higher levels of build quality. Unfortunately in such a crowded marketplace it …

Last week news broke that Verizon Wireless will sell a CDMA version of Apple's iPhone early next year. This could help Verizon hold their lead against AT&T and boost iPhone sales by 10 million handsets in 2011. A CDMA iPhone can offer Apple huge sales growth as more than 543 …

Microsoft get a lot of bad press so it is always nice to hear that EX CEO Bill Gates is handing out more money for charitable causes. This time Bill and his wife Melinda are spearheading a college based inititive to help improve education. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation …

nVidia launched DX11 a full 6 months behind AMD's Radeon 5000 series and it's been playing catch-up ever since. Today we are looking at the GT430, the latest and lowest priced model in the new Fermi range. It will be nVidia's first Fermi fired into the huge sub-£100 market. Winning …

Our latest competition starts today and our good friends at Xigmatek have kindly donated two of their high end coolers for two lucky winners. Up for grabs first, is a Dark Knight cooler. The Dark Knight-S1283W retains the brilliant record of HDT-S1283 family – powerful, outstanding, high performing and user …

After seeing this post by our good buddy Fudo on Fudzilla we decided to make a few calls ourselves. XFX spoke to KitGuru this morning and have confirmed that they are focusing completely on AMD graphics cards from this point onwards. This will not come as a shock to many …

The hotly awaited Nokia C7 has finally started shipping to customers. This is hot on the heels of the N8 shipment 2 weeks ago. While people had to wait a long time on the N8 however, the C7 shipped very quickly after the first announcement a month ago. The Nokia …

KitGuru loves E-Ink technology, we have already covered several E-Ink devices in the past, looking at the Sony PRS 600 Reader and The Amazon Kindle 3. Latest news in from Taipei shows that E Ink Holdings have had a 42.35% revenue increase on this time last year. E-Ink Technology has …

Virgin Galactic, the company owned by mogul Richard Branson  has successfully completed its first live ‘demo', successfully dropping a rocketplane from 45,000 feet to make a glide landing. Richard Branson said “I watched the world’s first manned commercial spaceship landing on the runway at Mojave Air and Space Port and …

We have no idea what this nVidia GT430 product is, it does not seem to have been launched, but – for some reason – it is on sale already for £65. Strange. Could this be the same card as the one KitGuru predicted would be launched on 11th October a …

In the run up to any major launch we always have ‘leaks' on the net and insider info making their way into the public domain. The first picture of what appears to be AMD's HD6870 has just leaked on the net. This image was posted on Chinese ‘pokemon looking' tech …