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'What are you queueing for?' 'Pardon?'
Video (3min 18sec) Customers at the Apple store in Covent Garden, central London, tell Samuel Gibbs why they are prepared to spend hours waiting to get their hands on the new iPhone 5s and 5c.
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BlackBerry to fire 4,500 employees as sales of new device plummet
The news comes as Apple released two new iPhones on Friday which analysts predict will sell 5m in the opening weekend
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Yes, adults do play video games
Keith Stuart: A recurring comment under our Grand Theft Auto V review was 'do adults really play these things?' – here's my response
- Nick Clegg warns of 'corrosive effect' of GTA
- GTA5 sees biggest first-day haul for video game
- GTA5 under fire for graphic torture scene
- GTA 5: Mail wrong to say it shows decadence of modern culture
- Rockstar's Dan Houser interview part 2
- Dan Houser interview: part one
- GTA V: first heist playthrough - video
- GTA 5 review: a parody of modern life
- Video: The making of GTA – 'Like nailing jelly to kittens'
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Plan to block payments to websites that allow children to view pornography
Banks and credit card firms may be asked to withhold cash from sites with inadequate age verification controls
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Apple working on fix for iOS 7 lockscreen bug
Embarrassing discovery of flaw, which hackers showed can bypass the lockscreen and access personal data, comes within hours of release. By Samuel Gibbs
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UK government to test mobile phone emergency alert system
Test of the text alert system will run through autumn with around 50,000 participants in three areas across the country. By Samuel Gibbs
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20 best iPhone and iPad apps this week
Infinity Blade III, Toca Cars, Hamlet: Explore Shakespeare, Grand Theft Auto V: iFruit, Angry Birds Star Wars II, Google Wallet, Axel Scheffler's Flip Flap Farm and more. By Stuart Dredge
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Queues for iPhone 5S and 5C – but is Apple running out of juice?
Release of new smartphones draws crowds, but investors are worried that high prices will leave Apple a niche player. By Juliette Garside and Angela Monaghan
- Why the naysayers are wrong to say Apple is in trouble
- iPhone: how do the specs measure up?
- iPhone 5s review: Apple shows its touch
- iPhone 5c review: cheerful if not cheap, but built for the future
- iPhone 5S: is 64-bit necessary or for show?
- Apple 5S and 5C: 10 things you need to know
- Apple iPhone 5C and 5S – video review
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PES 2014 – review
Rich Stanton: After taking a battering from Fifa, Konami's PES series begins an incredible fightback
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Plan to block payments to websites that allow children to view pornography
Banks and credit card firms may be asked to withhold cash from sites with inadequate age verification controls
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BlackBerry Messenger set for iPhone and Android
Data-using messaging app will aim to rival WhatsApp and other 'over-the-top' rivals, but has fewer users – and removes a selling point for BlackBerry phones. By Samuel Gibbs
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Google slammed for failing to stop piracy
More than half of people who looked at copyright-infringing content used search terms that suggested innocent intent. By Alex Hern
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Boot Up: BlackBerry's crunch and more
Charles Arthur: Plus Cyanogen funding, Blackberry's crunch, GTA fakers and more
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'We need to reclaim control of our digital data'
Director Cullen Hoback's campaigning documentary Terms & Conditions May Apply is a call to digital arms. He explains why now is the time to reclaim control of our digital privacy
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All I use is Microsoft Word – should I get a laptop or netbook?
Ask Jack: Charlotte, a novelist, wants a cheap but very light machine for working on manuscripts. By Jack Schofield