iPhone 5 pre-orders hit 2m

The Guardian Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 at the beginning of September and will start shipping the phone by the end of the month. Photograph: John G. Mabanglo/EPA Apple says first-day orders were double the 1m taken for the iPhone 4S, but some consumers will have to wait until October to receive their handsets More than 2m iPhone 5s were ordered in the first 24 hours the handset was on sale,...

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UK games jam breaks world record

UK games jam breaks world record BBC News Games jam participants received their certificate from the Guinness Book of Records at the end of the event Continue reading the main story A games jam held at Bedfordshire University in Luton at the weekend has broken the world record for the largest number of people taking part. A games jam is a gathering of video game developers. Participants are...

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Andy Murray 'overwhelmed' by turnout for Dunblane homecoming parade

The Guardian Andy Murray may have steeled himself for the intensity of Wimbledon's centre court and a major tennis final, but a walk through the streets of his hometown in central Scotland left him a little stunned. The US Open champion and Olympic gold medallist arrived in Dunblane, near Stirling, under slate-grey clouds, to be feted by an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 fans, former school-friends...

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Google breaks down summer Maps searches, Brits love squash

Google breaks down summer Maps searches, Brits love squash CNET UK Summer is coming to a close (it officially ends the day the iPhone 5 goes on sale, coincidentally). And to mark the start of autumn, Google has broken down what we searched for on Google Maps over the summer months. So what did we get up to here in the UK? Playing squash and going to the park, if the...

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British designer, Laptop inventor Bill Moggridge dies, aged 69

CNET UK The British designer credited with inventing the laptop has died age 69, following a battle with cancer. Bill Moggridge designed the Grid Compass (shown below), one of the first gadgets to combine a keyboard with a flip-down screen. The chunky machine was crafted by Moggridge in 1979 and went on sale in April 1982. With a 320x240 pixel display and 340kb memory, the Compass may not...

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LG event tagged for Sept. 19

Tech Radar By Michelle Fitzsimmons Could we be edging closer to the LG Optimus G's reveal? A press invite sent out Thursday seems to suggest as much. The invite touts a Sept. 19 event in New York co-hosted by LG and Qualcomm, the processor manufacturer that's reportedly fueling the G with a quad-core Snapdragon Pro CPU. The Optimus G is optimal indeed with a Qualcomm quad-core Snapdragon processor,...

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EE: iPhone 5 4G customers will have to sign up with Orange or T-Mobile first

Pocket-lint Would-be iPhone 5 EE 4G customers who want the iPhone 5 on day one will have to buy the new iPhone through Orange or T-Mobile first, EE, the parent company of all three brands, has told Pocket-lint. Because the EE brand,offering the UK's first 4G network won't be live at the time of the iPhone 5 release, customers looking to buy the new iPhone 5 will have to first buy the phone with...

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Nintendo details Wii U games console's December release

Nintendo details Wii U games console's December release BBC NEWS Continue reading the main story Nintendo has revealed it will launch two versions of its Wii U console in Japan on 8 December.                                             The Wii U can be controlled by a new touchscreen  ...

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iPhone 5 release date and all the details

Pocket-lint Everything you need to know The iPhone 5 has landed. Apple has chucked it all out the window, re-invented the wheel and still come home in time to watch Blue Peter. Or maybe not - it all depends if you are an Apple fan or not. Either way, there is a new iPhone in town and you want to know about it. Thankfully so do we. So much so in fact that we have nearly worn out our keyboards...

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Guide to UK 4G LTE network from EE: Phones, coverage and more

 IT Pro Portal EE, as the telecoms operator is now known, clearly set out to impress the sizeable audience at its 4G launch and rebranding event at the Science Museum in West London yesterday. Having walked bleary-eyed journalists through the vast sculpted tributes to the country’s technological milestones, EE was seemingly telling us that its own 4G network rollout was just as significant...

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Samsung UE40ES6800 review

IT Pro Portal Samsung’s TVs look great in the TV adverts with their flashy designs and cutting-edge tech. But they’re usually showing you the expensive range-topping models, which are beyond the budgets of most buyers. But at just over a grand, the UE40ES6800 brings Samsung’s edge LED expertise to a more affordable price bracket than the flagship UE40ES8000 (£1,499) and the £1,299 UE40ES7000. It’s...

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LG Optimus 4X HD review

IT Pro Portal Every handset manufacturer has its top-of-the-range model, and that model tends to have everything but the kitchen sink thrown at it including a pumped up screen size and resolution, and usually some serious thought put into chassis design too. So it is no surprise that, as a flagship handset, the Optimus 4X HD is a phone brimming with great features. Large? Yes. A little unwieldy...

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The British Wildlife Photography Awards 2012

The Telegraph The winners of the 2012 British Wildlife Photography Awards have been announced. These awards recognise the talents of the UK’s best amateur and professional wildlife photographers. The awards are uniquely British, with all of the images taken of British animals in their natural habitats. Thousands of photographers across the country entered this year's competition. All of the...

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The Expendables 2

The Expendables 2 The Expendables are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) enlists them to take on a seemingly simple job. When things go wrong, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory, where the odds are stacked against them. Hell-bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat...

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Twitter and the decline of formal language

Twitter and the decline of formal language The Verge Twitter has long had a reputation as an important tool in social revolutions around the world, but the BBC recently explored the platform's capacity for a different kind of social change. Linguists have observed a decline in the use of the formal "you" on the platform in many languages, especially French — and not...

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Amazon launches new Kindle Fire tablets in UK

Amazon launches new Kindle Fire tablets in UK BBC News Amazon has unveiled three new Kindle Fire tablets at an event in California. The Kindle Fire HD comes in two options: either with a 7in (17.8cm) screen or an 8.9in (22.6cm) one. That pitches the latter directly against Apple's slightly larger iPad, the bestselling tablet on the market. A third device upgrades its original model and cuts...

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Nokia forced to apologise for fake Lumia 920 camera video

CNET UK Nokia has been forced to apologise after using a 'confusing' promotional video at its New York launch event yesterday, after it emerged that the video purporting to show off its new phone's camera was shot using a dSLR and not the new Lumia 920, as it claimed. Nokia chiefs hailed the new Lumia as the "best smart phone to capture pictures on" at their press conference yesterday, bragging...

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