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Top 5 stories: iPhone 5, 4G comes to the UK, Turing's Monopoly and more

A busy week in tech has seen Apple announce the iPhone 5 and EE launch the UK's first 4G network

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Five of the most-read stories from the Computeractive website this week.

EE bringing 4G to the UK next month

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High-speed 4G mobile broadband has finally arrived in the UK with the launch of a new network called EE.

The network, a rebranding of Orange and T-Mobile's parent company Everything Everywhere, combines 4G mobile broadband and fibre broadband.

 

Bill Moggridge, designer of first laptop, dies aged 69

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Germany's data-protection authority has re-opened its investigation into whether Facebook has breached privacy laws by automatically tagging photos of users.

The social media site uses facial-recognition technology to identify people and place a tag on photographs of them without gaining prior consent.

Raspberry Pi now made in the UK

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Manufacturing of Raspberry Pi is making the move from China to Wales following an agreement with technology giant Sony.

The Raspberry Pi foundation, the charity behind the tiny computer, said nearly all units would now be made in the UK. The job is being taken on by Sony's UK manufacturing plant, located in Pencoed, South Wales.

 

Apple unveils iPhone 5

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Apple has launched the iPhone 5, the latest version of its best-selling smartphone.

The new iPhone 5 has a larger 4in display with a resolution of 1,136x640 pixels, whereas the previous iPhone 4S had a smaller 3.5in screen with a resolution of 960x640 pixels.

 

Alan Turing gets Monopoly board treatment

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Bletchley Park has announced an Alan Turing-themed Monopoly board, based on the original hand-drawn board Turing played on in the early 1950s.

The special edition Monopoly board tells the story of Turing's life, with houses and hotels replaced with huts and blocks, the buildings used to house Turing's codebreaking machines at Bletchley Park during World War II.

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