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'Apple abhors a vacuum, and is in thrall to the fundamental imperative of the capital system that even perfection be shown to be capable of improvement'

An affair turned sour: I’m breaking up with my iPhone

Apple's gadgets are adored by millions of people. But for Gilbert Adair the magic is gone.

3D porn first for Hong Kong film

On the leafy fringes of Hong Kong in a shabby film studio, a nude ponytailed actor stretched out on animal-skins with his lover as the cameras rolled in a set evoking a subterranean sex lair in ancient China.

Apple: A love affair turned sour

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Intel surprises Wall Street with $7.7bn purchase of McAfee

Intel, the world's largest maker of microchips, is paying $7.7bn for the software company McAfee, in a deal analysts described as "weird", "out of left field" and "not the combination investors were expecting to wake up to".

Alice-Azania Jarvis: Zebra chasing, presidential holidays and bullfighting

NATURE Asylum.co.uk Motorists in California are pinching themselves after seeing a group of police officers chasing two zebras around downtown Sacramento. Due to be transported by truck to their home ...

Microsoft's Kinect to hit stores on 10 November

Microsoft's motion-sensing game system Kinect will hit European retail stores before Christmas, the company said, as it battles for customers with rivals Sony and Nintendo.

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