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Apple Unveils New iPhone -- and It's Not iPhone 5

New Apple CEO Tim Cook began his first product launch on Tuesday at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino by trumpeting all of his company’s successes, but after almost an hour of self-promotion and smaller updates, Apple unveiled its latest iPhone, the 4S.

iPhone 4S Price, Release Date and Other Updates You Need to Know

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Instead of the expected iPhone5, Apple has unveiled the iPhone 4S with a price tag of $199 set for an October 14 release date. While many were disappointed with the release of a sequel to the iPhone 4 during the Tuesday Let's Talk iPhone event in Cupertino, Calif., the iPhone4S, while aesthetically similar, has some great updates in features.

RIM shares yo-yo on speculation, Apple event

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Shares in Research In Motion ended 2 percent higher in yo-yo trade on Tuesday after rival Apple hinted at threats to RIM's core corporate market, but failed to wow fans and investors with its latest iPhone.
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iPhone 4S Release Crashes Apple Web Site

The Apple Web site crashed Tuesday afternoon and was still down as of 3:20 p.m., probably due to the high volume of traffic surrounding the iPhone 5 release announcement.
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IBM buys Q1 Labs to expand in security software

IBM Corp will buy security software provider Q1 Labs as it looks to expand in a market which has seen recent high-profile cyber attacks on victims from Sony Corp <6758.T> to the British police.
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iPhone 4S Unveiled: As Good as 'iPhone 5?'

If iPhone 4S was named iPhone 5, the world may not have been so disappointed even if the specs and features were the same. On Tuesday's Let's Talk iPhone event, Apple unveiled its new iPhone, dubbing it 4S, to be released on Oct. 14, two days after the release of iOS 5 and iCloud.
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Apple iPhone 5 Not Announced, Fans Voice Displeasure

Apple's big Let's Talk iPhone event announced a new iPhone 4S with faster download speeds, a better camera, and a voice assistant named Siri, but still left many disappointed the company didn't unveil a new iPhone 5.
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Faster expanding universe work wins physics Nobel

The astounding discovery that the expansion of the universe is speeding up won the Nobel physics prize on Tuesday for three astronomers whose observations of exploding stars transformed our view of the world, and of how it may end.
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Apple iPhone 4S with iOS 5 Released: Just the Facts

Straight from the live blogs of Apple's Cupertino Let's talk iPhone event, Apple has some exciting announcements. The technology giant has taken the wraps off iPhone 4S, which will come pre-installed with the new mobile operating system iOS 5.
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Sprint shares tumble on iPhone cost fears

Sprint Nextel shares fell as much as 17 percent on Tuesday as investors worried about the cost of selling the Apple Inc iPhone on top of its plans to upgrade its network and its debt obligations.
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No iPhone 5 Release in 2011? Apple Event may Disappoint

Rumors around the iPhone 5 have been overheated as Apple's Let's talk iPhone event kicked off at 1 p.m. (EDT) on Tuesday. All eyes are on whether Tim Cook will unveil the next-generation iPhone 5 and when its much-speculated release date is.
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Top 10 Killer Features Guaranteed to Make iPhone 5 a Blockbuster

With Apple getting ready to take the wraps off the next generation iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at its Cupertino headquarters, iPhone fans can't help but guess what features the latest iteration of the world's single most popular smartphone will boast of.

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