Top 10 articles: iPhone 4S vs iPhone 4, Dell ready for Windows 8

The launch of Apple's much-anticipated iPhone 4S and Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry outage woes topped the list of most popular V3 stories this week.

Head of the bunch was our head-to-head review of the iPhone 4S and the iPhone 4, while news of the queues building outside London Apple stores for the new device and the smash-and-grab incident in Covent Garden were also popular.

RIM stories appeared twice: specifically, the firm's admission of a continued outage and news that the original network fix failed.

We were also at Dell World this week and V3 readers were keen to find out why Dell is gearing up to launch Windows 8 devices after having little success with the Android platform.

As always, security was a popular theme this week, with readers flocking to stories about Microsoft's latest browser tool rating Firefox and Chrome as inferior to IE9, a new Sony data breach incident and PC Tools research indicating Brits disapprove of hacktivists.

 

Apple iPhone 4S vs iPhone 4 head-to-head
Has Apple done enough to tempt users into an upgrade from the iPhone 4?

 

 

 

 

Dell World: Dell gearing up to launch Windows 8 devices as Android disappoints
PC business not going anywhere, says Michael Dell

 

 

 

 

RIM in disarray after admission that BlackBerry network fix has failed
Firm still unsure which BIS and BES services are affected as outages enter third day

 

 

 

 
Queues begin for iPhone 4S in London but Kindle 4 fails to excite the masses
Six already camping outside Apple's Regent Street store
 

 

 

 

Two held in connection with Apple store smash-and-grab
Gang escaped from Covent Garden store on mopeds

 

 

 

 

 
Ubuntu 11.10 arrives with ARM support
First server platform to support ARM chips

 

 

 

 

 
Brits disapprove of Anonymous and LulzSec
PC Tools study shows confused response to hacktivist movement

 

 

 

 

Microsoft tool rates Chrome and Firefox as insecure browsers
YourBrowserMatters.org ranks IE9 as most secure

 

 

 

 

Sony locks down accounts after another global hack attempt
Japanese electronics giant reacts swiftly as 93,000 accounts are affected

 

 

 

 

RIM admits to more BlackBerry outages in Europe, Africa and South America
More embarrassment for smartphone maker as messaging and internet services crash again