Top 10 articles: iPhone 5 due September, and Microsoft opens up on Wi-Fi data privacy

Top picks of the week for V3.co.uk readers

The next iPhone could be hitting shops as soon as September, which has caused a flurry of excitement among V3.co.uk readers and Apple fans everywhere. According to reports, Apple has ordered the manufacture of 15 million of the devices.

Little is known about the new handset specs, although the forthcoming IOS 5 software upgrade will offer features such as the iMessage instant messaging service, and wireless setup and syncing. What you can be sure of is that you'll need to take out another phone mortgage to be able to afford it.

Also popular was our story about Microsoft publishing the source code found in the software it uses for Wi-Fi data collection. No doubt the move is aimed at increasing confidence in the privacy standards of its location-based services before regulators come sniffing around, as they have with Google.

Last week, a US judge ruled that cases can be brought against Google over the Wi-Fi data collected by its Street View cars. The web giant was also in the spotlight over the confusing privacy policy and spam invitations for its new Google+ service.

Our labs team has been busy testing the latest Office 365 software on Mac and Linux operating systems, and the results were pretty positive. Not so great for Microsoft was news that only 18 per cent of firms are interested in upgrading to the new web-based productivity suite, according to the results of a V3.co.uk reader poll.

Apple iPhone 5 goes into production in time for September launch
Autumn release would be a smart move, say analysts

Microsoft opens up on Wi-Fi data collection by publishing source code
Redmond seeks to avoid same privacy mistakes as Google Street View over location-based services strategy

Office 365 on Mac and Linux
A test of Microsoft's cloud-based suite on non-Windows systems

Google+ open to all but confusion grows over privacy settings
Location and voice data from mobile devices will be stored by search giant

Analysts calm fears of indestructible TDL4 botnet
Rootkit can be de-fanged with Microsoft's own repair kit

Sony Ireland hackers claim Rebecca Black and R Kelly marry
Latest embarrassing security breach leads to defacement of another Sony web site

Google Chrome continues to grab IE and Firefox market share
Browser wars heat up as Chrome hits all-time high

Nokia to cut N8 smartphone price to compete with iPhone and Android
Firm still likely to struggle for 12 to 18 months, analysts say

Spammers hit Google+ fans with fake invites
Unsolicited invitation emails purporting to come from Google link to pharmaceutical spam sites

Windows 8 promises to usher in the post-PC era
If Microsoft can decouple Windows from the x86 platform, the PC's relevance will wane