Daily news roundup - 27/04/09

Get off to a flyer

27 April 2009 18:07 GMT / By Ben Crompton

Catch up on all the most-read stories from the last 24 hours with Pocket-lint's very own daily news roundup.

NEWS: False start for Virgin London Marathon website
Online entry denied
With the 2009 London Marathon run, sponsorship of the world famous event moves to Richard Branson's Virgin Money, with a new, 5-year, sponsorship deal worth £17m...read more

NEWS: Google Earth alphabet revealed
A to Z of landmarks
A 32-year-old Australian graphic designer has spent 6 months trawling images of Victoria on Google Earth to create a geographical alphabet...read more

NEWS: Expect internet "brownouts" from early 2010
Reports says online demand exceeding supply will see PCs jitter and freeze
Regular "brownouts" for the Internet are forecast as early as next year as cyberspace gets more crowded, says a report from Nemertes Research, a "respected American think-tank"...read more

NEWS: BT offers "Total Broadband" home and mobile packages
Dongle deals
BT has announced new mobile broadband packages for its home broadband customers that it claims are the UK's cheapest...read more

REVIEW: Logitech Wireless Guitar Controller Premiere Edition - PS3
The ultimate Guitar Hero accessory?
The world of gaming peripherals has taken a quite wild turn in the last decade...read more

NEWS: Virgin Media to offer "broadband schools"
Brits clueless on jargon and tech
Virgin Media has announced plans to trial free "broadband schools" to help tackle the fact that apparently "Britain is baffled when it comes to broadband"...read more

NEWS: Android Cupcake update now due May
T-Mobile Germany confirms new timescale
T-Mobile's German site has revealed that the "Cupcake" update for the Android mobile phone operating system, due to the operator's G1 phone, is now due in May...read more

NEWS: WEBSITE OF THE DAY – Photoshop Marketplace
Take your Photoshop skills to the next level
When a product name becomes a generic term for something, you know you’re on to a winner...read more

NEWS: Apple guilty of wilful patent infringement
Ordered to pay out $19 million
Apple has been found guilty of patent infringement and ordered to pay $19 million in compensation in a Texas court...read more

NEWS: Heidi Klum designs back plate for LG Rumor2
Personalisable phone gets model backing
In the States, LG has announced an exclusive partnership with "fashion icon" Heidi Klum to promote the LG Rumor2...read more