Daily news roundup - 15/05/09

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15 May 2009 18:31 GMT / By Ben Crompton

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

NEWS: BlackBerry Storm 2 leaked in real-life spy shots
See the next-gen smartphone
A "super trusty source" has sent RIM blog CrackBerry what are said to be the first live photos of the BlackBerry Storm 2, confirmed by RIM as in development and expected later this year...read more

REVIEW: LG HB954 Blu-ray home cinema system
The centre of your home entertainment?
If you want to get the most out of Blu-ray without breaking the bank, then a home cinema system - rather than individual components - is an attractive option...read more

NEWS: Facebook Verified Apps to go live
Green tick mark and badge for devs who've paid out
Facebook's "Verified Apps" programme is to go live, following the annoucement of the scheme back in November of last year and the news that there are now 52,000 Facebook applications...read more

NEWS: Twitter mashup created for National Work from Home Day
Campaign plots home workers on a Google map
In case you weren't aware, 15 May is National Work from Home Day in Britain...read more

NEWS: Twitter: "We screwed up"
Founder promises to be less "distracted and hasty"
The Twitter replies saga keeps rolling. Company founder Biz Stone has posted an apology on the official blog, which states quite plainly: "We screwed up"...read more

NEWS: Yamaha launches its first iPod products
PDX-30 and PDX-50 clock radios, and TSX-120 and TSX-130 "audio speakers"
Yamaha has announced the worldwide launch of four iPod and iPhone-compatible products...read more

NEWS: WEBSITE OF THE DAY - puzzuka
Puzzles make prizes. What do puzzles make? Good game, good game...
If you spend any time at all commuting, you might have noticed that quite a few people around you will have their noses stuck in a newspaper...read more

NEWS: VIDEO: Grippity back-typing device revealed
Innovative new QWERTY input solution
We like the look of this coming-soon device. The "Grippity" is one in a line of solutions that address the problem of the QWERTY keyboard not actually being the best ergonomic solutions for us human beans, despite its worldwide adoption...read more

NEWS: VIDEO: Dynamo does HTC Magic tricks
Magician stuns punters with phone-themed illusions
Despite our initial dismay imagining the marketing meeting that must have gone on behind Vodafone HQ doors for this idea ("so, the phone's called 'Magic', what kind of PR stunts should we pull?") it seems magician Dynamo genuinely raised some eyebrows in Voda's Oxford Street store with his HTC Magic-themed magic tricks...read more

NEWS: 3 announces "return" of Skypephone S2
VoIP-enabled mobile back in stock
Following the news that Pocket-lint brought you that the handset was unavailable, 3 has now announced the "return" of the Skypephone S2...read more