Daily news roundup - 10/06/09

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10 June 2009 18:22 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

For those of you too busy to read every little thing we post on Pocket-lint, here is a handy summary of the day's most popular news and reviews. Enjoy and check back tomorrow for more...

NEWS: Comment: iPhone 3G S contract upgrade controversy
Will be the first of many as new handsets come thick and fast
Apple's latest iPhone announcement and mobile phone operator O2's subsequent dealing of it has highlighted a major problem the mobile phone industry faces in the next couple of years...read more

NEWS: iPhone OS 3.0 leaks to torrent sites
Try at your own risk
The new iPhone operating system that'll be available on 17 June has leaked early to torrent sites...read more

NEWS: iPhone 3G S goes on pre-order
"Guaranteed June 18th despatch"
While The Carphone Warehouse's pre-order page appears to be taking its sweet time to go live, Mobiles...read more

NEWS: Facebook reveals date for usernames debut
Registration rush for vanity URLs to begin 5am on 13 June
Would you like your own personalised Facebook URL? Facebook has expanded on its plans to offer Facebook usernames, that will see a slash-your-name URL, rather than a series of random numbers, and the rush to register will begin on 13 June...read more

NEWS: "Web 2.0" labelled as millionth English word
Other tech terms were in the running
The English language now contains one million words, claims the Global Language Monitor, based in Texas...read more

NEWS: WEBSITE OF THE DAY – king.com
Scrabble? Online? For free? There goes Wednesday...
There are many pretenders, but there is only one king...read more

NEWS: Microsoft and Google trade blows over Wave and Bing
Wave is "anti-web", Bing is done "about once a year"
Microsoft and Google have been trading blows over their recently announced products, with Microsoft calling Wave "anti-web", and Google dismissing Bing as something Microsoft does "about once a year"...read more

REVIEW: Sony DPF-X1000 digital photo frame
Is this top of the range photo frame top choice?
With digital photography pretty much the mainstay in the home, displaying your digital images is all the rage...read more

REVIEW: Toshiba Camileo H20 camcorder
An HD camcorder worthy of your dough?
Costing just £180, could this Full HD shooter from Toshiba prove the perfect bridge between throwaway handhelds that sell on specs (and little else) and professional HD camcorders?
Almost...read more

NEWS: Job posting suggests Napster planning iPhone app
Jumping on the bandwagon
In a further expansion of the mobile music sector, and following the recent announcement of mobile apps from Spotify and We7, Napster has joined the party...read more