Daily news roundup - 09/07/09

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9 July 2009 18:32 GMT / By Ben Crompton

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

NEWS: Microsoft planning major news for Monday
Google Chrome OS announcement related to rival's
Google's surprise decision to take its Apps package out of beta and even more sudden announcement of the Chrome OS may be as a result of soon-to-be-announced Microsoft plans, a blogger is hinting...read more

NEWS: Nokia makes 3720 classic official
Rugged handset on sale this summer
Following the video-based teaser campaign that saw the handset used and abused, Nokia as now made the 3720 classic, its most rugged mobile handset to date, official...read more

NEWS: BT names next super-fast broadband locations
"Fibre is the future"
BT has revealed the next set of locations where it will make super-fast fibre broadband available...read more

NEWS: Google Chrome OS partners named
Big names, but not everyone joins the party...
Following the announcement today that Google will be launching its own free operating system, Google Chrome OS, the search giant (or should that be software giant) has confirmed a number of hardware manufacturers that it is already working with...read more

NEWS: Google Chrome OS screenshots surface
Colour us suspicious
We're not convinced these are necessarily the real deal, but an anonymous employee at a company that supplies parts to Acer claims to have got some screenshots of Google's new Chrome OS...read more

REVIEW: Cisco Linksys Media Hub NMH405
Simple home media networking?
As we amass digital content, it becomes more of a problem storing, sharing and protecting that content...read more

NEWS: Amazon cuts Kindle price
To under $300
Amazon has cut the price of its Kindle ebook reading device by 17%...read more

NEWS: Microsoft Hohm goes live
Still only for people with a US zip code though
Microsoft's eco friendly energy tracking service has now gone live, the company has confirmed...read more

NEWS: Apple Safari 4.0.2 update released
Recommended download fixes security issue
It seems like only last week that Apple launched a new version of Safari, however that hasn't stopped the laptop, software, phone and iPod maker releasing what it claims is a must download update for the browser...read more

NEWS: USB engagement ring launched
Massive Swarovski rock on top
Got a geek partner that you'd love to pop the question to, but you haven't quite found the right ring yet? Perhaps this is it...read more