With a multinational iPhone 3G launch now successfully under its belt, electronics maker Apple Inc. is preparing to close out the year with a final phase of product introductions that will stretch over the course of the next two months.

Included ...

>> iPods, MacBooks, iMacs up next on Apple's 2008 roadmap

Apple's insistence on keeping iPhone 2.0 development under strict non disclosure agreements is frustrating efforts in the development community to share ideas, teach classes on iPhone development, and print reference books on the subject. It's not pr...

>> Developers question why Apple keeps its iPhone 2.0 SDK under NDA

Psystar has turned up the heat in its legal battle with Apple. The small computer vendor first burst on the scene several months ago by audaciously offering for sale a line of Mac computer clones called OpenComputer. After a few weeks of silence, Apple unleashed its legal hounds on the startup, seeking to shut it down for good.

>> Psystar Stares Down Apple With Antitrust Suit

AppleInsider recaps many of the circulating rumors which expect both iPod and Mac notebook updates in September. Some rumors have pegged September 9th as the possible day for at least some of the updates.

>> iPods, Notebooks, and... iMacs before the Holidays

As previously reported, Psystar is planning on countersuing Apple for anticompetitive business practices, as reported by CNet. Psystar is a small company that made headlines when it started selling Mac-compatible PCs in April. Apple filed a lawsuit...

>> Psystar to Countersue Apple for Anticompetitive Practices

With a multinational iPhone 3G launch now successfully under its belt, electronics maker Apple Inc. is preparing to close out the year with a final phase of product introductions that will stretch over the course of the next two months.

Included o...

>> iPods, MacBooks, iMacs up next on Apple's 2008 roadmap

Advertising regulators in the UK have ruled that one of Apple's iPhone television commercials mislead customers and ordered it banned from further broadcast.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said it received complaints from two local view...

>> Apple iPhone ad banned in UK due to "misleading" claims

Greenpeace certainly ranks as the highest-profile environmental group to take on Apple, the hip kid on the computer block. The organization is not Apple's only environmental adversary, though, and certainly not it's only worry in a marketplace rife with green claims and green concerns.

>> Will Consumers Swallow a Greener Apple

Itself attacked for allegedly violating Apple's licenses, Psystar made offense its best defense on Tuesday when it filed a countering lawsuit in federal court, accusing the Mac maker of unfairly squeezing out possible rivals.

A statement from cust...

>> Psystar accuses Apple of anti-competitive tactics in countersuit

Apple next month will appear at the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) forum to co-host a panel of industry experts who will be discussing the future of video surveillance.

Garrett Rice, senior manager of enterprise solutions at Appl...

>> Apple to co-host panel on future of video surveillance

A Chapel Hill, N.C., middle school could become the first in the country to give an iPod to every teacher and student, an experiment that would challenge teachers and administrators to ensure the hand-held devices are used as learning tools, not toys. It's still not clear how the iPod touches would be used at Culbreth Middle School.

>> Professor iPod

While rumors have focused on iPod Nano and iPod Touch updates as early as September 9th, the fate of the MacBook Pros and other updates have been less clear.

>> Resellers Getting Signals for a Wide Range of Apple Updates

As rumors start to build of a upcoming product release, more hints continue to trickle in that suggest that Apple will be holding a media event in September to launch its new products. A rumor over the weekend originating from Kevin Rose suggesting t...

>> Apple Event for September 9th

Spurred on by his own leak from the past weekend, Digg founder Kevin Rose has pegged a more specific date for Apple to unveil its new iPods and is garnering support from additional sources.

Listeners to the August 25th episode of This Week in Tech...

>> Consensus builds for rumored Sept. 9 iPod event

>> EA's 'Spore Origins' Arrives for iPod First

After extrapolating just-released NPD market research data on Mac and iPod sales for the month of July, investment bank Piper Jaffray is out with a call suggesting that Apple is on track to best Street estimates on both fronts for its September quart...

>> Apple's Sept quarter Mac and iPod sales ahead of estimates

Last week was kind of amazing -- I knew a number of things that were going to be happening at IDF but was blindsided by an announcement Intel made that could change the world as we know it. Nikola Tesla turned over in his grave, and we are one step closer to his Tower of Power. Intel also fleshed out its Atom platform, which I think forms the basis of a new class of cloud computing-based client devices.

>> Intel Steers Aggressive Course While Apple Appears Rudderless

Apple has seeded yet another version of Mac OS X 10.5.5 (9F23) to developers on Friday as well as a new version of Safari 4.0 Developer Preview, according to AppleInsider.

>> Mac OS X 10.5.5 9F23 and New Safari 4 Seeded to Developers

More evidence is appearing that supports the rumored taller iPod Nano design with a curved screen. Case designs (seen above) at Alibaba (via Engadget) depict new cases for an iPod Nano 4G. The 4th generation iPod Nano has been rumored to have a taller design with widescreen to allow for video playback. The rumor was first reported in July, with additional claims a few days ago from Kevin Rose.

>> iPod Nano Case Leaks, Next iPod Touch to Have GPS

In order to realistically examine what Apple might do with its $20 billion, one has to look at Steve Jobs' stated goals from the past plus the biggest threats to Apple in the future. Those two elements are good candidates for assessing how Apple might spend some of that money in the grandest sense. First, there are other small potatoes things that Apple could do.

>> What Should Apple Do With Its $20B Piggy Bank