Three items of note burned particularly brightly this week in the Apple blogosphere this week: a crescendo in rumors of an Apple netbook/tablet/something coming, and an upcoming sneak peak of iPhone 3.0 software, and the release of a brand-new iPod shuffle. The most recent iteration of the diminutive iPod shuffle was already almost too small for its buttons, so Apple got rid of them altogether.

Apple Chatter: A Rumor, a Release and a Rare Sneak Peak