Later today Apple will be conducting their media event at 1pm eastern. Most of those who are in the loop are 99.9% sure that it will simply be Apple’s unveiling of the new line of iPods.

The iPod Nanos, if the rumors are true will be receiving a size bump from 4GB-8GB, to 8GB-16GB. There is also said to be nine different colors, giving the mp3 players more variety.

Of course anything could happen, and Apple could be dropping a huge news bomb on us all. I will post the news as soon as it drops later today.

Today marks the official release of Google Chrome. The highly rumored browser is finally in beta form and Windows users will have the first look at the open source browser. Google is telling Mac and Linux users to be patient as their version is underway.

Google promises faster javascript loading, with a more streamlined program. Their biggest feature in the Comic is complete memory stoppage of a tab when you close it in Google Chrome. In other browsers, when you have a site tabbed, small pieces of the memory that the page used is still in your system. So, even after closing a tab your computer’s memory is still being used. According to Google, this won’t be so with Google Chrome.

So, are you disappointed about having to wait for Google Chrome. Or are you still content with Safari, and don’t care about anything Google releases in the browser world?

When you’re a smaller company and a bigger fish sues you, what’s the best course of action? Well to sue them right back of course. That’s the path that Psystar is taking, for better or worse, as they will be counter suing Apple.

Rudy Pedraza, the owner of Miami based Psystar will be filing a lawsuit based on the Sherman Antitrust Act, and Clayton Antitrust Act. If you’re getting a sense of deja vu, these are the same kind of charges that Microsoft went through during the mid 90’s. When they were accused of being a monopoly. Pedraza’s claim is that Apple is violating these antitrust acts by tying the Mac OS together with Apple hardware.

Pedraza has also defended against the lawsuit Apple has out on Psystar. Here is a quote from a recent press conference, “My goal is to provide an alternative, not to free the Mac OS….What we want to do is to provide an alternative, an option…It’s not that people don’t want to use Mac OS, many people are open to the idea, but they’re not used to spending an exorbitant amount of money on something that is essentially generic hardware.”

According to many legal experts, Psystar is going to have a tough time proving Apple violated any antitrust laws.

I’m not a lawyer, but I really don’t see how Psystar is going to win this case.

[via: Cnet]

For those who were having problems with their 3G iPhones, help was supposed to arrive Monday. The firmware updated 2.0.2 was supposed to help alleviate some of the connection problems the iPhone was having on the 3G network.

Not that users have had a few days to snuggle up to the update, the feedback is pouring in. These same people who were complaining of problems still say their connection is still having problems.

The problems have gotten so bad that an Alabama woman is suing Apple for her connection problems. Jessica Smith of Alabama is suing Apple for advertising that their 3G network is faster than it actually is.

Here is a direct quote from the complaint, “Defendant intended for customers to believe its statements and representations about the Defective iPhone 3Gs, and to trust that the device was ‘twice as fast at half the price”

Smith wants Apple to replace all devices and pay for damages and attorney fees. I actually agree with Smith on replacing the defective handsets. If a customer brings in a 3G iPhone and prove to an associate it’s defective then it should be immediately replaced.

Here’s hoping the September update will finally put the 3G connection problems to rest.

Everything big happening to Apple seems to be going on next month. The rumors of the iPod Touch and MacBook series was reported on yesterday. Now it looks like another big happening will be going down in September.

I was working at Best Buy when Apple first started integrating itself into the electronics retailer. It wasn’t a whole lot, but the Apple section had some demos and an Apple specialist was generally there to answer questions. The marriage of Apple and Best Buy isn’t a weird fit, but Apple always tends to be a maverick or a loner. So their addition to the Best Buy supply is kind of surprising, but overall a good business decision.

Apple looks to add to the partnership even more when the iPhone goes on sale at Best Buy. Starting September 7th Best Buy will begin carrying Apple’s handset. Before this the iPhone could only be found at an Apple store or an AT&T carrier. As the fight for electronics grows on, and places like Wal-Mart and Target become more viable; Best Buy will have to find a way to differentiate itself from the competition.

Partnering with Apple is a good place to start.

“Selling like hotcakes” can be the only saying I can think of when talking about the iPhone App Store. In a recent interview with Steve Jobs, by Wall Street Journal, Jobs uses this saying only in different words.

If you’re to believe Jobs’ numbers about the App store, then the digital download service is making $1 million a week. This isn’t even including all of the free apps that are available. Going by current projections, Apple can look to see revenue in the $1 billion in close to three years. Of course Apple doesn’t get to keep all of this money though. 30% of the money made from the App store is kept by Apple, while the 70% goes to the App makers. Some of the most popular apps have been Super Monkey Ball, with 300,000 downloads at $9.99, and Epocrates Inc drug encyclopedia which has seen 125,000 downloads.

Steve Jobs put it simply with this quote, “I’ve never seen anything like this in my career for software”