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As many of you may know, Apple has officially announced that it will be holding a media even on the 27th days of this month. And as is customary with any Apple event…rumors are coming out of the woodworks.

To make your life a bit easier as THE BIG DAY grows near, here is a list of interesting rumors we’ve seen around the Interwebz related to this event:

Officer: “Is that a Macbook”

Woman: “Yes…uh… err, wait no!”

Officer: “Sorry Ma’am we are a PC only country, We are going to have to put her down.”

::Officer takes out gun, and proceeds to put three bullets into it::

Officer: “You are free to enter the country now.”

The awesome twitter client with stunning eye candy and a sleek UI has just released version 2.1, which adds support to the newly added twitter features (new retweet and lists ) and a few goodies (geotaging, UI tweeks, etc). Now to wait for the desktop client to be updated

Click the link to download the new version.

Oh, and keep reading for a full list of changes + screenshots.

It’s hard to believe that Apple launched its first attempt at the iTunes Store just six years ago. What started out as a digital store that had a selection of only around 200,000 songs has now transformed into an online marketplace for over 10 million Songs, Movies, Podcasts, Audiobooks, TV Shows, and Applications. Today, the iTunes Store has sold over 8.5 Billion songs, 1 Billion Videos, and 2 Billion apps. Apple and the iTunes store are now responsible for 88% of the “Legal” music download market.

Do we really remember what listening to and purchasing music was like before iTunes… or the iPod for that matter? These numbers are a testament to the type of transformation that’s been made from an industry which once relied almost solely on going to your local record store and purchasing a CD.

Welcome to the weekend everybody! Time for another installment of the Policy Roundup. It was an awkward week out there on the interwebs – most notably for our more scurvy readers, The Pirate Bay officially shut down its tracker. The move comes at the end of a very drawn out, sketchy takeover of the domain by an independent buyer. And while PEX and DHT will obviate the need for trackers in the long run, it’s sad to see TBP fizzle out so impotently.