The giant online retailer Amazon announced today the release of its Kindle-compatible digital book reader application for the iPhone.

As expected, Apple made a major desktop refresh this Tuesday, with iMac, Mac mini and Mac Pro updates.The MacBook Pro, Time Capsure and Airport Extreme also see so minor changes.

UPDATE: We received further confirmation that the new iMacs and Mac minis are coming this Tuesday.

If the latest whispers around the web are to be believed, Apple will release new models of iMacs and Mac minis as soon as tomorrow.

Only a week after Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs publicly disclosed his health issues, a letter written by him has been sent to the company's employees. Jobs describes more complex than originally thought health issues and says he's temporarily stepping down as Tim Cook takes charge of Apple's operations.

This week was kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Here's a brief summary of the most interesting announcements made during this event.

The "last thing" announced by Apple's Marketing VP, Phil Schiller during MacWorld Expo 2009 opening keynote was that iTunes will now offer 8 million songs without DRM and will end-up removing all the DRM from its music library by the end of this quarter.

The successor of Apple's Mighty Mouse could actually bring much more mightiness if reports we obtained from our sources are to be believed.

In order to respond to revived rumours regarding his health, Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs published a statement today so as to clarify his health status with the Apple community as well as Apple investors.