Yesterday Apple didn’t just unveil a bunch of new iPods, they also unveiled the sparkling new iTunes 10, which includes a social network for music, one they call “Ping”, where artists and bands can come together, talk music, follow each other and what not. It’s a sort of MySpace/Last.FM/Twitter things, and from the looks of it, seems pretty decent. We’ll have to wait and see how it fares against its competitors.

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At today’s Apple media event, Apple’s Steve Jobs finally unveiled when the new Game Center will be shipping: in a few days with iOS 4.1. Game Center is for iOS what Xbox Live is for the Xbox 360, and will offer iOS gamers to play games together, leaderboards, friends lists and much more. For more details, check out DigitalBattle.

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Apple hasn’t yet announced its new iTV, the replacement for Apple TV, and trusted reports are coming out that the new device will support Netflix, which isn’t surprising, considering that Netflix is pretty much everywhere these days. Apple will hold a media even tomorrow at 10AM PST, where it’s expected that new iPods and the iTV will be announced.

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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has filed lawsuits against Google, Apple and Facebook via his company Interval Licensing LLC, which holds a number of patents related to the web. The patents in question (via Mashable):

• United States Patent No. 6,263,507 issued for an invention entitled “Browser for Use in Navigating a Body of Information, With Particular Application to Browsing Information Represented By Audiovisual Data.”
• United States Patent No. 6,034,652 issued for an invention entitled “Attention Manager for Occupying the Peripheral Attention of a Person in the Vicinity of a Display Device.”
• United States Patent No. 6,788,314 issued for an invention entitled “Attention Manager for Occupying the Peripheral Attention of a Person in the Vicinity of a Display Device.”
• United States Patent No. 6,757,682 issued for an invention entitled “Alerting Users to Items of Current Interest.”

As you can see, they’re pretty vague and Allen can pretty much sue every tech company and website out there.

UPDATE: It turns out that Paul Allen has sued quite a few companies besides Apple, Google and Facebook. The list now includes: AOL, , ebay, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo, and YouTube.

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Apple has announced that it will hold a special event, the way it does every September, on September 1, where it will reportedly reveal new iPods and a newly revamped Apple TV, rumored to be named iTV. Apple is also said to be introducing a 99-cent TV show rental program, but none of these things are confirmed — as usual we’ll have to wait and see.

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Apple is know for using metals such as Aluminum in its products, but the future may be other than Aluminum, as Apple has acquired most of the IP from LiquidMetal, which makes new alloys which are stronger and lighter than other metals. We can’t wait until the next generation MacBooks in a few years. The video above demonstrates just one of LiquidMetal’s abilities.

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According to rumors, or actually, according the the VP of Chinese game developer Handseeing Information Technology Co., Apple is in talks with the company and is reportedly offering $1 billion yuan, or $148 millions USD for it. Apple hasn’t revealed anything and never talks about potential acquisitions, so we’ll have to wait and see what happens.

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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak shares his thoughts the iPhone 4 and the antenna issue.

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