With the pending release of the iPad, Apple will have outgrown its iTunes software yet again. According to MacRumors, however, iTunes 9.1 will drop around the same time as the iPad launch this Saturday. The release will make a couple of changes to the iTunes Store's categories, improve its Genius Mix feature, and change around the device management interface.

Yahoo has begun to integrate Twitter posts into its search results, following in the footsteps of Google and Microsoft. The company began rolling out the first of a handful of Twitter-integrated features Wednesday, with most of the other offerings coming later this year. Eventually, Yahoo users will not only be able to see tweets in search results, they'll also see them on other Yahoo properties for specific topics and be able to use Yahoo portals to send tweets as well.

MobileMe has been updated to offer at least some functionality when accessing the me.com  page from Mobile Safari. It doesn't yet offer full access to MobileMe's features via the browser, but it does allow access to the "Find My iPhone" feature from an iPhone or iPod touch.

The enterprise has long favored Java and .Net, but PHP and other dynamic programming languages have left their infancies and are rapidly closing the gap on their more stodgy competitors.

A week ago we started a competition to give 5 copies of WordPress Plugin Development: Beginner's guide  book away! Today, after pointing out names in the dark, we have our lucky winners: Dan Trudeau, Arthus Woods, Kim Christensen, Michael Ryle and Peter Stevenson. Everyone will be notified via email, so you can get your books as quick as possible.

About two weeks ago, a startup based in Alexandria, Minnesota by the name of Striquent quietly launched a new website that combines results from major search engines. "The idea for qrobe.it was born out of a discussion on if the search experience can be improved upon or as the saying goes 'one can't improve what is already perfect,'" Nisha Boban, QA Analyst at Striquent.

There were rumors for months about Apple's new masterpiece and finally, it was introduced - the iPad, a device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, playing games, reading e-books, and much more. Its high-resolution Multi-Touch display lets you interact with content — including 12 innovative new apps designed especially for iPad and almost all of the 140,000 apps available on the App Store.

There were rumors for months about Apple's new masterpiece and finally, it was introduced - the iPad, a device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, playing games, reading e-books, and much more. Its high-resolution Multi-Touch display lets you interact with content — including 12 innovative new apps designed especially for iPad and almost all of the 140,000 apps available on the App Store.

Last week, Google's YouTube announced early support for HTML5 video, which can be built directly into Web pages and viewed with browsers without relying on a plug-in such as Adobe Systems' Flash, Microsoft's Silverlight, or Apple's QuickTime. Another Web video site, Vimeo, followed suit.

Apple released the first developer beta of Mac OS X 10.6.3 last week. Among the 221 code changes, there appears to be some initial support for parts of the OpenGL 3.0 spec, though Apple will have a long way to go before Snow Leopard is OpenGL 3-ready.