Here's the usual news catch-up of the week

Apple has posted an update for the battery of the MacBook and the MacBook Pro line-ups which increases performance.

During today's Q2 Financials conference call (covered by MacScoop), Apple's CFO Peter Oppenheimer dropped hints at upcoming new applications for the iPhone and new features for the Apple TV.

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UPDATE: Reports on the Internet say that Anderson blames Jobs for options backdating and that Heinen faces S.E.C. suite. The S.E.C. also says it won't enforce charges on Apple. The stock climbs on the news.

In the stock option irregularities case Apple is involved in since last year, the company's former CFO (Chief Financial Officer) is expecting a settlement with the S.E.C. (Securities Exchange Commission) while the former accountant, Nancey R. Heinen awaits law suit, a New York Times report says.

In a new "Get-A-Mac" ad posted on Apple's UK web site and exclusively reserved to the UK audience, the main message is that Microsoft

Readers who remembered a report on a Leopard "Collaborative Documents" feature we posted last year, pointed-out an interesting hint found on Apple Developer Connection web site.

According to a Mercury News report, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs is likely to avoid criminal charges in the stock-options i

Here's a brief catch-up on this week's uncovered news

This week, several sites noticed the existence of a new patent application at the U.S. Patents and Trademarks Office describing what could be an "active desktop" feature for Leopard.

Apple has posted a minor update to its profesionnal photography software Aperture, bringing it to version 1.5.3

Here is the description provided by Apple for this update:

Apple has just posted a Security Update labeled "2007-004" for Mac OS X Tiger and Panther (Client and Server).

Here is the description provided by Apple:

Since Apple announced the iPhone in January, there has been a lot of buzz around the possible issues that the V1.0 of the product - due in June - could suffer. The biggest concern being its battery life as some reports claimed it could fall short in some cases. Source we can trust but we can't name now says: "these reports are bullshit!"

Apple has scheduled its Q2 (or calendar Q1) Financial results Conference on April 25 at 2 p.m. PT (or 5 p.m. ET).

During a NAB Special Event (covered by MacScoop), Apple has introduced Final Cut Server, an asset management and workflow automation application, the new version of its software suite for the video professionals, Final Cut Studio 2.0 as well as a hardware encoder for its new HD codec.

Apple his holding a special event for the National Association of Broadcasters' (NAB) show. MacScoop will be providing real-time coverage and full report on this updated page.

Apple has posted yet another new ad for its "Get-A-Mac" campaign. It's called "Stuffed".

UPDATEx2 Hackint0sh has posted a few screenshots from the latest build.

UPDATE: Apple has seeded a new build to developers labeled "9A410", seed node points out many buggy and disabled features, reflecting the situation Apple acknowledged earlier today.

In a brief statement published earlier today, Apple announced that Mac OS X Leopard will be released with a delay of four months.

Apple has added two new TV ads for its "Get-A-Mac" campaign.

According to a CNNMoney blog posting, Les Ottolenghi, CEO of INTENT MediaWorks is convinced that Ap

Apple has released a Firmware update for its 802.11n-enabled Airport Extreme Base Station which was released early this year.

UPDATE: Apple has now posted the TV ad on its web site.

Nokia has posted a dedicated page providing iSync plug-ins for several of its phones, adding free support for models not included in the latest version of iSync yet.

Apple announced today through a press release on its web site that it had sold its 100 millionth iPod.

Apple has quietly updated its online store which now offers a new 8-core cpu Mac Pro configuration and slightly dropped prices on its Cinema Displays line-up which remains unchanged.

Few hours after the historic Apple-EMI announcement, the European Commission has started a probe against Apple and indirectly against the music majors for their operations in Europe.

ThinkSecret believes Apple is going to release Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) in June, probably during this years' World Wid

Apple could release Clovertown-based 8-Core Mac Pros as soon as tomorrow recent reports on the Internet claim.

In a press conference scheduled today at 1:00 p.m (London), EMI Group's Eric Nicoli and Apple's Steve Jobs announced they will start providing EMI's music without DRMs through the iTunes Store.

Apple could drop its current distributor and reseller for Greece and Cyprus as the company is in talks with another Greek retailer, sources told MacScoop.

Apple and EMI has scheduled a joint announcement on Monday at EMI Group's headquarters at 1pm (London).