When I logged onto my MacBook Pro this morning I noticed that there was a new update available for iTunes. iTunes has been updated to iTunes 7.7.1.

Besides offering songs, movies, podcasts, and many other features available on iTunes. Apple also has a section focused on education. Logging onto the Apple iTunes store you’ll find iTunes U located under Genre.

Telling Apple retailers to “stock up” on Macs and iPods, Apple is warning of a coming shortage that could affect availability. There is no word yet on the reason for the shortage, however, speculation looms that it goes hand in hand with their mystery product announcement from the fiscal quarter update call last week.

I am as big an Apple fangrrl as anyone, but lately Apple has just not been making happy news for me to write about. The company seems to be bound and determined to destroy all of the positive reputation it has built up over the years with a series of bad decisions and snafus.

MobileMe had its share of problems when it launched along with the iPhone 3G, and the apps store because of that Apple issued an apology and added 30 days of free service to all MobileMe users. Users trying out the 30 day trial version also received an extension. Recently some MobileMe users recently experienced data loss.

Hictu is giving away a free, unlocked iPhone 3G. What is Hictu? A free micro video blogging service. Think YouTube meets Twitter, in a similar vein to 12Seconds or Seesmic. You record a simple, short video and other people see your video and comment on it.

If you are a student, right now is when you are looking to buy a computer for college in the Fall. Choosing the right machine for the job can be difficult at best, but it is even harder if what you need is a Mac. They all sound so good - how do you know which is the one you need?

In the news is Yahoo! Music’s complete and epic failure after three years of trying hard to be the music source for Yahoo! users. The failure could not have come at a worse time for the beleaguered company. Even worse is the effect his has has on Yahoo! Music users themselves.

Over the last few months Apple has had some interesting snafus. It all started with Leopard’s initial release. Nearly every user agrees that the initial release was more like a beta (or an alpha, depending on who you ask), and was released fraught with bugs.

Recently, when I logged onto my MacBook Pro I was greeted with a familiar pop up screen letting me know that Airport Extreme had received a software update. Logging onto the Airport Extreme software update page you’ll see one of Apple’s brief messages. Apple says this update should improve the reliability of Airport connections, along with adding compatibility with Logic, Mainstage, GarageBand, and other audio applications.