Apple will unveil its new iPods on that date, says Japanese tech news site Kodawarisan. A separate report says a cloud-based iPhone may launch with the expected iPhone 5.

Google and Microsoft have long been at each other’s throats. And Wednesday, Google squeezed a little tighter, asking a judge with the US International Trade Commission to block a Microsoft expert witness in its lawsuit against Motorola for revealing “highly confidential source code” of its Android mobile operating system to the witness, reports Paid Content.

The ERACC Web Log: “Are you in the market for a new laptop, desktop or server PC with Linux installed? Please give us the opportunity to quote a preloaded Linux laptop, desktop or server system for you.”

Got some old tech taking up space? Apple has recently revised the company’s Reuse and Recycling Program, extending it to include the iPhone and iPad as well as giving consumers more incentive to recycle.

Microsoft’s Windows 8 could be single most important factor to the company’s revenues next year. This division has been flagging lately and posted a 2% decline in the recent earnings announcement while the rest of its businesses including the Business division and its Server & Tools and the Entertainment and Devices division reported solid revenue [...]

The c-chair of OSCON reflects on the big ideas that I was hearing from the conference, as the open source community continues on its journey “from disruption to default”.