Unfair though it may be to kick a week-old service, kick I shall and suggest that Apple’s Ping social networking service is, in its infant form, unfulfilling. Here’s what I’d change.

With the sixth edition of the iPod nano, Apple has given the nano line its biggest makeover yet, including shrinking the player down and adding a Multi-Touch display. While some of these changes offer big improvements over the traditional Click Wheel interface, the new nano also loses some features and just might be a bit too small.

With the sixth edition of the iPod nano, Apple has given the nano line its biggest makeover yet, including shrinking the player down and adding a Multi-Touch display. While some of these changes offer big improvements over the traditional Click Wheel interface, the new nano also loses some features and just might be a bit too small.

The latest iteration of the the iPod touch comes closer to feature parity with the iPhone than ever before. For many people, this makes for a compelling iPod. It does for us as well.

Apple’s fourth-generation iPod shuffle revives the best design the model ever had, with on-device buttons that the now-disgraced third-generation model lacked.

For the third year in a row, Apple has released a major version upgrade to iTunes, the center of its entertainment and mobile app universe. This time around, however, the new version of iTunes is predominantly a foundational update—less about new features and buttons, and more about laying the groundwork for important new avenues for the iTunes Store.

Apple’s new iTunes-based social network, Ping, registered more than one million members within 48 hours of its launch.

Judging from the impressive new crop of iPods announced last week along with an update to iTunes, PCWorld’s Ian Paul thinks Apple’s dominance of the digital music world seems solid — at least for now.

Computerworld’s Ryan Faas takes a closer look at a pair of announcements from last week’s Apple event — Apple TV and iTunes’ Ping feature.

Harman AKG has released 3 new headphone models under its new Quincy Jones Signature Line.