It has been a busy week in the Apple world. Not only did Snow Leopard finally come out (along with our epic review), but Apple announced a special media event that is expected to see updates to the entire iPod line. What else was at the top of the news this week? Read on for our roundup.

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: the Ars Technica review: Mac OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard has landed. This time around, Apple goes light on the glitz in favor of some heavy work under the hood. John Siracusa dives deep into Apple's new OS offering to see what's new, what's still the same, and whether it's worth upgrading.

Apple confirms September 9, 2009 "rock and roll" event: Apple has announced a special media event to take place on September 9, 2009. The invitation indicates that it will be iPod-related (just like in previous years) and will take place in San Francisco.

5 ways to listen to music on the iPhone without using iTunes: One of the iPhone's main selling points is its ability to play music. But we don't always want to listen to music from our iTunes libraries, do we? Here are five ways to listen to music on an iPhone without using iTunes.

Apple rumored to have supersized prototype tablets (poll): The latest tidbit out of China suggests Apple is looking at larger sizes for tablet computers, and they might just run Mac OS X, too. Take our poll and let us know what you think about an Apple tablet.

Snow Leopard's "Wake on Demand" could lead to Apple TV bliss: If you are using Snow Leopard and have some newer Apple hardware, there's a new way in which your devices can be awoken from sleep—and not just over a wired connection.

OpenCL gets tires kicked, run around the block: Early attempts to benchmark OpenCL performance on Snow Leopard reveal some details about Apple's first-out-of-the-gate implementation of the GPGPU language—as well as some hints at impressive processing speed.

Sources: Current iPod SKUs discontinued, hinting at refresh: According to insiders speaking to Ars, stock of current iPod models is running dry and new ones aren't coming in anytime soon. This all but confirms that an iPod refresh is on the way, but we already knew that.

Apple lists software known to be janky with Snow Leopard: Forget Adobe CS3. There's a whole swath of software applications that won't work well (or at all) with Snow Leopard, and Apple has listed out a handful of them for your convenience. Some will be prevented from loading, so check out the list before you install.

Poll Technica: Will Steve Jobs present at September 9 event? Is Steve Jobs planning to present at next week's iPod event? Two analysts have taken opposing views on the matter, and so has the Ars staff. What do our readers think? Tell us in the poll.

Apple TV might be on the agenda for September 9 event: Low availability of one Apple TV model leads at least one analyst to speculate about an Apple TV announcement next week. An Apple TV update would be welcome—especially if it adds oft-requested features—but we think it'll be "only rock and roll" next Wednesday.

Apple says exploding iPhones due to "external pressure": Apple's investigation into spontaneously exploding and cracking iPhones has yet to yield any evidence of product defects. That is the story the company told to France's minister of consumer affairs, anyway.

Have a great weekend, everyone!