This week’s top Apple-related headlines:

• Steve Jobs had liver transplant two months ago, return to Apple imminent?
• iPhone OS 3.0 fixes 46 security bugs
• AT&T denies $55 additional monthly charge for tethering plan
• Rogers in Canada allows users to tether with iPhones for free until 2010
• AT&T hot-spots now auto-connect in iPhone 3.0
• Apple releases bluetooth, safari updates
• AT&T updates upgrade policy for iPhone 3GS
• iPhone OS 3.0 is now available
• Apple releases help document pertaining to non-Apple devices syncing with iTunes
• Quicktime X supports .flv files?
• Apple releases critical Java update
• Snow Leopard Up-to-date program announced for new Mac purchases
• AT&T won’t charge extra for iPhone MMS
• New 13″ and 15″ Macbook Pros shipping with Slower SATA?

This Week’s iBAM Posts:

• Shovebox: the digital data dumping ground

There is no lack of information retention and note-taking software available to mac users, but one of the emerging players is Shovebox, a new piece of software from WonderWarp.

Unlike some of the other applications available for this purpose, Shovebox acts as a menu bar application, not a program with a huge interface and lives in the dock. There is a window that you can open up for organizing and viewing documents, but many functions can be completed using keyboard shortcuts and the menu bar.

The methodology for Shovebox is also slightly different, as it serves as a dumping ground for information, and aims to make it easy for you to do so. You can import photos, text documents, websites, PDFs, bookmarks, and many other file types. Files are, by default, deposited into the Inbox, which can be then organized into folders, flagged, and labeled with colors.

Shovebox also allows for taking iSight snapshots and writing text files from within the application. In fact, Shovebox is able to ‘quick-jot’ by invoking a keyboard shortcut and writing a quick note. Notes that are created can have comments, keyboard shortcuts, export abilities, formating fonts, and titled.

Luckily, there is also a Shovebox iPhone app. You can read my Macworld review of Shovebox Mobile here. Because Shovebox is relatively simple. it can often be used in conjunction with your current productivity and note-taking system easily. If you’re on the lookout for a replacement to your current note-taking system, Shovebox can be implemented with ease.

It is available for download and purchase on the WonderWarp software. After the 30-day trial, it costs $24.95, while the iPhone app costs about $4.

This Week’s Top Apple Related Stories, Post-WWDC Keynote:

• AT&T Sells out of iPhone 3GS Pre-Orders
• Apple starts seeding Mac OS X 10.5.8
• Safari tops 11m downloads in 3 Days
• Use that SD Card Slot for More
• iPhone 3GS Specs Revealed
• Apple Launching iDisk App with iPhone OS 3.0

This Week’s iBAM Posts:

• Scanning Delicious Library
• WWDC ‘09: What Just Happened

Taking inventory of your possessions can be an immense task, if your faced with entering information into a database or spreadsheet about every product. Luckily, there’s a much more elegant and easier solution in Delicious Library.

With its revolutionary barcode scanning technology, Delicious Library allows one to scan in products using an iSight and have the computer automatically find the information. Items can also be added manually. All the products can then be viewed on virtual shelves, or by list.

The library of items are organized into a series of different groupings, such as ‘Movies’, and ‘Software’. These groups are automatically determined based on the product, but custom shelves can be created for custom groupings. Smart shelves can also be added based on a set of given criteria.

Delicious Library also allows for tracking items as you loan them out. ‘Friends’ can be added to Delicious from the OS X Address Book and their loaned out items can be tracked in iCal.

There’s also functionality within Delicious that allows for exporting to the web. Libraries can be exported to MobileMe, iWeb, using FTP, or to a local folder. The templates generated are beautiful, similar to the interface of the desktop application. Online libraries can also be imported into other users Delicious Libraries under the ‘Friends’ tab. For instance, you can add your friend’s library based on their online MobileMe Delicious Library. Libraries can also be exported to an iPod.

The application is beautifully designed, and works like a dream. If you’re interested in taking inventory of your various items, Delicious is definitely the easiest and slickest way to go. At $40, Delicious Library isn’t cheap, but the functionality provided makes up for it, and many will find the application useful. It can be purchased or downloaded for a free trial from the Delicious Monster website.