The first update for OS X Lion has just been released, and it’s now yours for the taking. The update is a 17.4MB download so it won’t take too much of your time if you have one or two Macs to update. Among the issues resolved by the update is the Wi-Fi problem which I personally experienced with my MacBook Air 13″. Hopefully, the ability to connect to Wi-Fi will be really improved by this update.

Apple has recently put out two separate Java updates: one for OS X 10.5 Leopard and the other for 10.6 Snow Leopard. Both updates aim at improving compatibility, security and reliability, much like any other Java SE 6 updates. As usual, the updates are available via download from Apple’s website and through Software Update.

Apple Computer released OS X v10.6.8 yesterday, which is very likely to be the last version of Snow Leopard before OS X 10.7 Lion. It’s recommended for everyone and will improve the general performance of your Mac as well as making it easier to upgrade to Lion and includes the fixes in all of the previous updates. You can download the update from Apple’s OS X v10.6 download page, or via Software Update.

This is the final weekend before Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off in San Francisco, and before Steve Jobs maps out Apple’s intentions for the following year. As always, rumors have been rampant, with talk of iOS 5, Mac OS X v10.7 Lion, and the mysterious iCloud leading the way. As we head towards our WWDC 2011 live blog, you can take this opportunity to catch up on what we can expect to see unveiled.

For those who are still having doubts about Apple’s plan of coming out with a cloud service, time to erase those doubts. Come Monday, Apple will officially announce their cloud service, now officially called iCloud. Unfortunately, that’s all Apple wants us to know for now right now. But to keep us all excited, Apple is also announcing two more important products: iOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion.

The upcoming version of Mac OS X, known as “Lion”, will be dropping official support for Core Duo and Core Solo-based Intel Macs, just as Leopard dropped support for older G4 models and Snow Leopard dropped support for PowerPC Macs entirely. Apple has not yet stated why the older Intel Macs will not be supported in the upcoming OS update, although speculated reasons include the possibility that these Macs lack the power and memory to handle Lion and that Apple may be slowly moving towards a fully 64-bit OS and kernel.

Only five short days since the last build of Mac OS X 10.6.7 was seeded to all registered developers, Apple seeded the next build (10J860) of its newest OS to a select few developers. Apple has listed no known issues with the build, and once again asks the developers to focus their testing on graphics drivers, SMB, AirPort, Bonjour, the Mac App Store, and Safari.

For those of you who have been waiting, Apple has now released Mac OS 10.6.5 through Software Update.app. To find it yourself, simply click the Apple logo on the top left hand corner of your Mac, and then select “Software Update…”. As you’d expect, the update requires a restart and comes in at a hefty 517MB. Before installing, I’d recommend you either a.) wait a day or so to let others find out if there are any main issues or b.) back up your system first.

Whenever there’s an Apple media event, I find myself getting lost in the content and announcements and missing the details. Unfortunately for me, the details are often pretty interesting. Thankfully, there are always those crafty people who analyze every frame of Sir Jobso and the demoes he and other Apple executives present to fill us in. Most recently are some interesting interface changes in Mail.app and iCal.

Apple just unleashed a new beta version of iPhone OS 4.0 to developers, and Beta 4 is more than just a bug fix update. It brings with it new features and information about future Apple products such as support for AT&T tethering, LED flash, Mac OS X v10.7 and more. The one feature I keep waiting to see is how Apple intends to use the front facing camera rumored to be present in the next iPhone. I’d assume they’re hard at work polishing a mobile version of iChat, but keeping it totally secret.