Richard Branson: Knight of Big Ideas

The biggest software and hardware updates that business users (and Applephiles) should know about.Apple's annual lovefest is officially on.On Monday, the company kicked off its Worldwide Developers Conference, ending weeks of giddy rumors and speculation flying around the Web about just what exactly Apple might unveil.So what did it unveil in San Francisco?In short, a lot.Apple kicked off the conference with a few newsworthy stats: More than 650,000 apps are now available in the iTunes App Store, 225,000 of which are for the iPad. In total, users have downloaded 30 billion apps. After taking its 30% cut of profits from those sales the company has paid out more than $5 billion to developers.But here's what you really care about...