The Apple rumor mill is churning out fresh rumors at an alarming pace. The latest round, as reported by Ars Technica’s Chris Foresman, centers on MacBooks and the supposedly coming soon Apple tablet.

According to a report a “favorite” source of the Web site 9to5Mac, Apple is working on netbook or tablet with a 10″ screen. This would seem to verify other speculation that’s been making the rounds lately, but the project is apparently being kept “under lock and key” (probably literally, in this case) so no other details are included.

Also according to 9to5Mac, speed bumps are coming to the entire MacBook line, including internal 3G wireless networking hardware and non-removable batteries on the 13″ MacBook and 15″ MacBook Pro to match the ones already installed on the 17″ MacBook Pro. According to the rumors, Apple will release these new MacBooks along with their tablet at WWDC in June.

Big updates to Apple’s line of pro applications are also supposedly coming soon, with new versions of Final Cut Pro, Aperture, Logic, and Shake supposedly in the works. While these upgrades are supposed to be coming sooner, it’s unlikely that Apple will release them before Snow Leopard if any of these new features are going to leverage Snow Leopard features.

Ars Technica suggests taking these rumors with a grain of salt, and that’s probably correct. However, Apple probably does have a surprise or two up its sleeves — we’ll just have to wait to find out what they are.

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