With barely a week to go before the release of Apple's new iPhone model, loyal gadgetphiles have already marked their calendars for July 11 - the release date of the new iPhone 3G. As expected, there's a virtual treasure trove of information regarding the new iPhone and we have it all wrapped up in a neat little Weekend Warrior bundle for everyone to browse through right after the jump.

Instead of going against the flow that iTunes has set up over the past few years, RealNetworks' Rhapsody has decided to take a different approach to compete against Apple's leading digital music distribution service - by embracing the iPod's MP3 format. Find out what Rhapsody's new "Music Without Limits" strategy is all about by reading our full article after the jump.

So you wish you can just play all day and make a living out of playing puzzle games? With RealNetwork's Diamond Detective, you actually can. RealNetwork's new mobile phone game allows players to solve puzzles in order to search for some stolen gems. But that's not the best part: Diamond Detective features an online diamond hunt, where winners can get their hands on real diamond gems. Read on to find out exactly how!

Another player is entering the consoles arena as RealNetworks purchases Game Trust, the company that developed the Game Frame platform. With the acquisition, Real hopes to expand its treasure chest of games with the added function of social networking. Soon they hope to expand their PC games to consoles.

With the advent and rise of social networks in the next-gen consoles - Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and soon-to-be WiiWare - Real wants to implement the function in their games to give their gamers a sense of community. Soon their games will be seeing chat, leaderboards, buddy lists and multiplayer functions.

Real's decision to implement social networking in their games also came with the announcement that they will be expanding their business into the consoles, so we should expect to see more casual games hit the market soon. And with their arsenal of more than 200 casual games in the PC world, we should expect that Real would make their presence known in the community.