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In a few hours, Apple is for the first time showing off its iPhone 3.0 operating system at an event at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. The event, which came up at the last minute, is expected to showcase some major changes to the platform. Today, I’ve heard what one of those change may be.

Apple is likely looking at a way to integrate iPhone and iPod touch apps with other devices, a trusted source tells me. Basically, this means that if you have an app on the iPhone, Apple wants to allow other devices, including those not made by Apple, to be able to access those apps. This would likely occur through the 30-pin dock connecting socket, says my source.

While there are some significant ramifications to such a move short term, in the long term, this still says to me that Apple is looking for a way to move its robust app platform beyond the iPhone and iPod touch, and into several devices.

Being so close to the actual event, I haven’t had the opportunity to corroborate this potential feature, so I’ll leave it as a rumor. But again my source is trusted, and even if this isn’t part of the announcement tomorrow, I’m confident that this will be coming eventually.

For what it’s worth, my source also didn’t believe that a tablet device would be a part of the announcement tomorrow. While they believed that eventually this will be a part of Apple’s plans, they didn’t see the timing as lining up well for tomorrow’s event.

VentureBeat will be at the event tomorrow, covering it live both on the site and in this FriendFeed room.

You can still book some losses for this year, but be careful not to get them disallowed by the wash sale rule.

PlayStation Home,Sony’s PS3-based virtual world is finally live.

The free service lets gamers plug into the PlayStation Network and create avatars, living spaces and socialize. Of course, there are casual games like bowling to play, movie trailers (and eventually original series or full-length shows) to watch, and brands like Red Bull and Diesel to buy things from.

Gamers can buy clothing and accessories for their avatars and customize their “homes” with themes from their favorite games.

If Home is able to keep PS3 owners engaged beyond the initial stages of curiosity, analysts say its virtual goods sales could add millions of dollars to Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people )’s bottom line.

The open beta was announced via the PlayStation Blog today and has received tons of coverage.

nd for good reason. The long-delayed world (which was first demoed back in early 2007) has been one of the key features Sony has dangled as a reason for gamers to stick with the PS3 despite its relatively thin roster of blockbuster titles.

Too bad Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) beat Sony to the (virtual) punch when it launched the new Xbox Live Experience in November—complete with customizable avatars, social features and content partnerships with Netflix (nasdaq: NFLX - news - people ) and NBCU, among others.