Today is a big day for Apple, with the release of OS X Lion (App Store link after the jump), updates to Mac computers and hardware and a few stories about the Apple retail stores. Click through for more!

The Thunderbolt port on new Macs finally has a mate: the Thunderbolt cable, available from Apple for $49. Thunderbolt is supposed to be ridiculously fast, but as Wired points out, there are very few Thunderbolt-equipped devices. The cable can, however, connect Macbook Pros to iMacs in Target Disk Mode.