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Apple  is expected to launch two new iPads — the iPad 5 and iPad mini 2 — at an  event next week  in San Francisco. As usual, the rumor mill has cranked out a lot of speculation surrounding the next-generation tablets, as well as buzz around other possible product announcements, including a new MacBook Pro line. But what we'll see for sure will remain a mystery until Tuesday. Will the iPad mini get its first "retina" display, despite rumors that suggest the supply chain is holding up the process? How about Apple's new fingerprint sensor Touch ID making its way to the tablets? And what about a few surprises? Here's a look at the biggest rumors circulating the web about Apple's Oct. 22 event, and what we might actually see debut next week. Whatever happens, you can be sure  Mashable  will be live on the scene to bring you the up-to-the-second developments. Until them, digest these rumors and speculate away! 1. iPad Mini With Retina Display Rumor ...

AuthenTec cofounder F. Scott Moody put the most groundbreaking work his company has done on display this October at North Carolina State University, where he showed off Apple's  Touch ID to engineering students. Purchased last year by Apple for $356 million, AuthenTec is behind the  iPhone 5S  fingerprint sensor, a tiny device located underneath the phone's home button. The sensor uses a finger's grooves and pores to identify its owner, and it gets to know you better every time you use it. Fingerprinting wasn't always so easy, though, according to  Apple Insider . Touch ID was initially called FingerLoc, and the technology sometimes worked in fits and starts. Moody once got IBM's chief technology officer to test out the sensor, only to have it misidentify him. But AuthenTec eventually revamped its sensor into a tiny device that only costs $0.80, and  Motorola ,  Fujitsu  and Apple in particular expressed interest in the company. Now, after the...