- Macworld.com - The Dream Apps has released Dream Capture 2.2, an update to their video recording software for Mac OS X. A free update for registered users, Dream Capture costs $9.95. - NewsFactor - New laptops from Apple, maker of such advanced products as the iPhone, the iPod and the Mac, could be made from bricks. An aluminum brick, that is. - InfoWorld - Mono 2.0, an open-source runtime enabling .Net-based applications to run on Linux, Mac OS X, and Unix, is being released Monday, featuring capabilities for a number of .Net technologies. - CNET - Seth Weintraub of 9to5Mac, a blogger with good sources within the Macintosh community, is reporting that Apple has invented a new manufacturing process for MacBooks. - CNET - It looks like either somebody drinks a lot of coffee and talks really fast, or somebody diddled with the results of the phone recruitment feature in the Barack Obama campaign's iPhone application. - AP - A CNN-owned Web site called iReport.com, which publishes reports written by ordinary citizens, said Friday it will give the Securities and Exchange Commission information about the author of an item that claimed Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack. - CNET - The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking for the person who falsely reported that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack on Friday. - 
AFP - The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, in its latest bid to use Internet Age technology to trounce Republican rival John McCain and connect with supporters, has released free software that turns Apple iPhones into political rallying tools.
- AP - A delayed top-of-the-line BlackBerry phone from Research in Motion Ltd. is still undergoing testing by AT&T Inc., and RIM's co-CEO implied that the carrier wants to avoid the chorus of complaints about performance that greeted the new iPhone this summer. - 
Reuters - A false Internet report that Apple Inc's Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack briefly slammed his company's stock on Friday and raised fresh questions about the delicate relationship between traditional and new media.
- NewsFactor - "It is not true. There is no truth to the rumor." That was the terse denial issued by Katie Cotton, vice president of worldwide communications for Apple, in response to a post on CNN's iReport that Apple CEO Steve Jobs suffered a heart attack Friday. - 
Reuters - Nokia's answer to Apple's iPhone will go on sale in seven countries in Asia, the Middle East and Europe this year but will miss the Christmas shopping season in most developed markets.
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Reuters - Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, launched its free music package on Thursday, issuing a challenge to Apple Inc's dominance of the digital music market.
- Macworld.com - Human Software has released Edit 1.5 for Aperture, an update to its plug-in suite for Apple's pro photo software. It costs $299.95 for the full suite, or you can purchase the plug-ins individually. - Macworld.com - InstantAction, the 3D gaming site that runs in a Web browser, now works on the Mac. You can sign up and play now.
