Panel : Stu Helm, Bart Busschots, Nick McGuire / Keaton Brant, Michael King, Steve Stanger

Followups/Errata:

• Stu - Congress not considering the iPhone afterall - Via Ars Technica
  

Apple News:

• Bart - Apple publicly and financially supports civil rights for gay people by donating to the campaign against Proposition 8 in CA - Via Macworld UK
• Mike - Apple attempting to recruit IBM's top PowerPC expert - Via MacWorld UK
  

iPod & iPhone:

• Keaton - Latest iPhone OS 2.2 beta released to developers - Via Ars Technica
  
• Steve - Toys 'r' Us to sell iPods this holiday season in the US - Via MacWorld UK
• Stu - Rogers reporting strong iPhone Sales in Canadia - Via Ars Technica
• Bart - Windows version of FileMagnet client for iPhone ships - developed using Cocotron library. Interesting review of Cocotron at developers website.
• Mike - New version of EverNote for iPhone support off-line notes - Via Ars Technica
• Bart - iPhone attracting lower-income users, replaces other devices? - via MacWorld
  
• Mike - AT&T Finally giving iPhone owners free Wi-Fi in the US - Via AT&T Site
• Bart - Apple denies Opera access to the iPhone App Store - Via Ars Technica

Mac News:

• Keaton - New test build of Leopard released to developers - Via Ars Technica
• Stu - Apple Detail Some Mobile Me improvements - Via Apple
• Keaton - Microsoft put 'I'm a PC' booth outside Apple store in Birmingham UK - via AppleInisder
  

Security News:

• Bart - Mac users could be in for a Trick with no Treat, new trojan steals credit card details - Via Wire
• Steve - New MacBooks cant be secured with Kensington locks, really? - via MacNN
  

Software:

• Bart - PasswordVault 6.1 ships (free update for existing users) - Via MacWorld UK
• Keaton - Apple updates iPhoto - as usual, no real details in release notes - Via Macworld UK
• Steve - NetFlix begin rolling out Mac client using MS Silverlight - Via TidBits
• Mike-Microsoft announces beta of Live Mesh client for OS X - more competition for MobileMe! - Via  Ars Technica

Picks:

• Bart - Google Earth iPhone App (free)
  
• Steve - Classics - Book reader on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Initial collection includes a dozen classic work ($2.99) -  http://classicsapp.com
  
• Mike- Halloween App $0.99 from the App Store
• Stu - AppFresh
  
• Keaton - DrawIt - Great vector drawing program for mac ($42) - http://getdrawit.com