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Apple has issued a statement on the Draft W3C Patent Policy, which reads in part: “After careful consideration of the draft patent policy, Apple believes that it is essential to continued interoperability and development of the Web that fundamental W3C standards be available on a royalty-free basis.”

Deneba Software has announced the release of Canvas 8 Professional Edition for Mac OS X — the company’s illustration application that integrates photo editing, page layout, presentation, and Web graphics capabilities in one application. Canvas 8 contains a slew of enhancements and new features including vector and raster Sequence recording and support for AppleScript, ColorSync, and QuickTime.

MacMinute’s Executive Briefing for October 13 — a recap of all the news we have posted over the past week — is now available. If you think you may have missed something, here is your chance to catch up…

Handspring, looking no doubt to capitalize off the continued delays of Palm’s m700 wireless handheld, is rumored to be introducing its own wireless handhelds on Monday. Details of the device are scarce at this point, although shares of Handspring have jumped more than 10 percent on the news. C|net has additional details on the products and photos.