Apple CEO Steve Jobs refused to allow surgeons to perform what could have been life-saving surgery on his pancreatic cancer, says his biographer Walter Isaacson. “While Mr. Jobs was trying all sorts of alternative [medicine] his tumor grew, and grew, and grew.” Read more about Steve Jobs cancer treatment after the break. » 60 Minutes Preview With Walter Isaacson Touches On Cancer Treatment

Apple has been the worlds largest smartphone manufacturer for a view month, but it looks like they are no longer number one since a person familiar with the situation said Thursday that Samsung shipped more than 20 million smartphones in the quarter ended Sept. 30, beating market leader Apple Inc. as well as Nokia Corp. “Apple on Tuesday reported that 17.1 million iPhones has been sold during the three-month period ended September 24.” » Samsung Beats Apple In Smartphone Shipments

Fortune Magazine will have an exclusive excerpt of the Walter Isaacson biography “Steve Jobs” which will be released on Monday, the 24th. This part is focused on the relationship that Jobs had with Microsoft Founder Bill Gates. “The magazine has secured exclusive rights to the sections in Walter Isaacsons Steve Jobs devoted to Jobs relationship to Bill Gates.” » Steve Jobs & Bill Gates: Exclusive Bio Excerpt In Fortune Monday

Walter Isaacson will drop in on 60 Minutes Sunday likely with some interesting tidbits from his book. The book Steve Jobs goes on sale next week. via Fortune. Woz “Steve Wozniak” posted an update to his Facebook page stating that he was interviewed for the Book. » Steve Jobs Biographer To Be On 60 Minutes Sunday

Jonathan Mann is a guy who loves making songes about the iPhone, he already made a “Antennagate” song and “Patent Song”. Now he created a new song but this time he has a partner, he sings a duet with Siri.

Dropbox “which is a new storage app for the iDevices” has declined an $800 million acquisition offer from Apple, and deciding to remain independent and raise its own financing. In December 2009 Jobs invited Houston and his partner, Arash Ferdowsi, for a meeting at his Cupertino office. To talk about their hot storage startup named Dropbox. Houston was clear upfront about not wanting to sell out the company to anyone, even to Apple with a nine-digit deal. » Dropbox Turned Down The Almighty Apple

Motorola announced a new DROID RAZR Smartphone on their latest press conference and they are claiming this Smartphone is thinner than the iPhone 4S. In one way it looks like they are right, but they also say that the upper part housing the camera is not thinner. The phone is measuring just 7.1mm versus 9.3mm for the iPhone 4S, except the camera area. So what does this mean, is the iPhone 4S not the thinnest smathphone anymore, or can we still call the iPhone 4S the thinnest Smartphone to-date because a small part of the DROID RAZR Smartphone is thicker than the iPhone 4S. What do you think? You can find Specs and a video of this new Motorola Smartphone after the break. » Motorola Announced New RAZR: Thinner Than iPhone 4S Or Not?