Wednesday Morning News - Rapid Fire Edition

I'm kinda busy today, so here's a quick news update in glorious dot-point form:
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<li><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601205&amp;sid=aRYCnEpXRww0">Bloomberg</a> tells us that "industry experts" are saying Apple should be more forthcoming with the health of Steve Jobs.</li>
<li><a href="http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2009/06/22/on_the_iphone_app_stores_prohi/">Apple likes to turn perceived disadvantages, into advantages.</a> Case in point - App Store approval process is a good way to keep malicious apps out, instead of a complex software based security system.</li>
<li>Optus has a really weird "Happy Place" PR stunt going on down in Circular Quay, for the iPhone 3G S launch. <a href="http://www.applesource.com.au/news/soa/Optus-Happy-Place-for-the-iPhone-curious/0,2000068500,339297054,00.htm?feed=rss">AppleSourc e</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/06/optus-sydney-iphone-tent-smells-like-a-lemon/">Gizmodo</a> check it out. <a href="http://personal.optus.com.au/web/ocaportal.portal?_nfpb=true&amp;_pageLabel=Templat e_woRHS&amp;FP=/personal/mobile/iphone3G/optushappyplace&amp;site=personal">A bunch of blowhards</a> (except Firement) are talking crap about how they use their iPhone.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.forbes.com/2008/07/24/doom-iphone-morris-tech-personal-cx_cm_0725doom.html?feed=rss_popstories">John Carmack</a> tells Forbes how much he digs the iPhone as a gaming platform.</li>
<li>The tap tap tap guys show us how <a href="http://www.taptaptap.com/blog/iphone-3gs-blows-away-iphone-3g-in-3d/">grunty the iPhone 3G S is when it comes to 3D graphics</a>. They found it to be 4x faster in a range of benchmarks.</li>
<li><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10263483-1.html">CNet's Crave blog</a> list 5 steps Apple can take to make the iPhone the leading handheld gaming platform.</li>
<li><a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/why-cant-we-get-an-accurate-battery-life-test-for-laptops">The New York Times blog</a> writes how inaccurate laptop battery testing is.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.icetv.com.au/news/?p=709">Our friends at IceTV have a referral program going</a> - if you get a friend to sign up to a 12 month subscription of IceTV, IceTV will give you an extra 3 months for free. Sweeeeeeet.</li>
<li>Our other friend, Xenex, <a href="http://xenex.opinionstick.com/post/125471721/office-2008s-installer-needs-rosetta-even-though">found out that Office 2008's installer needs Rosetta installed</a> to install Office. Fail.</li>
<li>Belkin are releasing <a href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/06/22/gigabit.powerline.hd/">gigabit speed powerplug ethernet adaptors</a>. Expect them around August.</li>
<li>A dude on LiveJournal called happywaffle, has a well written, <a href="http://happywaffle.livejournal.com/5890.html">real-life experience with Find My iPhone.</a></li>
<li>Rocking a Canon 5D Mark II? Trammell Hudson has made a replacement firmware for the camera, <a href="http://magiclantern.wikia.com/">called Magic Lantern</a>, that has many tweaks for video shooting.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/141111/2009/06/linkinus_20_brings_irc_into_21st_century_with_100_ new_features.html?lsrc=rss_weblogs_macuser">Linkin us</a>, an IRC client I quite enjoy when I have to delve into that seedy IRC underbelly, has been updated to v2.0 and brings the snazzy.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/141249/2009/06/iphonea2dp.html">Macworld</a> get hands on with a pair of Bluetooth headphones and iPhone OS 3.0.</li>
<li>Are you the go-to guy whenever someone has a problem with their Mac? <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/141158/2009/06/techsupport.html?lsrc=rss_main">These tips from Macworld may make your life easier.</a></li>
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