If Apple CEO Steve Jobs was reading the Bloomberg news wire yesterday, he might have come across his own obituary.

Newspapers routinely write and update obituaries for notable public figures just in case the unexpected happen, except in this case, Bloomberg inadvertently published theirs for Steve Jobs. They had since issued a retraction.

Questions about Jobs health had surfaced at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2008) in June. His gaunt appearance suggested to some observers that he might be battling cancer again, a speculation Jobs denied/didn't want to talk about.

Apple fans will happy to hear that the news of Steve Jobs death has been greatly exaggerated. He's alive and well and working to bring out the next iteration of the iPod or some other gizmo.

Update 8/29/2008:
No person was sacked nor any heads were rolled for this mistake.

Photo: Courtesy of Apple

When news surfaced early this year that a Florida company called Psystar was selling computers with Apple's operating system pre-installed, many wondered when Apple is going to go after them.

Well, that day is here.

The biggest news of the day is probably the unveiling of Apple Inc's new iPhone. Instead of the slower EDGE networks used by the first generation iPhones, the new iPhones can now use the speedier 3G networks that is roughly 2.4x faster by Apple's estimates.