One of the few highlights of the refreshed 27-inch iMac is the new SSD option for its second drive bay. This sure is good news for performance addicts carrying some spare cash, but with the 256GB SSD addition costing from $750, some may prefer the DIY route to save a few pennies for that gold iPad . Sadly, it won’t be as straight forward as sliding in a new drive — e-tailer OWC noticed in its teardown that you’ll be needing a mounting bracket and a couple of cables that are only supplied with Apple’s own SSD

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iMac’s latest 27-inch iteration requires special parts for your own SSD in second drive bay

Back when we outlined the iOS 4 features missing from iPhone 3G , we forgot one key bullet point: performance. As more and more two-year veterans of Apple’s phones have taken the plunge and upgraded to the latest firmware, slowdown and battery drain issues have become a common complaint, which is even more irksome when you think of just how little the update really adds to the UI.

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Apple investigating issues with iOS 4 upgrade on iPhone 3G

Not interested in paying $4.99 for an issue of a magazine on your iPad? Well, Time Inc. execs don’t seem to be too keen on the idea either

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Time Inc. execs said to be frustrated over lack of iPad magazine subcriptions

Want to wear an iPad on your chest so it’s obvious to everyone how cool what a sad, sad virgin (not by choice) you are? Introducing the Style iPad Shirt. Despite it’s name, it’s actually the opposite of style

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No: Style Shirt Sports A Pouch For Your iPad

Think giant active-shutter glasses are a roadblock to 3D adoption? Wait until you get a load of this, the N-3D from Aircord Labs, a glass pyramid with semi-reflective sides that allows you to peer through while reflecting the image of a screen above

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Aircord Lab’s N-3D concept turns an iPad into world’s second least practical 3D display (video)

In the best news I’ve heard since screwing dinos helps prevent wrinkles, drinking alcohol may help battle rheumatoid arthritis . Did you hear that, gramps? I said, “TAKE ME TO THE LIQUOR STORE!” Moderate drinking has been linked to a variety of health benefits, including a reduced risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.

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Drink Up!: Booze May Help Fight Arthritis

Safari 5’s extension support just got a whole lot more useful this morning, as Apple’s just released Safari 5.0.1, which enables the feature for end users, and opened its official Extension Gallery.

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Apple releases Safari 5.0.1, Extensions Gallery now open

Now that Apple ’s unleashing a 27-inch Cinema Display in September, what’s to become of its 24-inch and 30-inch bookend brethren? Straight from the mouths of Apple execs and disseminated by way of Macworld’s Jason Snell — a man who would most definitely be in the know — the dynamic duo is being discontinued. End of the line is when supplies run out, so better place your orders now if you aren’t hip to monitors with diagonal lengths divisible by 9.

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Apple’s 24-inch and 30-inch Cinema Displays on the outs

Let’s just put it out on the table: the Flip-inspired HM-TA1 ($169, left) and the ultra traditional (though delightfully mini) HDC-SDX1 ($499) are very different cameras. But are they $330 different?

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Panasonic’s new HM-TA1 and HDC-SDX1 ‘budget’ camcorders attack the concept from very different ends

Amazon’s Kindle may have the price advantage when it comes to its e-reading competitors, but right now it’s sorely lacking in the availability department. Looks like the device is out of commission and has been for at least 24 hours as of this writing.

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Amazon Kindle listed as ‘temporarily out of stock,’ Nook and Sony Reader smile coyly