A possible fix for the rest mode bug
I've been bitten by this as well. First of all, should you find your console flashing the light yellow (and thus not "resting" properly) don't remove the power cord. Hold the power button for a while (10s or so), the console should shut itself. Supposedly this is better than just yanking the power.
As for the fix: before putting your console to rest (nee standby) mode, close the current application. That is, enter the main menu with the PS button, press "options", select "Close application" (or something like that, at work right now so can't check the exact wording). After that I've found rest mode to work properly. Irritating, but hopefully we'll get a proper fix soon.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
