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Apple: Tons of hardware updates in Q2, black iMac

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2007, @09:22PM

An anonymous reader writes ""Sources told MacScoop there is strong possibility that most or all the Mac line-ups will see a refresh by the end of June and that the company should start making its first 2007 Mac hardware announcements as soon as during March." The site also claims a black iMac is on the way."

Superconducting heat spreader to obsolete CPU fans

Submitted by vinsci on Thursday February 22 2007, @09:02PM

vinsci writes "R&D company Novel Concepts, Inc. has announced its new IsoSkin heat spreader material that dissipates heat 20 times more effectively than copper, according to the company. The thin (down to 500 microns) IsoSkin spreaders could eventually be used to replace the outer "skin" of portable electronics, thereby eliminating the need for heat sinks and fans that cool notebooks and PCs, ExtremeTech reports."

Chimps Observed Making Their Own Weapons

Submitted by tehfrr on Thursday February 22 2007, @07:04PM

tehfrr writes "Chimpanzees living in the West African savannah have been observed fashioning deadly spears from sticks and using the hand-crafted tools to hunt small mammals — the first routine production of deadly weapons ever observed in animals other than humans. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2007/02/22/AR2007022201007.html"

The Ten Most Frequently-Guessed Passwords

Submitted by

darkreadingman

on Thursday February 22 2007, @06:37PM

darkreadingman writes "IT people often create their own security problems by choosing administrative passwords that are easily hacked. Here's a list of hackers' ten most frequently-guessed passwords, along with some suggestions on better ways to create and maintain strong passwords. http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=117 988&WT.svl=news1_1"

Boost PHP Performance with Opcode Cache

Submitted by IdaAshley on Thursday February 22 2007, @05:20PM

IdaAshley writes "PHP is an easy to use scripting language often used in Web applications. PHP code is parsed and translated to opcodes every time it executes, but there is no need to translate the same PHP code each time. An opcode cache eliminates that rework, making PHP applications faster."

Widgets: Are these big mini-apps over hyped?

Submitted by

ffdixon

on Thursday February 22 2007, @04:57PM

ffdixon writes "Today, the widget landscape resembles the Wild Wild West where every vendor wants to show the rich graphical capabilities of their platform. When installed, they all offer a large analog clocks, weather status, one or two RSS feeds, and very little substance beyond that. The result is form over function. Serence tries to buck the trend and bring simplicity back with KlipFolio 4, the personal dashboard with small Lego-like Klips. See www.klipfolio.com for screenshots and download (< 1 MEG)."