Mac News: Speculation on the next Mac Pro   
The Mac Pro seems like a ridiculous computer in the age of quad-core laptops. Even I thought so when I switched to a MacBook Pro last fall. But I had some major issues that have only been partially resolved. And in many other ways that I didn’t expect, this setup is far more complex, less elegant, and less reliable than a Mac Pro. I really hope Apple isn’t done with the Mac Pro yet, because a Xeon E3/E5 update would be awesome.    
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Technology News: WordPress, Reddit, Cheezburger and Others Join New Internet Defense League   
In the hope that the online enthusiasm and organizing that helped fend off anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA in the U.S. Congress this year can be captured and redeployed, online activists are now founding an “Internet Defense League.”    
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Programming News: Ruby: Why to use symbols as Hash keys (and why not)   
I have often read that for hash keys it is better to use symbols than strings. So I was interested why and what is performance impact. It is quite easy to create a test scenario to measure it. The blog post also contains technical explanation and shows potential security problem.    
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Other News: German teen Shouryya Ray solves 300-year-old mathematical riddle posed by Sir Isaac Newton   
A GERMAN 16-year-old has become the first person to solve a mathematical problem posed by Sir Isaac Newton more than 300 years ago. Shouryya Ray worked out how to calculate exactly the path of a projectile under gravity and subject to air resistance, The (London) Sunday Times reported.    
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