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Apple on Wednesday rolled out an eight-core option for its Mac Pro family of desktops. The newly available machines can be customized with as many as two quad-core Intel Xeon 5300 series processors running up to 3.0 GHz. It is the first opportunity Mac users have had to get their hands on the combination of an eight-core system loaded with OS X.

Apple Unveils Mighty Eight-Core Mac Pro

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Students at Atascadero High School in Atascadero, Calif., likely will be offered a new class next year -- podcasting, the first of its kind in its county. Atascadero computer science teacher Gary Bissell came up with the idea for the class, which is subject to approval by the Atascadero school board. Bissell attended a county education seminar that taught him how to podcast.

Making the Grade in Podcasting Class