Its been a big news week this week. And to keep with that spirit here is some friday night linkage.

First benchmarks of some iMac G5s are coming through. Here's one at Macrumors.

MacDailyNews have a write up titled "Microsoft's Longhorn fantasy vs. Apple's Mac OS X reality."

Do you talk to plants? Because it looks like they'll be able to sing back in the near future.

Got a Gmail Account? Keep an eye out for this phishing email which tries to steal your password for Gmail. If you haven't got a Gmail account, this article tells what all the hype is about.

Brick wall?. Here is an interesting home renovation project. QoS and I were discussing using iMac G5's for the same project to make it a little more simple.

G5 iMac innards images here.

Ram prices have always seemed a little high. Looks like the conspiracy theorists were right. nfineon Technologies AG conspired with "unnamed manufacturers" to fix ram prices. They have since pleaded guilty and will pay a $160 million fine. More on this here. Will this let us see lower ram prices?

Windows users: "The single most effective way to avoid viruses and spyware is to simply chuck Windows altogether and buy an Apple Macintosh." link.

Firmware update problems on your G5? Macfixit have some help for you.

iPod lookalike mobile phone has been released by Siemens. Thanks Snax for that link.

Enjoy your weekend, everyone.