links for 2010-02-03: PHP Performance; Datacenter Pods; Apple Pricing

• HipHop for PHP: Move Fast - I'm frankly surprised compilers for PHP didn't come around sooner.  But this will certainly address some performance and scalability concerns as sites using PHP look to grow.
• HP rolls out 20-foot datacenter pod - As the story notes, Sun did this a number of years ago, but I didn't see a mention of what Oracle had planned for the BlackBox.
• Thank heaven for Apple's (upward) pricing pressure - It is true, pricing is relative and something priced too low may not be considered valuable.