Tech Week In Review
2000.11.27 - 2000.12.03
A summary of the past weeks technology news. Updated every sunday.

General IT
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Plastic semiconductors on the move...
Playstation 2 complaints continue...
US Senators pressure FBI for more "Carnivore" data.
Online banking with the X-Box?
Fish-brain controls robot...
IBM joins Transmeta in "code-morphing" business.
Rambus likely to win lawsuits?
Prototype cell-phone offers Linux, MP3 & Bluetooth running on a 206 MHz StrongARM processor.

CHIP (CPUs, CHIP-SETs, MEMORY) Roundup
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Another Intel roadmap leak..
VIA to release low-priced Athlon/Duron chipsets.
DDR motherboards for both AMD & Intel chips start to appear.
VIA announces new low-cost CPU's.
Rumours about Super Silicon being used in future AMD Athlons.
AMD prepares an assault plan at server, workstation segment.
Crusoe glitch, bad timing for Transmeta.
Apple wants to open up the PPC architecture to more partners.
Rumour: AMD to implement SSE in "Palomino"?
IBM, Infineon readies 0.13 micron fab process.

Software Roundup
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Security holes in Microsoft's Media Player...