Tech Week In Review
2001.01.08 - 2001.01.14
A summary of the past weeks technology news. Updated every sunday.

General IT
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Swedish telecom company Telia gets it's 3G license at last. (IN SWEDISH)
Hitachi shows "Internet glasses".
IBM introduces a "universal translator" web-server.
JVC goes retro-futuristic. Demonstrates Digital VHS.
Sony admits not all Playstation2 consoles are of same quality.
American (US) NSA "releases" it's own Linux version.
Clinton changes US "super computer" export rules.
Fraunhofer Institute & Thomson are preparing the next version of the music file format "mp3".
TDK shows new CD-RW capable of writing 2GB/disc at 36x speeds.
Microsoft is betting on consumers to embrace "Whistler"?
New progress in quantum computing.
Japanese focus on humanoid robots.

CHIP (CPUs, CHIP-SETs, MEMORY) Roundup
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AMD releases the 850 MHz Duron.
Motorola introduces the PowerPC 7450 CPU. (G4+)
Kentron deomonstrates it's Quad Band Memory (QBM)
AMD have plans for a new 300mm fab in 2004.
Mitsubishi also plans a 300mm fab, but in 2003.
Microprocessor report says "Athlon outperforms Pentium 4".
SDRAM prices contiunue down..
Intel takes on Transmeta in "low power" battle.

Software Roundup
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Mac OS X to ship on March 24:th.
Microsoft plans huge "Napster clone".
Latest "Whistler" beta adds anti-piracy lock.

Misc Science Roundup
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Scientists aim to exploit "Zero Point Energy".
Astronomers discover largest structure in the Universe
Hubble Telescope may have found direct proof of existance of black-holes.
Newly discovered extra-solar planets puzzle astronomers.