Tech Week In Review
2001.07.09 - 2001.07.15
A summary of the past weeks technology news. Updated every Sunday.

General IT
RELATED STORIES:
Napster practically dead?
Finland is the top IT nation in the world ahead of US & Sweden..
Online privacy boost after Netscape "Smart Download" ruling.
Motorola declares loss for the latest quarter.
AMD's profits down, also..
EU allows "spam".
Afghanistan bans Internet.
Compaq warns of more layoffs.
SGI having a hard time..

CHIP (CPUs, CHIP-SETs, MEMORY) Roundup
RELATED STORIES:
Intel's PIII Xeon CPU recalled after instability issues.
Intel looks at old technology for future Memory development.
Samsung sampling 300MHz DDR SDRAM.
AMD plans 100% shift of CPU production to SOI (Silicon on Insulator) by 2003.
DRAM prices still diving..
NEC ready for .10um production in early 2003.
RAMBUS slashes SDRAM royalty for Samsung.
The final step? Single electron transistors ideal for molecular computers.

Software Roundup
RELATED STORIES:
Security bug in popular app, Firewall 1.
Internet Explorer NOT integrated into WinXP?
Extremely harsh review of FunCom's new Online game "Anarchy Online".

Misc Science Roundup (Astronomy & other)
RELATED STORIES:
Physicists discover another major difference between matter & anti-matter.
Saturn moons actually collisional remnants?
End of all life on Earth may come sooner than expected?
Newly discovered human ancestors date back some 5.2 million years.
Water discovered in extra-solar system. Likely coming from evaporating comets.