2001.10.08 - 2001.10.14
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A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
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General IT
RELATED STORIES:
MS to spend $200M on WindowsXP promotion.
Microsoft in major trouble with the EU?
Third consecutive quarterly loss for Motorola.
EU to make broadband top priority next year.
The recession is good news for IBM..
X-Box HardDrive shrinks to 8GB.
Even cheaper TFT-LCD monitors coming..
HP exec explains the "DotCom" era.
Apple prepares new PowerBooks.
Software Roundup
(Gemeral SW, games, Virus-alerts)
RELATED STORIES:
SirCam due to attack Win PC's on Thursday.
Microsoft prepares IP telephony for Win XP.
Microsoft adjusts it's volume licensing rules.
SUN cuts price on it's "iPlanet" Web-Server.
The KaZaA network's poor security record.
Microsoft strikes at Java with J#?
Network Associates to sell off PGP.
CHIP Roundup
(CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
RELATED STORIES:
Athlon XP test results flood the web.
Pentium 4 based Celerons due next year.
Motorola's G5 buggy, but still on schedule?
IBM to deliver faster PPC G3 CPU's.
Intel's
mobile
roadmap.
Intel's
desktop
roadmap.
Intel's
server
roadmap.
IBM prepares low power PPC for PDA's.
Intel empire sues back.
Intel presents "bumpless" CPU packages.
Samsung produces 576Mb RDRAM @ 1GHz.
Science Roundup
(Science & Astronomy)
RELATED STORIES:
Mars Odyssey nearing crucial aero braking.
Cosmic Lens used to observe early universe.
Quantum Leap: Matter Waves On A Microchip
Volcanic eruption on IO, measured by Galileo.
The Nobel prize in Physics goes to...
