2001.10.22 - 2001.10.28   |   A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
| "It's easier to fight for your principles, than to live up to them" [Alfred Adler] |
General IT (General, Business, Financial, Misc)
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Apples "breakthrough" iPod fails to impress?
Sony about to bring Linux to PS2 consoles.
The InterTrust vs Microsoft .NET lawsuit.
Overall PC sales down 12% in W. Europe.
TSMC presents iot's 3Q results.
Ericsson's results down ,shares up.
Compaq's disappointing 3Q results..
Huge loss for Lucent.
Fujitsu, no different.. Huge losses.
VIA's sales down for 3Q.
SGI soon "back on it's feet"?
Amazon - lower than expected results for 3Q.
MS calls virus-writers "Industrial Terrorists".
IBM in trouble due to faulty HardDrives(75GXP).

Software Roundup (General SW, games, Virus-alerts)
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Win XP introduced, but who is impressed?
Bill Gates talks about future Win releases.
CHIP Roundup (CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
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RAMBUS unveils next-gen RDRAM.
Intel & AMD both cut CPU prices.
PPC G5 "confirmed" to be fast but still buggy?
Intel's i845 chip supplies in very short supply.
Chip-sales down by 32% in 2001.
DRAM-war between Japan & Korea.
Samsung - no plans to reduce DRAM output.
DRAM situation - one (at least) must fall...

Science Roundup (Science & Astronomy)
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Mars Odyssey successfully entered orbit.
Astronomers discover Pulsar in SuperNova?
Energy seen drawn from a Black Hole?!