2002.01.07 - 2002.01.13
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A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
| Apple has again showed that a personal computer does not have to be a grey box. The iMac 2 features highly original design. |
General IT
(General, Business, Financial, Misc)
RELATED STORIES:
Apple presents the new
iMac 2
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Microsoft rigs reader poll to promote .NET.
AOL TimeWarner wants AOL Europe for itself.
Samsung licenses Ericsson's tele-tech.
No trubble for Tribble, returns to Apple.
Expensive DRAM, expensive computers.
Micron to buy Hynix on Jan 21:st?
MTV creates own brand-PC for students.
NAS accusing SW makers for bad security.
MIT sues MS & IBM over patent.
Hercules goes ATI.
Server sales down 20% in 2001
Software Roundup
(General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
RELATED STORIES:
Startup firm claims compression breakthrough.
Proof of concept virus shows Flash weakness.
New "Gigger" worm can format PCs.
CHIP Roundup
(CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
RELATED STORIES:
Intel launches the 2.2GHz (0.13um) P4.
AMD launches the Athlon XP 2000+.
Intel pushes the server PIII (0.13um) to 1,4GHz.
Samsung raises DRAM prices.
Samsung develops 0.11um low-power SRAM.
Intels samples "Prestonia" server CPU.
Science Roundup
(Science & Astronomy)
RELATED STORIES:
Mars Odyssey ends aerobraking, enters orbit.
"Brown Dwarf" discovered around Sun-like star.
Planet-birth observed around Sun-lookalike?
12 new nearby (faint) stars discovered.
Scientist "discovers" color of the universe?
Scientist claims Sun contains mostly iron.
Ancient supernova caused eco-disaster?
New sharp (X-ray) shots of MilkyWay's center.
New star structures found in Milky Way.
