2002.03.25 - 2002.03.31
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A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
| "Completely free from April's fools jokes! And hey, it's Summertime!" |
General IT
(General, Business, Financial, Misc)
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EU approves it's own Satellite "GPS" system.
Swedish telecompany Telia, buys Sonera.
KaZaA ruled legal by Dutch court.
Americans - slow on counting votes. (HP)
Intel payed for anti-AMD report.
New optical transmission record for Bell Labs.
Low (expected) EU sales of overpriced Xbox.
Philips wins $5bn contract with Dell.
Amiga hardware makes a comeback.
Online gaming - #1 Internet fraud.
M$, scarier than the CIA?
Teoma - search engine with high hopes?
Software Roundup
(General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
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Sun shows JAVA 2 Micro Edition for wireless.
Registry hack turns Win XP Pro into Server?
Red Hat wants MS Office license for Linux?
Sun opens up JAVA to open source?
Dark side wins, Netscape down to 7%.
Crude Playstation 2 emulator arrives.
CHIP Roundup
(CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
RELATED STORIES:
VIA DDR400 chiset ahead of JEDEC standard?
CPU prices down, new products ahead.
Infineon shipping samples of 1GB modules.
Intel plans major mobile P4 price cut.
Korean vendors control DRAM pricing?
Intel DDR2 chipset rumour/speculation.
Dell dumps RAMBUS DRAM next year.
IBM ships new network chip.
Details/Rumors about ATI's R300 chip.
New FPGA chip interests US military.
Science Roundup
(Science & Astronomy)
RELATED STORIES:
Crystalline materials revolution ahead?
New class of celestial objects discovered.
Pulsar ages may be wrong.
Quantum cloning nearing perfection limit?
Existance of Black Holes questioned - again.
China launches "dummy" astronaut in space.
