2002.04.15 - 2002.04.21   |   A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
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General IT (General, Business, Financial, Misc)
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M$ slashes Xbox prices in Europe.
Nokia profits, but lowers estimates for 2002.
Is the HP/Compaq deal finally concluded?
AMD & M$ in "Scratch my back.." deal?
Spotlight on AMD's chairman Sanders.
M$ profits lower than estimated.
IBM profits down, but still healthy.
Intel presents (modest) 1Q profits.
AMD reprts loss for 1Q, Flash to blame.
Apple post a small profit.
ARM sales & profits up.
Troubled Hynix makes a profit for 1Q.
M$ to release Bluetooth PC products this year.
Minianture PC to debut this year?
Intel pays $300M to Intergraph.
How M$ will get away with IT...

Software Roundup (General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
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M$ confirms "Longhorn" delayed til 2H 2004.
M$ licensing deal still confusing customers.
M$ to introduce new wireless home LAN tech.
Crossover Office, a MS Office clone on Linux.
Google offers search as web-service.
AOL switches back to Netscape.
CHIP Roundup (CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
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AMD rolls out it's first 0.13um Athlons.
Duron reaches end of the line this year.
Intel-confirmed P4 price cuts.
...and AMD confirms it's price cuts.
Intel follows up it's 845GL with 845GLL.
STM buys Alcatel's semiconductor biz.
Intel promises 2GHz mobile P4 this year.
AMD's Barton does have 512kb L2 cache?
Rumours about nVidia/AMD Hammer deal.

Science Roundup (Science & Astronomy)
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Solar power-cells on the Moon?
The LED lightning revolution is coming?
Planet formation observed at Beta Pictoris?
Several "binaries" discovered in Kuiper belt.
O'Keefe explains NASA's new strategy.
Extremely distant galactic cluster observed.