2002.07.08 - 2002.07.14   |   A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
| Swedish princess Victoria joins the 25+ club. I barely care, but I guess a "Happy birthday, Victoria" is in order. :-) |
General IT (General, Business, Financial, Misc)
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European PC sales down.
"Chapter 11 time" for WorldCom?
Xbox mod chip sets the console free?
EU to adopt Open Source?
Europe set for mobile entertainment boom?
Yahoo! profitable after 6 quarters of losses.
Nokia & IBM team up on mobile content.
Norwegian gov dumps M$.
EU sets new PC recycling rules.
M$ questions itīs own smartphone.
KPNQwest shuts down for good?

Science Roundup (Science & Astronomy)
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NASA expands research for better propulsion.
Nanotech needs more cash. (Surprised?)
UK joins ESO.
Universe older than we think? Again?
CHIP Roundup (CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
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Intel launches Itanium 2.
HP releases Itanium 2 benchmarks.
Samsung announces 1GHz DDR-II memory.
2.8GHz P4 to debut soon?
nForce2 to take the performance crown?
TSMC to initiate 90nm production in 3Q?
Radeon 9700 performance to "rule the galaxy"?
Radeon 9700 needs an external PSU?
DRAM prices up. Fast. A lot.

Software Roundup (General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
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M$ "replaces" corp Windows Update with SUS.
Win2k has 9 months left to live?
Sun updates JAVA2 Micro Edition.
First legal Linux prog on Xbox?
M$ OpenGL patent claims become tangible.
Security hole in Outlook PGP pluigin.
M$ SQL Server, security issues.