2002.07.15 - 2002.07.21
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A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
| Computer graphics hardware has never evolved faster than right now. |
General IT
(General, Business, Financial, Misc)
RELATED STORIES:
Nokia lowers estimates, shares slip.
Ericsson cutting another 5000 jobs.
M$ doing well, as always.
AMD still in the red.
Motorola profitable AND making huge loss.
Sun returns to profitability.
WorldCom files for chapter 11.
Liberty Alliance unveils specs.
Walmart selling preinstalled Linux PCs.
Tablets are coming.
(But are they staying?)
Apple stays in the black.
Quantum cryptography advances.
Yahoo! gives in to Chinese wishes.
M$ joins web-security venture.
JPEG requires license?
US hackers facing life senteces?
Chinese company enhances the DVD format.
Transmeta getting rid of 40% staff.
M$ still wants nVidia for Xbox2?
The great Nokia threat. Who? When? Why?
CHIP Roundup
(CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
RELATED STORIES:
nVidia launches the
nForce 2
chipset.
ATI launches the R300 chip (Radeon 9700).
NEC sinks Itanic?
Samsung continues to push DDR400.
nVidia showing off Hammer mobo.
DDR DRAM prices still rising.
Epox first off to launch nForce 2 mobos.
i845G chipset spells trouble for gamers.
Opteron gains IBM database support.
Hammers memory controller under control.
Software Roundup
(General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
RELATED STORIES:
MPEG 4 gets out of itīs license cage.
M$ shows off Corona platform.
DX8.1 bug on AMD platforms running WinXP.
Science Roundup
(Science & Astronomy)
RELATED STORIES:
NRC wants Pluto mission to happen soon.
Interplanetary superhighway calculated.
