2002.10.14 - 2002.10.20   |   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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Revised Xbox also hacked.
Nokia's 3Q figures cause optimism.
Gartner optimistic about EU IT spendings.
Intel's 3Q results disappoint analysts.
M$ and Bill G. still doing just fine.
Dell takes the top spot in PC retail.
Lucent to cut anoter 10.000 jobs.
Future looks gloomy for Ericsson?
AMD's 3Q results "worrying".
S. Korea dominates world broadband league.
China wont leave Cybercafés alone.
Bell Labs show 3G at 19Mbit/s.
Another CD format propesed (M$, Panasonic).

Science Roundup (Science & Astronomy)
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Final proof for Milky Way black hole?
ESA launches new GRB satellite.
Gamma Ray Burst cought by satellite.
Pluto warming up?
Mission Atlantis successful.
Semiconductor Roundup (CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
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ARM introduces it's latest core, ARM11.
Intel launches 2 new handset chips. (XScale)
IBM to intro consumer version of Power4 CPU.
...IBM's PPC 970 to feature "AltiVec".
Intel shows off secure network chip.
Intel shows off 1GB RAM in handsets.
AMD hints at Opteron performance.
nVidia's nv30 to use 1GHz DDR-II?

Software Roundup (General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
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Adobe to launch doc management software.
Opera browser coming to smartphones.
MSN 8.0 aimed at AOL 8.0. No surprise there.
M$ software support policy analysed.
Pay-per-level gaming concept on Nokia 7650.
M$ beta software downloaded by hackers.
M$ releases another security patch.
New spam tool exploits Windows Messenger.
Borland releases JBuilder 7.
Symbian still in OS/UI biz or not?