2002.10.28 - 2002.11.03
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A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
| "I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right." [A. Einstein] |
General IT
(General, Business, Financial, Misc)
RELATED STORIES:
Microsoft antitrust case comes to an end?
Nintendo hit by €168M EC cartel fine?
Sony extends lead in console wars.
Cisco speeds up broadband?
e-commerce sites facing patent law suits.
Dell's PDA campaign to strengthen PocketPC?
Gartner optimistic about Euro "eXmas".
TFT's outselling CRT's by 2004?
Flexible computer screens within 3 years?
Palm launhes new "Tungsten" models.
Computer "gamer" insures his fingers.
Intel's still fights Intergraph.
Science Roundup
(Science & Astronomy)
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ISS celebrates 2:nd anniversary.
Cassini takes first photo of Saturn.
Looking for signs of life on Europa.
Stardust performs "test-run" on asteroid.
Last flyby for Galileo spaceprobe.
JPL preparing new Mars rovers.
Antimatter propulson no longer fiction?
Antimatter atoms studied.
Relic star found.
Tracking gravity waves.
Semiconductor Roundup
(CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
RELATED STORIES:
333MHz FSB Athlon XP 2600+ out soon?
2003 chip-sales no better than 2002?
DDR DRAM prices going up?
Intel's "Granite Bay" chip-set ready to go.
Software Roundup
(General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
RELATED STORIES:
EC grants Linux migration study.
US military concludes Open Source is "good".
PAlm OS 6.0 gossip emerges.
M$ Office 11 won't run on Win 9x.
Real Networks relese source code.
Sun preaches JAVA as .NET threat grows.
Sys admin biggest security risk?
ELSPA triggers raids against software pirates.
AOL IM geared towards ICQ?
Windows - least secure OS?
New Win2k insecurities announced.
