2002.12.16 - 2002.12.22   |   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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US IT sales growth looking healthy.
IBM & Nokia team up on VPN.
Hollywood vs DVD copying software maker.
Microsoft sued for billions over DRM?
EFF opposes regional coding on DVDs?
Intergraph expands patent war.
US broadband growth slows down.
Additional top level domains planned.

Software Roundup (General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
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M$ releases DirectX 9. Doesn't mean it's ready.
AOL obtains Instant Messaging patent.
IE share now at 95%. (No thanx to me, I use Mozilla)
AOL updates Netscape with pop-up killer.
Security hole in MySQL, patch available.
Sony, Panasonic to develop Linux version?
Win XP MP3 security hole!
Death of OS/2 confirmed.
"Iraqi Oil" worm spotted in the wild.
Semiconductor Roundup (CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
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AMD "Barton 2500+" previewd?
S. Korean DRAM makers got Gov support?
Samsung holds 1/3 of DRAM market.
VIA moves to 800MHz FSB for P4s.
IBM already hyping their Power 5 servers?
New Intel chip-sets on the horizon.
AMD Hammer related rumours.
Kingston, Infineon sign memory deal.
AMD holds it's own hyperthreading patent.
Intel's Granite Bay trailing the 850E?
AMD announces Opteron mobo partners.
The return of the Turbo button?

Science Roundup (Science & Astronomy)
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Carbon nano-tubes ready for mass-production?
Star cluster puzzles astronomers.
Scientists keep playing with fire. Sensing AI.
Clouds revealed on Saturn moon Titan.
Liquid water on Mars? Here we go again..
NASA abandons CONTOUR spacecraft.
Understanding elliptical galaxies.
NASA now getting data from Galileo again.
New comet to be visible next week?