2004.06.28 - 2004.07.04   |   A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.

RELATED STORIES: 3G operators ask Swedish gov for respite. EC steers Europe into nano-electronics future. French Telecom needs to pay back €1bn? EC launches "embedded systems" initiative. EC wants more resources put in wireless R&D. Apple announces new iMac. Sony claims PSP is still "on target". 100M downloads for Apple's music shop. Commodore brand returns as an MP3 player. Megapixel cams killing MMS? Fujitsu & M$ make Itanium deal. Sony announces HDD walkman. New Motorola phone offers 1.3Mpix cam. Adaptec buys RAID tech from IBM. RELATED STORIES: Cassini spacecraft arrives at Saturn. Cassini sends back images of Saturn's rings. Cassini shows unseen Titan features. ISS spacewalk repair mission successful. New Dark matter/energy theory presented. NASA to make machines smarter.

RELATED STORIES: Intel officially presents it's 64-bit Xeon. Intel prepares i925XE chip-set with 1GHz FSB. Intel to debut low-end "Grantsdale" chip-sets. Elpida boots DRAM speeds. nVidia launches PCI-E Quadros. Chip biz invests heavily in fabs in 2004. RELATED STORIES: Apple claims "Longhorn" features in next OS. 64-bit WinXP features analysed. M$ about to ship Windows CE 5.0. Cyber extortionists target betting sites. Gates defends Microsofts's patching efforts. Java growing in Mobile devices. Sun brings 3d interface to Open Source. M$ posts workaround for IE security flaw. MSN upgrades search engine. China jumps to IP v9.