2006.08.21 - 2006.08.27   |   A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every weekend.
General IT (General, Business, Financial, Misc)
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PS3 production starting late?
Nokia intros DIY firmware updates?
Samsung shows worlds biggest LCD TV.
Dell to ship 3M AMD based PCs this year?
Sandisk readies 8GB Flash mp3 player.
Apple settles with Creative over iPod patents.
Samsung launches "golfer" phone.
Toshiba to produce Zune players for M$?

Software Roundup (General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
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64-bit Vista required for HD DVD, BlueRay?
Sony to show 27 PS3 games at Tokyo show.
Semiconductor Roundup (CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
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ATI launches the Radeon X1950 series.
Sun reveals 64-thread "Niagara II" CPU.
Dedicated speech recognition chip announced.
AMD reveals "Revision G" (?) details.
No more Intel chipsets from ATI (AMD/ATI).
ATI launches low end X1300, X1650 GPUs.
VIA prepares IGP chipset for Intel CPUs.

Science Roundup (Science & Astronomy)
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First direct evidence of dark matter?
Pluto's planetary status in serious limbo.