Tech Week In Review
2001.02.12 - 2001.02.18
A summary of the past weeks technology news. Updated every Sunday.

General IT
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New evidence against Rambus found? If proven true, Rambus could be in trouble?
California power worries not over yet.
Legal ruling against Napster leaves MP3 player makers unaffected?
Qualcomm & MP3.com to bring music to cell-phones.
nVidia tops analysts expectations.
Game Boy Advance will be launched in the US on june 11:th.
First it was Playstation 2 consoles, now Saddam Hussein is apparently responsible for server-theft in Scotland?
Intel now starts it's P4 advertizing. (About time we found out what it's good for)
1700 employees must go from Dell...

CHIP (CPUs, CHIP-SETs, MEMORY) Roundup
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AMD unveiled their Hyper Transport technology. (Formerly known as Lightning Data Transport)
Is Intel's McKinley behind schedule?
Compaq finally ships a new version of the 21264 Alpha CPU.
nVidia's X-box chips ready for production?
Another new CPU from VIA. It's a Cyrix III based on the Samuel II core.
Hypertec's "Phoenix" board upgrades the whole PC.
Intel already adjusts P4 core voltage.
Acer Laboratories get a P4 chip-set license from Intel.
ATI to adopt AMD's Hyper Transport technology.

Software Roundup
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Napster in more trouble...
More details on Napster's membership model.
Microsoft targets "pirate" music in Windows XP.
CIA want's to mask it's moves on the net. Uses a third party program.
Microsoft afraid of "open source"?
Get ready for Windows XP hype-time.
Anna Kurnikova worm (virus) spreads but does little damage.

Misc Science Roundup (Astronomy & other)
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The human genome presented.
The Sun has flipped it's magnetic pole. (Don't be alarmed, this was expected)
Is the speed of light not constant after all?
NEAR gets 10 more days after it's soft landing on Eros.