Tech Week In Review 2001.03.12 - 2001.03.18 A summary of the past weeks technology news. Updated every Sunday. General IT RELATED STORIES: Napster downloads down to 50%. Gnutella gains popularity. Rambus shares fall after web announcement. Napster struggled with copyright mission. Microsoft's .Net services will run on Linux, Unix. Boeing buys an AMD based clustered super-computer running Linux. Sony buys Connectix, the maker of the Playstation emulator for Mac. Flat panel prices falling to conusmer levels. Nintendo Gamecube to be launched in Europe in spring 2002. There is still life in the old PS1, Sony execs say. CHIP (CPUs, CHIP-SETs, MEMORY) Roundup RELATED STORIES: Latest AMD roadmap available here. 1GHz mobile PIII available this week. 1GHz PPC 7450 (G4+) set for a summer release? SiS is apparently shipping it's Tualatin (.13u PIII) chip-set. PlayStation2's main CPU, "Emotion Engine" to get a speed-boost. Sony, IBM & Toshiba to cooperate on .10u CPU. IBM to use Athlon CPUs in server line. IBM joins EUV consortium. Software Roundup RELATED STORIES: New version of the nasty "back-door" hacker program "Sub-seven" is out. Virtual Reality becomes more real with new API. Transmeta releases Mobile Linux "Midori" as open source. NDL announces version 4.0 of their Game engine NetImmerse. Misc Science Roundup (Astronomy & other) RELATED STORIES: Mir space station to crash this week, re-entry will be webcast for all(?) to see. The two Keck telescopes team up into an optical interferometer. Astronomers find a super-massive black-hole in a "nearby" galaxy. China plans manned space missions next year.