Tech Week In Review 2001.07.02 - 2001.07.08 A summary of the past weeks technology news. Updated every Sunday. General IT RELATED STORIES: Cellphone giants Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson & Siemens present joint plan for multiplayer mobile gaming. PlayStation2 once again seen as a military threat. The "dotcom death" isn't over yet. Troubled week for Napster. Apple discontinues the "Power Cube". Sony about to launch HardDrive/Modem pack for PlayStation2. CHIP (CPUs, CHIP-SETs, MEMORY) Roundup RELATED STORIES: Intel ships 1.8 GHz P4 & 900MHz Celeron. Latest Intel Roadmap. AMD updates roadmap. Intel reveals Itanium pricing. Something "big" going on at Intel? Intel to launch first Xscale (ARM based) CPU in September. Hynix warns about chip-production cuts due to the slow demand on the PC market. Software Roundup RELATED STORIES: Microsoft starts selling WinXP Advanced Server. WinXP, RC1 "Preview Program" available as "public download", from Microsoft! Rumour has it IBM is about to kill off "Lotus". Misc Science Roundup (Astronomy & other) RELATED STORIES: NASA is considering cheap nuclear boosters to replace expensive chemical propulsion. New ISS module could become the first Film-studio in space. New large celestial body (2001 KX76) found in Kupier belt. Man in Australia gets a patent for the "Wheel". New "Brown Dwarf" theory proposed.