Tech Week In Review
2001.07.16 - 2001.07.22
A summary of the past weeks technology news. Updated every Sunday.

General IT
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Napster back from the dead?
Nokia's profit down 16%.
Intel's profits down 76%.
Sun reports loss for last quarter.
Microsoft shares down after profit estimates are lowered.
ATI presents it's "SmartShader" tech.
Sandia NL unveils 20 Megapixel screen. (about 5000x4000 pixels)
Faster Macs from Apple. But still lagging behind "MHz-wise".
Matsushita asks it's employees to spend more money on their own products.
"Boycott Adobe" -sites emerge on the web... (see why)
Microsoft changes it's mind about WinXP product activation?
NEC brings "FireWire" to PDA's.

CHIP (CPUs, CHIP-SETs, MEMORY) Roundup
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Mobile "Tualatins" (0.13um PIIIs) out before the end of the July.
Intel getting ready to seriously cut P4 prices.
Rumour has it that Intel will ship 1GHz Celerons by September.
1.2 Ghz (0.13um) PIII's on sale in Japan.
Latest Intel "Mobile" roadmap.
Latest Intel "Desktop" roadmap..
Desktop PIII to be "killed of" by years end.
Memory maker Hynix to limit DRAM output by shutting down US plant.

Software Roundup
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No JAVA in WinXP.
Another serious security flaw in Microsoft's IIS, exploited by "Code Red" worm.
Desktop X finally let's you change your Win Desktop without "hacks"?
Mac OS 10.1 delayed til September.

Misc Science Roundup (Astronomy & other)
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Chandra detects "hot gas halo" around "Milky-way-like" galaxy.
Global warming revisited...