2001.10.01 - 2001.10.07
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A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
| "Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." - Mao Zedong |
General IT
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World's first 3G network premieres in Tokyo.
Ericsson-Sony to reconsider MS alliance?
Music industry finds new targtets after Napster.
MS Pocket PC 2002 is gaining support..
UK company to hold servers in nuclear bunker.
Semiconductor sales down by 42% in August.
Floppy drives to finally be removed from PC's.
Phil Zimmerman comments strong encryption.
Beenz.com returns from the dead.
AMD in the "red" again, after poor sales in 3Q.
Software Roundup
(Gemeral SW, games, Virus-alerts)
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Win XP compatibility issues noted.
NetWitness, a (FBI) Carnivore substitute.
Star Office 6.0 beta available for download.
Microsoft tries to make IIS secure.
CHIP Roundup
(CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
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nVidia launches it's GeForce "Titanium" family.
IBM's Power4 CPU debuts in
Regatta
servers.
Intel on large mobile offensive..
Intel's latets desktop roadmap.
AMD Duron hits 1.1GHz.
Intel Celeron at 1.2 GHz.
Athlon XP price scaring away system builders?
A look at Athlon XP prices.
AMD trademarks "QuantiSpeed".
DRAM prices still falling.
Terascale Computing System goes on line.
Science Roundup
(Science & Astronomy)
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NASA's MAP-probe ready to start charting.
New hints about the limits of life?
