2001.12.03 - 2001.12.09   |   A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
| This week, the long awaited, mysterious "IT" has been presented to the public... Read about it below... |
General IT (General, Business, Financial, Misc)
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Is this IT? The revolutionary "Segway" revealed.
Nintendo's GameCube doing well in US.
Ballmer to take control over MS phone biz.
Philips another step closer to e-paper.
SonicBlue and it's DigitalVideo Rec. patents.
Hewlett Jr claims Compaq merger will ruin HP.
Amazon buys what's left of Egghead.com.
Steve Wozniak enters smartphone biz.
Apple ready to launch iMac2 with LCDs?
...and with Quanta making the hardware...
Older Nokia phones troubled by SMS bug.
Toshiba & Siemens break off 3G co-op.

Science Roundup (Science & Astronomy)
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Astronomers discover another big Black Hole.
NASA has selected it's Pluto mission.
Astronomers are seeing dark matter.
CHIP Roundup (CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
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AMD & IBM reveal "TeraHertz Transistors".
Kentron shows working Quad Band Memory.
PPC G5:s soon available in volume after all?
Motorola confirms "Apollo G4's" for 1Q 2002.
Rambus co-founders unveil 3D memory chip.
Intel's current product line & pricing.
Intel's latest price cuts.
Micron & Hynix in merger talks?
P4 chip shortage to end 1Q 2002.
Samsung & Hynix to charge more for RAM.
Sun moving UltraSparc to Taiwan?

Software Roundup (General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
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FBI's "Magic Lantern", true or false?
Previous Novell security bug explained.
Mac OS X 10.2 delayed til 2H 2002?
Sharp's upcoming PDA needs software.
Opera browser hits version 6.