2001.12.10 - 2001.12.16   |   A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
| This week ends the 5:th year of constant updates on this site. |
General IT (General, Business, Financial, Misc)
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IT on the rebound thanx to Cell Phone biz?
AOL invests $200 million in Gateway.
Infineon - Toshiba merger close..
Sun's liberty alliance to "fight" MS passport.
Playstation 2 gets online gaming in April.
..while XBox online gaming is coming in May?
Sony hunts down PS2 "mod-chip" makers.
MS Hotmail still runs on Unix.
Dell sued over MPEG2 patents.
Charges against "Adobe hacker" dropped.

Science Roundup (Science & Astronomy)
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New evidence of water on Mars.
EU's Astrophysical Virtual Observatory starts.
Quantum cryptography another step closer.
Moon based Earth defence system discussed.
CHIP Roundup (CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
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AMD launches MPX chipset and new AtlonMP.
Intel 845D chipset to quickly replace the 845.
AMD CPU product line & pricing.
VIA releases DDR chipset form mobile Athlons.
ATI's P4 chipset out in 1Q 2002.
ATI to launch Radeon 8500 for Mac.
Hynix prepares to fight for it's survival..
TSMC ramp up 0.13 um production.
VIA & Intel settle one of it's lawsuit deals.
Bitboys still hanging in there?


Software Roundup (General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
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Win XP to get USB 2.0 & Bluetooth support.
Microsoft patents a "Secure PC" OS.
Intel gives away image recognition software.
MS releases critical IE security patch.
AOL launches Mac OS X software.
Future DVDs will play WindowsMedia format.