2001.12.17 - 2001.12.23
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A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
| Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate it! May you have a pleasant holiday with individuals of your preference :-) |
General IT
(General, Business, Financial, Misc)
RELATED STORIES:
HP joins anti-MS Liberty Alliance.
MS turns to court to fight Lindows.
Sony winning against PS mod-chip makers.
Broadcom shrugs off Intel lawsuit.
Xerox wins patent twist with Palm.
Micron buying Toshiba's DRAM assets.
WD buying Fujitsu's HD biz.
Europe's server sales down again.
USB Peer-to-peer specs released.
Motorola getting rid of more fabs.
Software Roundup
(General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
RELATED STORIES:
MS warns of severe security hole in WinXP.
FBI concerned over lack of Windows security.
FBI already collecting "keystroke logs"?
CHIP Roundup
(CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
RELATED STORIES:
IBM demos quantum computing.
AMD releases 1GHz mobile Duron.
VIA releases faster C3 processor.
TI beats Motorola to Palm contract.
2001 - Not a good year for semiconductor biz.
Science Roundup
(Science & Astronomy)
RELATED STORIES:
NASA greenlights planet-search mission.
World Technology Awards for 2001.
Top 10 science advances of 2001.
US's largest Ion collider goes online.
