2002.02.18 - 2002.02.24
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A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
| "The first casualty of war is objectivity" [Daniel Sevo] |
General IT
(General, Business, Financial, Misc)
RELATED STORIES:
Manufacturers agree on future DVD standard.
Be Inc sues Microsoft.
M$ declares war with PDA/Phone combo plan.
Motorola signs AOL for mobile Instant Mess.
Second thoughts about GPRS security.
kickme.to
wins court battle against BSA.
AltaVista discontinues free web-mail services.
Biometric passports for brits within 4 years?
M$ reorganizes Pocket PC biz.
Music Industry "kicked where it hurts"..
Google streamlines pay-per-click rules.
HP Jr suggests "Plan B".
Nokia willing to share network technology..
Walmart starts selling cheaper OS-free PCs.
Science Roundup
(Science & Astronomy)
RELATED STORIES:
Mars Odyssey finally goes to work.
FUSE craft back in business after clever fix.
Earth sized alien planets found before 2020?
Successful Ariane Intelsat 904 satellite launch.
Faster route to Pluto found for New Horizons.
Possible origin for supermassive Black Holes.
CHIP Roundup
(CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
RELATED STORIES:
AMD prepares it's "Hammer" chipset.
nVidia strikes at WS market with new Quadro.
DRAM prices rise again.
MIPS & Toshiba team up on new RISC CPU.
VIA makes shift to DDR333 easy for devs.
New, cheap CMOS Imaging Sensor introduced.
Software Roundup
(General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
RELATED STORIES:
This weeks major M$ security holes.
Peek-a-booty "censor buster" now available?
"SafeWeb" not so safe after all?
ICQ mass-hacked?
New "worm" tries to delete files.
Denmark dumps Windows over price issue?
US Air traffic ctrl, safe from hackers?
Expert to analyze Win XP source code.
