2002.08.12 - 2002.08.18   |   A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
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General IT (General, Business, Financial, Misc)
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Xbox goes online on November 15:th 2002.
PS2 goes online on August 27:th in US.
Nokia to outsource production to Taiwan?
Chinese market showing strong growth.
HP becomes Micro$oft's support?
BT Broadband kicking users of P2P?
Apple launches new PowerMacs.
IBM cuts 15,000 jobs.
Dell & RedHat co-operate on Linux migration.
Wireless LAN threatens 3G rollout in US?
Rumours about Dell PDA´s.
MP3 good for the music biz?
IBM, M$ & BEA agree on net services.
Sony not concerned by Xbox price-cuts?
Shadow Robot Co. brings "Judgment Day"?

Science Roundup (Science & Astronomy)
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NASA´s CONTOUR spacecraft not responding.
Single molecules made to emit light.
ISS spacewalks aim to improve protection.
CHIP Roundup (CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
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Intel turns up the heat again?
AMD cuts Athlon XP prices.
Rumour: AMD to release XP 2400, 2600 soon?
All 533MHz P4s to support hyperthreading?
XP2800+, the first Athlon with 333MHz FSB?
Intel preparing 90nm fabs for next year.
China, the new super-computer power?
VIA KT400 based boards start showing up.
nVidia explains it's position.
Trident strikes back with new Graphics chip?
Infineon refines chip tech.

Software Roundup (General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
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SSL in IE defeated.
Sun brings back Solaris to x86.
Unix CDE security issues.
Win2k SP3 EULA workaround?
Sun's own Linux distro, Red Hat compatible?
Security issue with Apache running on Win.
PGP & GnuGP defeated.
First version of Linux for Xbox is here.
FBI agent accused of hacking.