2002.08.26 - 2002.09.01
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A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
| "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." [Robert F. Kennedy] |
General IT
(General, Business, Financial, Misc)
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Sony & M$ cut console prices.
Broadband could be worth $500bn/year?
RIAA blames lower sales on Net piracy.
RIAA website hacked.
Ericsson concerned over mobile phone biz.
Samsung, #3 in mobile phone shipments.
HP posts expected loss for 2Q.
Recovery sighted in IT sector?
2Q sees revenue drop for servers.
Sony plan to build PlayStations in Europe?
Software Roundup
(General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
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Netscape launches Navigator 7.0.
(Mozilla-based.)
DirectX 9.0 delayed?
NSA's secure Linux, a threat to M$?
(How ironic!)
JVC to offer new kind of CD copy-protection.
Mobile phone games get early Java boost.
MP3 royalties hit hardware makers?
M$ volume licensing re-examined...
More on product key-check in WinXP SP1.
HP, Dell replace M$ Works with WordPerfect.
nVidia claims boost with Detonator 40.41.
RedHat expands Linux enterprise-plans.
Semiconductor Roundup
(CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
RELATED STORIES:
Intel intros new chips, new prices.
ATI launches mobility RADEON 9000.
AMD intros 2200+ Athlon MP chip.
AMD targets 32bit market with 64bit Opteron?
Intel dominated chip-set market in 2Q.
Where is nVidia's nForce2 chip-set??
No place for Intel's "Hyperthreading"?
ASUS intros KT400 based mobo, A7V8x
P4 overclocks to 4GHz with liquid Nitrogen.
Science Roundup
(Science & Astronomy)
RELATED STORIES:
ESA launches new com & weather satellites.
NASA to investigate CONTOUR loss.
Earth's precise age pinned down.
Improved "near-eye displays" show promise.
Signs of early Earth impact.
NASA's new baloon sets new record.
