2002.09.16 - 2002.09.22   |   A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
| "The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them." [Albert Einstein] |
General IT (General, Business, Financial, Misc)
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Alcatel to cut another 23,000 jobs.
M$ Servicepacks cause antitrust action.
Troubled WorldCom cuts 2,000 EU jobs.
Hong Kong tops mobile Internet usage.
White House outlines secure Net strategy.
Motorola suffers major roadmap leak.
Infineon explains new company strategy.
Fujitsu Siemens deal with HD trouble.
Pioneer DVD burner too hot to handle?
No end to US Patent Office stupidity?

Software Roundup (General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
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EA (SimsOnline) stikes deal with McDonalds.
M$ patches it's flawed JVM.
OpenGL2.0 chooses GLslang over nVidia's Cg.
The man behind Word, Excel leaves M$.
PixelShader 3.0 details leaked.
Password sniffing bug patched with SP1 for XP.
M$ tries to stop HotMail spam.
Semiconductor Roundup (CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
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Intel launches mobile chips. Lot's of them.
Intel presents tri-gate transistor.
Sun's 130nm Ultra Sparc III hits 1.2GHz.
Intel releases 2.0 GHz Celeron.
Apple considering 64-bit IBM chip?
VIA pushes for Quad Band Memory (QBM).
Sun outline future CPU strategy.
nForce2 finally arriving?
nVidia about to ship AGP8x versions of GF4.
NEC, Toshiba join in MRAM venture.
SIS dual DDR333 P4 chipset out in November.
Samsung already at 90nm?
Intel spreads Hyperthreading-headache?

Science Roundup (Science & Astronomy)
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Signs of water detected on extrasolar planets?
Large amounts of Antimatter created at CERN?
Another Jupiter-like extrasolar planet found.
New class of black holes discovered.
New "Collapsing Universe" theory presented.
Japanese scientist reviving Nozomi craft.
Mars Eagle testfligt succesful.