2002.12.23 - 2002.12.29
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A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
General IT
(General, Business, Financial, Misc)
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1.5TB DVD's on the drawing board.
US preparing extensive Net surveillance.
Micro$oft must adopt Sun's JAVA?
Mobile games boom, MMS gloom?
M$ shows interest in Macromedia?
EU to start new game rating next year.
Asustek enters smartphone biz.
Orange pulls out of Swedish 3G race.
SanFrancisco bans SegWays.
Software Roundup
(General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
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Small WinXP gaming bug fixed.
Hotmail running on Solaris?
Semiconductor Roundup
(CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
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A few GeForceFX's to hit retail in January?
Athlon 64 prototype benchmarked.
nVidia
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ATI chips made by TSMC?
Mitsubishi, Hitachi in joint chip venture.
Begun the FlashMem wars have.
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SiS chipset also supports hyperthreading.
New ATI FireGL GFX cards on the way.
Intel lowers chipset prices.
Rare breakthrough in heatsink technology.
Science Roundup
(Science & Astronomy)
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Top scientific discoveries of 2002.
Mars Global Surveyor ends 2nd Martian year.
Jupiter moon tally hits 40.
INTEGRAL satellite gets a good start.
NASA's next big challenge, it's budget.
China soon to engage manned space missions?
