2005.12.19 - 2005.12.25   |   A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
General IT (General, Business, Financial, Misc)
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EU threatens Microsoft with daily fines.
HD maker Seagate buys Maxtor.
ATI returns to profit.
Palm sales exceed expectations?
Belgian newspaper to appear on e-paper?
Sony follows Samsung with 82in LCD TV.
Hitachi to sell 5TB HDs by 2010?

Science Roundup (Science & Astronomy)
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New moons and rings found at Uranus.
NASA's Pluto mission seems good to go.
New telescopes to monitor asteroids.
Possible Beagle 2 crash site found.
US test-flies another ScramJet implementation.
Semiconductor Roundup (CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
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ATI's Radeon X1900 nearing release?
Intel to synch Conroe CPU and 965 chip-set.
20 Japanese firms sue US CPU patent holder.
Another "bendy chip" breakthrough surfaces.

Software Roundup (General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
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France to allow flat-fee P2P downloads?
Google trials mobile gmail service.
Wikipedia co-founder starts anew.
IE on Mac sees end of the line.
Santa worm hits IM users.
Top Japanese firms take aim at Google.
WoW passes 5 million players milestone.
Valve releases 64-bit version of Half Life 2.