2006.04.10 - 2006.04.16   |   A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
General IT (General, Business, Financial, Misc)
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No official showing of PS3 at E3?
Internet video services to boom by 2010.
BenQ sells optical drive division to LiteOn.

Software Roundup (General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
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VMware releases free Virtual machine format.
Google gets patent for voice search.
Intel chipset feature has security hole?
Microsoft releases security updates for WinXP.
Goolge releases online calendar service.
Semiconductor Roundup (CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
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AMD finally breaks 3GHz barrier with Opteron.
ATI targets nVidia's GF7900GT with X1900GT.
"Yonah" -based Celeron ships in Japan.
nVidia preps GeForce 7950 GTX 2?
IBM creates "security chip".
Ageia PhysX card heading for retail.

Science Roundup (Science & Astronomy)
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Russians present ambitious Moon plan.
First color images from Mars Rec. orbiter.
NASA plans to crash probe onto Lunar surface.