2006.06.19 - 2006.06.25   |   A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every weekend.

RELATED STORIES: Nokia, Siemens merge phone network biz. US Gov behind the Pirate Bay shut down? 1/3 of Europeans lack basic computer skills. Mitsubishi to release DL HD DVD-R media. EC wants to dump "copyright levies". HDMI specs updated (1.3). RELATED STORIES: ESA, Russia cooperate on spaceship design? Space telescope to test mini-black hole theory. IBM runs silicon chip at 500GHz. China plans manned Lunar mission for 2024. US Army to deply safe(?)robot army.

RELATED STORIES: 65W dual core Athlons on sale. ATI signs up UMC for 80nm chips. Socket AM2 already supports "reverse HT"? Big price cuts on CPUs expected in July. AMD's Next-gen architecture to arrive in 2008. ATI's 80nm chip plans leaked. Socket F Opterons get new names. Next ATI IGP chipset to support DX10, SM4.0? ATI's next-gen R600 still on schedule? RELATED STORIES: Web-browser Opera 9.0 released. Yahoo!, M$ launch updated "messengers". M$ wakes up late, scrambles "physics team"?