2004.12.20 - 2004.12.26   |   A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
General IT (General, Business, Financial, Misc)
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2005 expected to be a turbulent IT year.
Toshiba takes HD DVD promotion initiative.
Nintendo ships 2M DS consoles first month.
EU forces M$ to ship mediaplayer-free WinXP.
ATI posts strong results.
Car makers to create WLAN for cars by 2006.
Mobile phones can alter DNA?
Western Digital claims bigger, cooler drives.

Software Roundup (General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
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EA buys 20% of UbiSoft.
Sonic Solutions buys Roxio without Napster.
Google fixes flaw in Google Desktop.
Worm defaces thousands of phpBB sites.
Semiconductor Roundup (CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
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ATI R520 to face nv48 in 2Q 2005?
AMD roadmap details for 2005 leaked.
Intel to release a cheaper Grantsdale version?

Science Roundup (Science & Astronomy)
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Huygens probe detaches from Cassini orbiter.
Young galaxies baffle astronomers.
Mars volcanoes possibly still active?
NASA picks Lunar Orbiter mission team.