2005.08.01 - 2005.08.07   |   A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
General IT (General, Business, Financial, Misc)
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Xbox 360 demoed at SIGGRAPH.
Nokia names next CEO.
HD DVD group slams BluRay reliability?
Mozilla creates commercial branch.
Apple launches iTunes in Japan.
Time Warner settles $2.5bn AOL legal claim.
Graphics card cooled with liquid metal.

Software Roundup (General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
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New Win patch-pack coming.
PHP losing ground?
Proof-of-concept virus hits Vista beta.
Semiconductor Roundup (CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
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AMD intros new CPU models, cuts prices.
Physics processor (PPU) ready for production?
IBM readies next-gen SiliconGermanium chips.
3DLabs announces Wildcat Realizm 500.
ATI to release Crossfire in September?
New nVidia chip-set to include 'Pure Video'.
Intel upgrades Itanium's FSB.
Intel cans several mobile CPU models.
DRAM sales falling.
Elpida sampling 4GB 'Fully Buffered' DIMMs.

Science Roundup (Science & Astronomy)
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Discovery's underside fixed(?) after spacewalk.
Hidden black holes found.