2005.10.17 - 2005.10.23   |   A summary of the past weeks main technology & science news. Updated every Sunday.
General IT (General, Business, Financial, Misc)
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PC sales rising again.
Nokia dominates phones sales.
Hunt for file sharers intensifies in Sweden.
IBM posts strong 3Q.
Intel posts $10bn revnues for 3Q.
Motorola posts healthy 3Q earnings.
Google shows strong 3Q revenue.
HP demands changes to Blue Ray format.
Apple sued over iPod Nano quality issues.
Samsung shows phone with 3GB HD.
Apple ships Macs with dual-core CPUs.

Software Roundup (General SW, Security, Virus-alerts)
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Open Office 2.0 finally (officially) released.
Microsoft's "shared source" analyzed.
Macromedia to bring Flash to mobile devices?
Firefox reaches 100M downloads.
Trojan masquerades as Skype.
Semiconductor Roundup (CPUs, Chip-sets, Memory)
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AMD readies CPU price-cuts.
Dual core Xeons too hot, too slow?
Fujitsu adds Opterons to its server line.

Science Roundup (Science & Astronomy)
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Venus Express launch delayed.
China's astronauts return safely.
Building blocks of life abundant in space.
Astronomers revise "crater theory".