January 31, 2002

CNNmoney has a write-up of the soon to be introduced nVidia GeForce 4. The article notes that while the chip is to be introduced on February 5th, the use of the value MX version are listed as part of the new dual 1GHz Power Mac G4 from Apple. No technical details beyond the use of 64 MB of DDR memory are given. 9:42:21 PM     Wired News reports that a Dutch court has today ordered the KaZaA file-sharing network to be shutdown on the grounds that the program encouraged copyright infringement. After briefly stopping downloads of the KaZaA client, the program’s new owner Sharman Networks Ltd allowed them to resume. It’s not clear if this is legal or they are ignoring the court. 9:35:46 PM     Ha’aretz reports on Belgian Jews and how the actions of the Belgian government are beginning to remind then of the 1930’s and 40’s. Belgium position on the Middle East is seen by increasing numbers of Jews as so longer based on advancing the peace process but a hatred of Israel. Belgium’s attacks on the sitting Israeli Prime Minister have made the situation worse. 9:20:17 PM

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