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[IMAGE]	[IMAGE] 	[IMAGE]	 [IMAGE]   In the News  June 7, 2001  [IMAGE]  [IMAGE]Rolling blackouts, silver linings  [IMAGE]3Com warns; discontinues cable, DSL  [IMAGE]Intel stands by its original target  [IMAGE]Microsoft, Red Hat set open-source debate  [IMAGE]Optics gear on parade at SuperComm  [IMAGE]HP storage goals switch channels   [IMAGE]  [IMAGE]   [IMAGE]  [IMAGE]  Special reports [IMAGE]  [IMAGE]    Instant replay Microsoft's instant messaging tactics are reminiscent of those the company employed in the browser wars. Read Full Story   [IMAGE]   [IMAGE]   Rolling blackouts, silver linings  Although California's energy crisis panics most technology companies in Silicon Valley, some start-ups aren't afraid of the dark. Executives in the energy niche say the Golden State's rolling blackouts have made venture capitalists take notice of their projects and prospects. Once considered a relatively dull subset of the broader technology sector filled with Old Economy utility behemoths, the energy industry has expanded to include start-ups such as business-to-business e-commerce ventures that build online exchanges for energy providers.  June 7, 2001, 12:40 p.m. PT  |  Read Full Story  [IMAGE]  3Com warns; discontinues cable, DSL  The network equipment maker, which has now announced an earnings warning for three straight quarters, said it now expects to earn $450 million to $475 million for the fourth quarter ended June 1. Company executives previously expected earnings of $550 to $600 million, a 3Com representative said.  June 7, 2001, 1:35 p.m. PT  |  Read Full Story  [IMAGE]  Intel stands by its original target  Intel stuck to its original sales range for the second quarter. After market close Thursday and before its midquarter earnings report, the maker of PC processors, chipsets and communications chips said revenue, gross margin and expenses for the second quarter would be slightly below the midpoint of the range predicted by the company in April.  June 7, 2001, 1:35 p.m. PT |  Read Full Story  [IMAGE]  Microsoft, Red Hat set open-source debate  After claiming last month that the open-source model is flawed and "responsible for releasing unhealthy code," Microsoft Senior Vice President Craig Mundie is set to debate the issue at an open-source conference in July. Mundie is expected to explain why Microsoft's vision of "shared source" software, where the software giant makes the source code of some of its products available to customers and partners while still maintaining the intellectual property rights, is better than open source.  June 7, 2001, 1:25 p.m. PT  |  Read Full Story  [IMAGE]  Optics gear on parade at SuperComm  Fiber-optic hardware makers strutted their stuff at SuperComm 2001, as the communications industry gathered in Atlanta to view the latest offerings from the equipment sector. Companies such as Nortel Networks, Lucent Technologies, Corning and smaller manufacturers introduced a variety of new optical gear at the annual communications industry conference, despite sluggish sales in the past year. Equipment for metropolitan networks and systems capable of 40 gigabit-per-second speeds were particularly prominent.  June 7, 2001, 11:55 a.m. PT  |  Read Full Story  [IMAGE]  HP storage goals switch channels  Hewlett-Packard will expand its storage products in a new direction in coming months, a move that will mean new competition against a host of networking competitors. HP currently sells storage systems, the devices that actually hold information. But by the end of this year or early next year, HP will introduce a high-end network switch for shuttling data between storage devices, Nora Denzel, vice president of HP's Network Storage Solutions Organization, said in an interview at HP's semiannual analyst day Wednesday.  June 7, 2001, 12:45 p.m. PT  |  Read Full Story  [IMAGE] 	 [IMAGE]  Visit the CNET Research Library, powered by Bitpipe   Also from CNET    IT Manager Community from Tech Republic   Featured Comparison: 50 Most Popular Handhelds   Test Your Internet Connection   Laid off? Apply for a new tech job   Build an Online Photo Album    	 [IMAGE]  [IMAGE]  [IMAGE]  [IMAGE]  	[IMAGE]	


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