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]  [IMAGE]Rolling blackouts, silver linings  [IMAGE]3Com warns; discontinue=
s 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]  [IMA=
GE]  Special reports [IMAGE]  [IMAGE]    Instant replay Microsoft's instant=
 messaging tactics are reminiscent of those the company employed in the bro=
wser wars. Read Full Story   [IMAGE]   [IMAGE]   Rolling blackouts, silver =
linings  Although California's energy crisis panics most technology compani=
es 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 vent=
ure capitalists take notice of their projects and prospects. Once considere=
d a relatively dull subset of the broader technology sector filled with Old=
 Economy utility behemoths, the energy industry has expanded to include sta=
rt-ups such as business-to-business e-commerce ventures that build online e=
xchanges for energy providers.  June 7, 2001, 12:40 p.m. PT  |  Read Full S=
tory  [IMAGE]  3Com warns; discontinues cable, DSL  The network equipment m=
aker, which has now announced an earnings warning for three straight quarte=
rs, 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. P=
T  |  Read Full Story  [IMAGE]  Intel stands by its original target  Intel =
stuck to its original sales range for the second quarter. After market clos=
e Thursday and before its midquarter earnings report, the maker of PC proce=
ssors, chipsets and communications chips said revenue, gross margin and exp=
enses for the second quarter would be slightly below the midpoint of the ra=
nge 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 claim=
ing last month that the open-source model is flawed and "responsible for re=
leasing unhealthy code," Microsoft Senior Vice President Craig Mundie is se=
t to debate the issue at an open-source conference in July. Mundie is expec=
ted to explain why Microsoft's vision of "shared source" software, where th=
e software giant makes the source code of some of its products available to=
 customers and partners while still maintaining the intellectual property r=
ights, is better than open source.  June 7, 2001, 1:25 p.m. PT  |  Read Ful=
l Story  [IMAGE]  Optics gear on parade at SuperComm  Fiber-optic hardware =
makers strutted their stuff at SuperComm 2001, as the communications indust=
ry gathered in Atlanta to view the latest offerings from the equipment sect=
or. Companies such as Nortel Networks, Lucent Technologies, Corning and sma=
ller manufacturers introduced a variety of new optical gear at the annual c=
ommunications 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-Packar=
d will expand its storage products in a new direction in coming months, a m=
ove that will mean new competition against a host of networking competitors=
. HP currently sells storage systems, the devices that actually hold inform=
ation. 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 De=
nzel, vice president of HP's Network Storage Solutions Organization, said i=
n an interview at HP's semiannual analyst day Wednesday.  June 7, 2001, 12:=
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