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=20 =09=09=09[IMAGE] =09=09=09=09 [IMAGE]=09[IMAGE] =09[IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE] In the News June 6, 2001 [IMAGE= ] [IMAGE]Blackout betrays Web's weak spot [IMAGE]Free-speech lawsuit targ= ets record industry [IMAGE]Clowning around at Computex [IMAGE]U.S. PC shi= pments seen declining [IMAGE]Future Power settles iMac suit [IMAGE]Lucent= to offer early retirement to 10,000 [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] = Special reports [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Connection is king Day 3 of "Death of = the free Web" examines AOL's journey from criticized to lionized. Read Full= Story [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Blackout betrays Web's weak spot For much of = the past week, two large stretches of the Internet turned invisible to each= other. Unlike the electrical outages plaguing California, which no one wan= ts, this intentional blackout suited the purposes of one side in the collap= se of talks between two major Internet service providers, Cable & Wireless = and the financially strapped PSINet. A critical link between the two networ= ks was cut, blocking some companies from seeing their own Web sites, and st= alling e-mail between thousands of sources. June 6, 2001, 10:30 a.m. PT |= Read Full Story [IMAGE] Free-speech lawsuit targets record industry Th= e Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of a g= roup of scientists, asking that they be allowed to publish research on anti= -copying technology despite protests from the entertainment industry. The p= aper, which discusses weaknesses in some watermarking technology that recor= d companies were considering as protection for their music, was quashed in = April after the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) and the Recording In= dustry Association of America discouraged Princeton professor Edward Felten= from presenting his findings, saying he risked breaking copyright laws. J= une 6, 2001, 12:25 p.m. PT | Read Full Story [IMAGE] Clowning around at= Computex The war of words between Via Technologies and rival Intel has be= en fast and furious as usual, but the most heated comments at Computex are = not about which deals were cut, but rather which balloons. Both chipmakers = wanted to show the support that exists for their processors and chipsets by= having companies that use their products display balloons with the chipmak= ers' respective logos at this week's trade show here. June 6, 2001, 11:45 = a.m. PT | Read Full Story [IMAGE] U.S. PC shipments seen declining The = next couple of years will be lean ones in the PC industry, research firm ID= C predicted on Wednesday. IDC revised its 2001 forecast for overall PC ship= ments, lowering projections for the United States and worldwide. For the fi= rst time, U.S. shipments are expected to decline from the preceding year. = June 6, 2001, 11:55 a.m. PT | Read Full Story [IMAGE] Future Power sett= les iMac suit Future Power on Tuesday said it has settled a lawsuit with A= pple Computer, which claimed the company sold a look-alike version of its p= opular, fruit-colored iMac computers. Apple, which filed the federal lawsui= t against Future Power in July 1999, had contested the company's right to s= ell an all-in-one system built around a 15-inch monitor available in transl= ucent colors similar to the iMac. The case had been scheduled for trial in = the U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif., the company said. June 6, 200= 1, 7:20 a.m. PT | Read Full Story [IMAGE] Lucent to offer early retirem= ent to 10,000 Lucent Technologies will offer early retirement to more than= 10,000 managers as part of the telecommunications equipment company's effo= rt to cut costs and buoy its foundering operations. The action is another i= n a series of measures that the Murray Hill, N.J.-based company is taking t= o get itself shipshape again. Lucent is already in the middle of a restruct= uring plan, in which 2,000 employees have been let go thus far, and that in= cludes layoffs of 10,000 by July. The 10,000 early retirees are not part of= the layoff tally. June 6, 2001, 9:10 a.m. PT | Read Full Story [IMAGE]= =09 [IMAGE] Visit the CNET Research Library, powered by Bitpipe Also fr= om CNET IT Manager Community from Tech Republic Featured Comparison: 5= 0 Most Popular Handhelds Test Your Internet Connection Laid off? Apply = for a new tech job Build an Online Photo Album =09 [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [= IMAGE] [IMAGE] =09[IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE]=09[IMAGE]=09[IMAGE]=09[IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMA= GE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Algorithm sharpens digital photos Peyman Milanfar, = professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz, explains how you c= an get a clearer picture by shaking your camera. 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