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97 [IMAGE]Sun invests in database company [IMAGE]Cisco boosts networking=
technology [IMAGE]Tech mecca fears China's shadow [IMAGE]PC buyers step =
back from speed derby [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Special report=
s [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Naked empires Day 2 of "Death of the free Web" asks i=
f the billions being spent for Web traffic are worth it. Read Full Story =
[IMAGE] [IMAGE] Napster's new deal Napster has agreed to use a new mus=
ic service being developed by three major record labels in a legal version =
of the popular file-swapping network. According to sources close to the dea=
l, the agreement would ultimately allow Napster to sell songs offered by Mu=
sicNet, a company created by media software developer RealNetworks and thre=
e major labels--AOL Time Warner's Warner Music Group, EMI Recorded Music an=
d Bertelsmann's BMG Entertainment. June 5, 2001, 9:30 a.m. PT | Read Ful=
l Story [IMAGE] Microsoft ends free support for Office 97 In another mov=
e at least partly aimed at prodding people to upgrading their software, Mic=
rosoft has ended its free support for customers of its most popular busines=
s software product. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant on Friday began=
charging for person-to-person troubleshooting advice regarding Office 97. =
People wishing to pay the fee may call Microsoft or submit a personal servi=
ce request on Microsoft's support site. Or they can scan Microsoft's online=
support library and try to find answers themselves for free. June 5, 2001=
, 12:35 p.m. PT | Read Full Story [IMAGE] Sun invests in database compa=
ny Sun Microsystems is among those that invested $22 million in Clustra Sy=
stems, a company working to make databases less susceptible to computer cra=
shes. Clustra's database software, originally designed for telecommunicatio=
ns companies and now being expanded for online companies as well, is design=
ed to stay up and running on several computers even if one crashes or is un=
usable during maintenance. June 5, 2001, 12:45 p.m. PT | Read Full Story =
[IMAGE] Cisco boosts networking technology At the SuperComm 2001 telecom=
munications trade show in Atlanta on Tuesday, Cisco said that it has enhanc=
ed its family of Internet routers and developed new software that will allo=
w telecommunications service providers to more easily manage a network buil=
t with Cisco's hardware. With the software, for example, service providers =
will be able to offer Net access to customers without sending technicians t=
o their homes or businesses. June 5, 2001, 12:45 p.m. PT | Read Full Sto=
ry [IMAGE] Tech mecca fears China's shadow Computex, the world's third-l=
argest trade show, highlights chip rivalries, handheld computers and the pr=
oblems facing Taiwan's tech-heavy economy. June 5, 2001, 12:35 p.m. PT | =
Read Full Story [IMAGE] PC buyers step back from speed derby Chipmakers=
are locked in arms race of producing ever-faster processors, but many cons=
umers are shunning the speed demons in favor of slower, budget-priced PCs. =
Recent sales forecasts show Intel's cutting-edge Pentium 4 lagging well beh=
ind expectations, with some analysts predicting the chip leader will sell o=
nly half the 20 million Pentium 4 chips it anticipated this year. June 5, =
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