* Will the real Bill Gates please stand up? * Judge's decision means uncertain future for PeopleSoft * Cisco to acquire network monitoring provider NetSolve * P2P company charges RIAA with patent infringement * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 stories
Bill Gates probably has the most easily identifiable face in the world of IT. So, naturally, there’s a demand for Gates impersonators. This week’s A Wider Net finds two of them – and they just happen to live near the Redmond, Wash., campus. Does it pay to have Gates’ looks but not his money? Find out in our story. Will the real Bill Gates please stand up? http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604widernetgates.html?net
Bill Gates probably has the most easily identifiable face in the world of IT. So, naturally, there’s a demand for Gates impersonators. This week’s A Wider Net finds two of them – and they just happen to live near the Redmond, Wash., campus. Does it pay to have Gates’ looks but not his money? Find out in our story.
Will the real Bill Gates please stand up?
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604widernetgates.html?net
Judge’s decision means uncertain future for PeopleSoft
As a judge rules that the government can’t bar Oracle from buying PeopleSoft, what was supposed to be a quick takeover is turning into a long siege. Oracle still has to get around PeopleSoft’s “poison pill” provisions that are supposed to prevent hostile takeovers – but with slumping sales, PeopleSoft’s shareholders might decide that Oracle’s buyout is the right thing after all.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0910judgedecis.html?net
Cisco to acquire network monitoring provider NetSolve
Cisco channel partners will be able to offer real-time monitoring of enterprises’ networks following the company’s planned acquisition of NetSolve, which was announced Thursday.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0909ciscotoac.html?net
P2P company charges RIAA with patent infringement
The litigious Recording Industry Association of America is involved in another legal dispute with a peer-to-peer technology maker, but this time, the RIAA is on defense. Altnet filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing the RIAA and several of its partners of infringing an Altnet patent covering technology for identifying requested files on a P2P network.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0909ptopartn.html?net
Today on Layer 8, your shot of energy for getting through a Friday:
The editors are a little tired after a week of late-night Red Sox games from the West Coast and the thrilling season opener of the Patriots last night, but we’re still at the helm to provide you with the best of Web entertainment. Today, we bring you NASA’s Chicken Gun; a printer built from Legos that uses chocolate ink; Beer, gadgets and wireless news; and, the Puppy Enforcer. Also, don’t forget to enter this week’s Caption Contest before the end of the day.
https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net
This week’s top 5 stories so far:
1. Feature: Someone to watch over the ‘Net
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/090604sans.html?net
2. Will the real Bill Gates please stand up?
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604widernetgates.html?net
3. LAN services to get new look
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604vpls.html?net
4. 10G still prepping for big dance
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/09060410g.html?net
5. Verizon offers 3M bit/sec DSL
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0907verdsl.html?net
