NetFlash: VC feeding frenzy over, but Buck’s keeps cookin’

Plenty of bucks traded hands at Buck’s, the restaurant in Silicon Valley where venture capitalists and technologists got together to break bread and turn dreams into reality during the dot-com boom. Today, Buck’s remains a landmark, and owner Jamis MacNiven has lots of great stories to tell – enough for a book (just released). In this week’s Wider Net story, Network World gives a glimpse into the man, the restaurant, the legend. VC feeding frenzy over, but Buck’s keeps cookin’ http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0531widernetbucks.html?net

Plenty of bucks traded hands at Buck’s, the restaurant in Silicon Valley where venture capitalists and technologists got together to break bread and turn dreams into reality during the dot-com boom. Today, Buck’s remains a landmark, and owner Jamis MacNiven has lots of great stories to tell – enough for a book (just released). In this week’s Wider Net story, Network World gives a glimpse into the man, the restaurant, the legend.

VC feeding frenzy over, but Buck’s keeps cookin’

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0531widernetbucks.html?net

Former Symbol execs indicted

The scandal at Symbol Technologies reached a new level yesterday as seven of the company’s former leaders – plus its former general counsel – were charged with fraudulent practices that allegedly inflated earnings and lined their pockets.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0603symbol.html?net

SCO seeks more code from IBM

After reviewing Unix source code provided by IBM, The SCO Group appears to be experiencing difficulties in identifying the specific lines of code that it alleges IBM improperly contributed to the Linux operating system, according to court documents filed in a federal court last week.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0603scoseeks.html?net

Microsoft calls for outbound filtering against spam

In its continuing fight against unsolicited commercial e-mail, Microsoft plans to filter outgoing messages on its consumer mail services and is busy developing new “proofing” technologies, the software maker’s chief spam fighter said Thursday.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0604microcalls.html?net

Today on Layer 8, where we’re more Smarty Pants than Smarty Jones:

How much dirt can you dig up online?; the best IT presents ever; the 21st century wedding present; and online retailers say, “We’re not dead yet!”; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net

This week’s top 5 stories so far:

1. Future of IOS may be seen in Cisco’s new core router

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0531crs.html?net

2. Feature: Phear of phishing

https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/0531phishing.html?net

3. Big chill for chips

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0531toocool.html?net

4. VoIP security tools are lacking

https://www.nwfusion.com/nlnetflash344

5. IT job changes afoot

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0531outsource.html?net