Chambers lectures on China, buyouts

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Chambers lectures on China, buyouts, 09/12/05

In a wide-ranging talk for students and faculty, Chambers said
China poses great opportunity for Cisco, as the country has an
increasingly higher-educated pool of engineers and is training
10 times as many workers in engineering, math and science as ...

<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091205-chambers.html?nl>

EBay to acquire Skype for $2.6 billion, 09/12/05

Online auction site eBay has agreed to acquire Internet
telephony company Skype Technologies for $2.6 billion, the
companies announced Monday.

<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091205-ebay-skype.html?nl>

BellSouth says its Katrina-related costs could hit $600 million,
09/12/05

Carrier recovers half of lines knocked out by hurricane; cost
estimates at $600 million.

<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091205-bellsouth.html?nl>

Microsoft tries, and fails, to recruit open-source guru,
09/09/05

Microsoft may be softening its rhetoric against Linux and
open-source software, but that doesn't mean the company is ever
going to be able to hire Eric Raymond. Earlier this week, a
recruiter from the software giant tried to lure Raymond, one of
the ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa7044>

Former HP chief Lew Platt dies, 09/09/05

Lew Platt, who spent 33 years at HP, including seven at the
helm, died Thursday night in California, according to a
statements issued by The Boeing Co., where he served as a
non-executive chairman after leaving HP. He was 64.

<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/090905-lew-platt.html?nl>

Ebbers jail time put off, for now, 09/08/05

Bernard Ebbers, former CEO of WorldCom, won himself six more
months of freedom. On Wednesday a federal judge granted Ebbers a
reprieve while his lawyers appeal his conviction.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/090805-ebbers.html?nl>

Are eBay and Skype a good fit? 09/08/05

Why would an online auction company be interested in buying an
Internet telephone company?
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/090805-ebay.html?nl>

Internet pioneer Vint Cerf goes to work for Google, 09/08/05

Google has boosted its executive team by hiring Internet pioneer
Vinton Cerf as its chief Internet evangelist, the company
announced Thursday.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/090805-cerf.html?nl>

Newisys co-founder joins AMD as new CTO, 09/07/05

Advanced Micro Devices is getting a new CTO, as Fred Weber steps
down to pursue other interests and Newisys founder Phil Hester
takes over the job, AMD announced Wednesday.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/090750-amd-cto.html?nl>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa7045>

2. Google hacking
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa7046>

3. Supermarket chain freezes Internet access
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4. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa7047>

5. What's the best way to protect against spyware?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa7048>

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