BUSINESS NOTES REWARD OFFERED FOR BIDBAY HACKER.TUJUNGA - Online auctioneer BidBay.com said it has resumed operations after a hacker jammed its site. Chief Executive Officer George Tannous reiterated the $25,000 reward he is offering for information leading to the arrest of the attacker. He also said losses could run into the millions of dollars counting lost potential business after the attack that began at 2 a.m. Thursday. The hacker turned the company's own servers against themselves, forcing them to spew out Verb 1. spew out - eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical; "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate" eruct, spew meaningless messages and preventing Internet users from visiting the site. Technicians shut down BidBay's computer system then reinstalled and formatted its software over the weekend. Though the attack was routed through servers in Bulgaria and Austria, Tannous and other officials believe the attack originated in California. - Daily News Roman sets deal with C-3D TV MARINA DEL REY Del Rey may refer to:
The alliance calls for both companies jointly to seek, develop, produce, promote, market and distribute animation and live-action programming for the C-3D Television Network and the 3D.COM Virtual Reality Portal Web site. Animation producer and PRE President Phil Roman was named last week to C-3D's advisory board. - City News Service Stamps crafted honoring state PASADENA - Pasadena-based Avery Dennison Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) produces pressure-sensitive materials (such as self-adhesive labels), office products, and various paper products. R. Stanton Avery founded Avery in 1935. Avery Dennison Corporation was created in 1990 by merger of Avery and Dennison. Corp. produced 53 million self-adhesive, 33-cent postage stamps This is a list of postage stamps that are especially notable in some way. The best-known stamps:
n. The status of being a state, especially of the United States, rather than being a territory or dependency. . The commemorative stamp, printed in panes of 20 stamps each, was formally released at a first-day-ossue ceremony at the state Capitol in Sacramento last Friday as part of a three-day Admission Day 2000 celebration. The stamp is available starting today at post offices throughout California and through U.S. Postal Service Philatelic phi·lat·e·ly n. The collection and study of postage stamps, postmarks, and related materials; stamp collecting. [French philatélie : Greek phil-, philo-, philo- + Greek Centers. Avery Dennison has produced self-adhesive postage stamps for the U.S. Postal Service since 1988, with more than 16 billion printed in the past two years alone. - City News Service Oracle CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. gives to get even more SAN FRANCISCO - In a $1.4 billion windfall for the world's second richest man, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison agreed to forgo his salary and cash bonuses through May 2003 for more stock options in his high-flying software company. Ellison, who ranks behind only Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in wealth, will get 20 million stock options during a four-year period in exchange for giving up an average salary and bonus of $2.7 million. Under normal circumstances, Ellison would have received about 13.6 million shares in four-year period, Oracle disclosed Monday. - Associated Press |
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