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...commentary becomes a little laconic--often they just sit back and yuk at their own jokes. Who can blame them? After 15 years, it's still amazing how the show made timeless comedy out of such ephemeral material. "Where was pesto 10 years ago?" wonders George in "The Busboy." Probably the same place it's gone today. But what David and Seinfeld whipped together will be with us for decades to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech: Ballad of Big Nothing | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

When police arrested Brooklyn, N.Y., busboy Abraham Abdallah in March, he had Forbes magazine's issue on the 400 richest people in America, plus Social Security numbers, credit-card numbers, bank-account information and mothers' maiden names of an A list of intended victims drawn from the issue, including Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart. Abdallah is accused of using websites, e-mail and off-line methods to try to steal the celebrities' identities and make off with millions in assets. One scheme that was caught in time: he allegedly sent an e-mail purporting to come from Siebel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Internet Insecurity | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

...those other honors, it will go to the person who, for better or worse, has created the biggest splash during the previous seven days?whether it's by doing good, making headlines or just keeping us all entertained. Our initial winner is a baddy, Abraham Abdallah, the audacious busboy in New York City who allegedly managed to accumulate phony credit cards of Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and countless other rich folks to pull off one of the simplest, yet most outrageous, frauds ever. The front of our book is now also filled with lively, amusing and often irreverent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Our Readers | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

Person of the Week A LIBRARY CARD OPENS WORLDS From the Brooklyn Public Library, audacious busboy Abraham Abdallah cybertapped into bank and brokerage accounts of Oprah Winfrey, George Lucas and others, stealing untold amounts. Police said Abdallah accumulated 20,000 fake credit cards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...Maurizio didn't want the beaches of southern Italy or the bachelor pad. He had always dreamed of buying his own eatery in the North End, even though restaurants are among the riskiest businesses around. And last April, that's exactly what the busboy turned millionaire did, hiring practically the entire family to come work the American Dream with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meatballs A La Concetta | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

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