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...minutes is the time the SQL Slammer worm took to infect computer systems worldwide, making it the fastest computer virus ever known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 2/10/2003 | See Source »

...into a crowd at a Hamptons nightclub and fled the scene. Grubman kissed her friends and the good life a temporary goodbye last week and began serving 60 days in jail. Although scared, Grubman has suggested that her former life as a professional networker will help her in the slammer; as she told the New York Daily News, "I'm a people person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 4, 2002 | 11/4/2002 | See Source »

...Florida voting and whatnot, everybody's on the case all the time. You're smart, or you're toast. For instance, everybody knows that a certain nation entered in these games has a cross-country skier-tripping coach who works by two-way radio out of the slammer a thousand miles away. He'll never get nabbed. Beautiful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Faster, Higher, Sleazier | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...Thomas Howell, of Soul Man fame, went on trial Monday for attacking a skateboarder in Reseda in December. If convicted, the washed-up B-list actor will be in the slammer for four years...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fifteen Minutes | 11/1/2001 | See Source »

...SLAMMERS SLAMMED The FCC is backing up its pledge to crack down on slamming, the illegal practice whereby phone companies switch your long-distance service without your say-so and then typically charge you 50% more. Two weeks ago, the agency moved to empower the states to enforce its strictures against the practice. Under FCC rules, if you haven't paid your slammer bill, you'll be absolved of the first 30 days of charges. If you have paid, the slammer must pay your regular carrier 150% of your charges. Then you'll get back half of what you paid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: May 1, 2000 | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

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