But until New Year's Eve, and on Jan. 1, Mallen figures it's an inexpensive way for people to get a Year 2000 souvenir. This lets people be part of a millennium event they can have a record of. Year 2000 sale Psssst. Peter de Jager, a Canadian computer programmer who generally is recognized as the man most responsible for making Y2K a household word, is selling his Web site. De Jager listed the Web site on eBay Dec. 22.
Bidding starts at a cool million.
No bids yet, but bidding doesn't close until Saturday. To the best of our ability, we achieved that goal. Bill Gates will buy your domain. Shutting out viruses Children's Mercy Hospital will shut down its Internet e-mail system at 5 p.m. today to protect the hospital's computer system from computer viruses. It was a matter of better safe than sorry, said Tom McCormally, spokesman for Children's Mercy.