Dec. 28—From Massena, where a duo began a millennium disaster food drive, to Glens Falls, where a company that supplied portable toilets saw a run on rentals, there were some serious preparations 25 ...
Nearly 25 years after the year 2000 began without the much-hyped possible computer catastrophe, Y2K is enjoying a resurgence as Americans become nostalgic for the late '90s and early '00s. The ...
Two decades after the Y2K computer bug put the globe on high alert, a similar problem has emerged at a San Francisco-based software company. Splunk, which provides organizations with data-sifting ...
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – The Y2K bug infested a computer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, but it did not affect operations or workers, officials said Sunday. The exact nature ...
Jim Frazier, president of The Gadwall Group, will present a series of short seminars on Y2K-related computer problems, Tuesday at Holiday Inn Express, 1600 E. Main St., St. Charles. The daytime ...
Twenty years ago it was feared that when the calendar flipped to Jan. 1, computer systems would fail to cope with the change and malfunction — leading to global chaos. It didn't happen. SCOTT SIMON: ...
Twenty-five years ago this week, the world argued over the true start date of a millennium, cursed short-sighted computer programmers and waited with bated breath as the calendar switched from a one ...
When historians someday dissect the long chain of missteps that allowed the year 2000 computer bug to flourish, they will undoubtedly linger over the tale of a little-known programmer named Bob Bemer.
Twenty years ago, the world held its collective breath as the clock ticked toward midnight. Y2K, also known as the millennium bug, was a snag that had stirred up fears that computers around the world ...
The Y2K bug can affect your home PC if it’s getting up there in age. The good news is that most computers 4 years old or newer will likely move into the new year without skipping a beat or losing a ...
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After a news conference, Rep. Stephen Horn, R-Calif., chairman of Government Management, Information & Technology, examines a chart showing his grades for each agency's progress on the Y2K computer ...