The year was 1999 - and governments and corporations were fearful about the unknown millenium computer bug. Here’s what to ...
In the lead up to January 1, 2000, television reporters rabidly covered doomsayers’ predictions about technology’s downfall.
It's not clear how long it will take to fix the problem, but in the meantime deputies and dispatchers must use radios instead ...
The fear was that stored dates used in calculations based on daily or yearly activities – think banking systems, air traffic control systems or power grids – would cause these programs to malfunction.
New Year's Eve, FOX 2 was covering the biggest story of the year: a new millenium and a fear that massive computer ...
On the set of "Y2K," co-writer, director and star Kyle Mooney had something of a malfunction himself. "We were staying at a ...
That was the lead of an article that ran on the front page of The New York Times on Jan. 1, 2000. Yes, the year 2000 software problem, known as Y2K, turned out to be a nonevent. That has led to a ...
From JNCO jeans to mini skirts, this Y2K clothing store recycles early 2000s fashion at pop-ups in Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Surely the most astonishing New Year's Eve in Austin history arrived on Dec. 31, 1999.
Globally, fixing the Y2K problem was a years-long process that ... told Treasure Coast Newspapers at the time. “When the new year came and nothing happened … I went home, relaxed and had ...
Zachary Loeb, Purdue University assistant professor, tells NPR's Juana Summers that the real story of Y2k wasn't about computers run amok. It was about experts sounding an alarm, and fixing problems.
SUMMERS: Y2K's danger was averted because people identified ... Zachary, thanks so much and happy early new year. LOEB: Happy early new year to you, and I hope that, as we all raise our glasses ...