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 ...
A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Jan. 1, 2000, an anxious world held its ...
We were warned that our embrace of computer technology would lead to disaster. By incorporating computers into ever more areas of our lives, we were told, we had created a scenario in which a mundane ...
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 ...
Register to become a blood donor. Read full article: Man arrested for allegedly threatening to kill SAPD officers with ‘16 grenades’ during 911 call, affidavit states The fallout shelter was ready.
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 ...
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 ...
Widespread fears about Y2K led to significant preparations by governments and corporations. Concerns included potential power outages, financial disruptions and even catastrophic failures in air ...
Some have likened our emerging computer technology industry to the California Gold Rush, when hundreds of thousands flocked to the Sierra Nevada foothills to seek their fortunes. If you were among the ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) -- In America, where business is the nation's business and fads are fleeting, the commercial opportunities offered by the year 2000 are irresistible. Forget about computer glitches ...