The "Year 2000 Problem," otherwise known as the Y2K bug, was a major source of anxiety at the turn of the 21st century and ...

Some experts who have been warning about a technological Armageddon caused by year 2000 computer problems now are telling Americans to chill out. It’s just not necessary to stockpile months ...

At Whittman-Hart Inc., there is neither a Whittman nor a Hart. There is Robert Bernard, 35-year-old founder of the 14-year-old technology consulting company, who said he made up the name because &#… ...

He pointed to the expiration date, which indicated the year 2000, and said, “Our machine won’t take this.” Although the […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 79°F.

Thankfully, the so-called "year 2000 problem" didn't live up to the hype. NPR covered Y2K preparations for several years leading up to the new millennium. Here's a snapshot of how people coped, as ...

The Year 2000 computer problem has become a punchline in recent years, but the CrowdStrike outage shows the joke's on us. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV. Subscribe Subscribe.

This is called the Year 2038 Problem, and there is a lot of confusion around this problem. ... The world went pretty numb when the year 2000 was closing in.

It’s called the “Year 2000 problem,” an invisible, creeping terror, a potential digital shipwreck that will cost companies and governments hundreds of billions to dodge. That problem could ...

A guy called me a few weeks ago worried to death about the Year 2000 problem and whether it would wreak havoc with his digital life. He had received a 24-page report in the mail from Gary North, a ...

To the Editor: I am writing in response to Ellen Goodman’s June 1 column about the so-called “millennium bug,” and to any other writer who feels the need to lambaste the humble co… ...

(Year 2000 problem) The inability of older hardware and software to recognize the date after the year 2000. The reason they could not was because the year was stored with only two digits in many ...