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 ...

On this New Year's Day, we are looking back 20 years to the turn of the millennium. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) SCOTT SIMON: From National Public Radio, this is Weekend Edition. Welcome to a ...

Most of the world escaped serious complications from the much-discussed millennium bug, and the University was no exception. Campus personnel reported yesterday only minor problems that were fixed by ...

Thousands of small businesses in Taiwan are looking with growing unease towards December 31, 2010, fearing that the New Year will trigger a local version of the Y2K "millennium bug". The island's ...

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 ...

A computer glitch makes electronics go haywire in this zany and nostalgic horror-comedy from the comedian Kyle Mooney. By Calum Marsh When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

Government officials tried to calm people down. They did their best to explain that everything was going to be just fine. “Planes won’t fall out of the sky,” Portland’s mayor, Vera Katz, assured her ...

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 ...