The Y2K Problem, UIC, And You Describes year 2000 fixes for computer systems, mainly based on using the ISO 8601 standard for dates. http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/newsletter/adn21/y2kprob.html
Bell Keeps Lines Clear Of Y2K Bug Bell Atlantic (BEL) said it has begun offering services to address the problems corporate computer networks may face in the year 2000. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,16071,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh
Packard Bell Gets Direct Packard Bell NEC will launch direct sales to business customers later this year, in an attempt to keep up with the successful direct sales models of companies such as Dell computer, Gateway 2000, and Micron. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,11637,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh
HP Sets Sights On Compaq HewlettPackard (HPW) has revamped, refreshed, and reorganized its desktop and notebook computer lines in an effort to become a leader in nearly all markets by year 2000. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,14083,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh
Y2K Suits Likely To Keep Coming For months, legal analysts have predicted that a computer glitch created by the approaching year 2000 will be to litigation what El Ni ntilde;o has been to the weather. Now, some of them are saying that two classaction suits filed over the problem in as many months amount to the first signs of precipitation. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,19404,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh
Senate Hears Y2K Liability Act Two senators introduce the latest legislation to head off a raft of year 2000 lawsuits arising from failed computer systems. By Heidi Kriz. Wired News http://www.wired.com/news/news/story/18259.html
States Bug-Free For FY2000 Fortysix states began their fiscal year 2000 on 1 July, and none report any computer glitches. Wired News http://www.wired.com/news/news/story/20540.html
Wall St. Plans Year 2000 Tests The U.S. securities industry is aiming to have computer overhauls ready for testing in the year 1999 as Wall Street gets ready to meet the challenge of the year 2000 date, according to Michael Tiernan, vice president of information technology at Credit Suisse First Boston. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,10316,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh
Sweden May Face Frosty Year 2000 Swedes may get an unwelcome foretaste of their plan to phase out nuclear power by 2010 unless computer experts crush the millennium bug. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,25392,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh
Agencies Lag On Millennium Bug The federal government's computer system preparations for the year 2000 will now cost $5.4 billion, according to the latest quarterly report by the Office of Management and Budget, which also added another agency to its Y2K slowpoke list. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,26101,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh
Sun Shines Light On Y2K Bug Sun Microsystems today released a year 2000 compliance tool to help its customers assess the readiness of their computer systems. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,29673,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh
2000 Census To Address Net Use In a definitive sign of the times, the year 2000 U.S. Census may start tracking computer and Net usage. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,24511,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh
Features Item On The Trail Of The 'Year 2000' Computer Bug Posted on 05/09/2000. On the trail of the 'year 2000' computer bug. By Dave Johnson/ Dave Johnson is the editor of ISHN. He can be reached at 610/6660261. http://www.ishn.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,2162,2
Report DOD's Y2K Efforts Lacking The Department of Defense's efforts to fix its computer systems for the year 2000 are moving at a snail's pace, making failure of at least some missioncritical systems and the operations they support almost certain, according to a government report released yesterday. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,21799,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh
Packard Bell Gets Direct Packard Bell NEC will launch direct sales to business customers later this year, in an attempt to keep up with the successful direct sales models of companies such as Dell computer, Gateway 2000, and Micron. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,11638,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh
Foiling The Millennium Bug Some computer users could avoid the millennium bug, which threatens to bring computers crashing down at the start of the year 2000, simply by turning off their machines on New year's Eve 1999, Britain's weekly New Scientist magazine said today. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,13588,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh
Fed Year 2000 Price Tag Up $1 Billion The number of government computer systems that need to be fixed or replaced before the year 2000 has jumped while the estimated cost has soared by $1 billion, the U.S. government said yesterday. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,14253,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh
Switch To Euro Is Tech Challenge With most of their attention focused on the year 2000 bug, few companies are addressing another computer issue that looms even closer. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,15628,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh
Asia Shipping Mixed On Y2K The computer scourge of year 2000, the millennium bug, has drawn responses from Asia's shipping industry ranging from casual to confident. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,26213,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh
Federal Agencies' Y2K Progress Improves A number of agencies in the federal government are still lagging in their efforts to bring their computer systems into year 2000 compliance, and the cost to rid all systems of the technology glitch will be $1 billion more than earlier estimates, according to the Clinton administration. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,29725,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh
