| Jan 1999 | Jan 11, 1999 - Much is being said about the cost of the Y2K problem, estimated at $1 trillion (''Y2K is worse than anyone thought,'' News: Analysis & Commentary, Dec. 14). It would be interesting to compare this figure with other technology-induced costs we live with every day: loss of work hours ... www.businessweek.com/1999/02/b3611168.htm
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| Feb 1999 | Feb 24, 1999 - The report, scheduled for release this week by Sens. Robert F. Bennett (R-Utah) and Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), includes a letter to Senate colleagues describing the problem of computers' ability to recognize dates starting on Jan. 1, 2000, popularly known as Y2K, as a "worldwide ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/39238670.html?dids=39238670:39238670&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+24%2C...Y2K...
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| Mar 1999 | Mar 3, 1999 - The potential problems certainly are real. But you don't have to worry about the end of the world as we know it. Mar. 2 could go down in history as the day the millennium countdown began in earnest. It was Y2K day in the Senate, where a special committee released a report that found ... www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar1999/nf90303b.htm
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| Apr 1999 | Apr 12, 1999 - The Federal Aviation Administration says that the US air traffic control system has passed a critical test of Y2K readiness with, um, flying colors. "We are pretty confident with what we saw tonight," FAA Administrator Jane Garvey told reporters in the early hours of Sunday morning at ... www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/1999/04/19059
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| Jun 1999 | Jun 29, 1999 - Congressional Republicans and the White House on Tuesday reached a compromise on legislation to protect companies against Y2K lawsuits, settling a dispute that threatened Vice President Al Gore's ties with the high-tech community ahead of the 2000 presidential race. ... www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1999/06/20494
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| Jul 1999 | Jul 3, 1999 - The Clinton Administration's ill-advised turnabout on legislation designed to limit the liability of computer and software manufacturers for Year 2000 computer problems will hurt consumers and small businesses. The Y2K defect is in some computers and software that record years by the ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00715FE38590C708CDDAE0894D1494D81
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| Sep 1999 | Sep 16, 1999 - The US State Department warned this week that American travelers may encounter Y2K problems abroad over the New Year. But other governments don't trust Uncle Sam's technological readiness and are advising their residents to be wary of travelling to the United States. ... www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1999/09/21779
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| Oct 1999 | Oct 28, 1999 - In January 2000, some students could return to chilly buildings with no heat or phones, a government survey says. The Department of Education said Wednesday that only 56 percent of US elementary and secondary schools report they have successfully fixed their building systems, ... www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1999/10/32176
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| Nov 1999 | Nov 22, 1999 - I can tell you with the utmost confidence this fine Monday morning that, come New Year's Eve, you shouldn't be afraid to use your ATM card, land on a dark runway in a jet, deliver a baby around midnight, or take a horse-and-buggy ride to crowded Times Square. ... www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/nov1999/nf91122c.htm
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| Dec 1999 | Dec 30, 1999 - Two years ago, the US Senate's Y2K chief predicted a 40% probability that the nation's power grid would go down as a result of year 2000 computer failures. As recently as September, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan worried aloud that "fear-induced" reactions by consumers and ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/47565143.html?dids=47565143:47565143&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS: FT&type=current...a...Y2K%3A...
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