The Y2K problem was actually pretty straightforward to fix: At its core, it was a practical choice - driven by awareness of memory constraints - made by computer programmers in the 1960s ...

See Y2K anxiety. The problem originated with punch cards that go back to the early 1900s. In order to cram an entire order or customer record into a single punch card with 80 or 90 character ...

In her book, Shade intertwines the history of the Y2K era, which she says started in 1997 and ended in 2008, with personal, ...

That’s the thing about Y2K. It was a futuristic problem. Now, it’s retro kitsch. Full-on adults have no memory of Y2K. People who can vote! People who don’t just drink alcohol but have ...

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State and local governments started tackling the problem in late 1995. In November 1999, the federal government put a $100 billion price tag on Y2K compliance. Beyond that, District Court ...

On Wednesday, Paris Hilton, “The Simple Life” reality TV star and longtime lover of Juicy Couture tracksuits (having first made them ubiquitous in the early 2000s, a period also known as Y2K ...