Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spectators check out the the 'Y2K Bug', a Volkswagon Beetle covered with computer parts, before the start of the 12th Annual Art ...

Widespread fears about Y2K led to significant preparations by governments and corporations. Concerns included potential power outages, financial disruptions and even catastrophic failures in air ...

The end of the world never looked so good. The upcoming celebration of the year 2000 was not as straightforward as expected. Some people were very concerned about what they believed to be the end of ...

Explore the Y2K problem, a programming flaw that risked global chaos as the year 2000 approached, but ultimately caused minimal disruption.

ON CALL Y2K Welcome to another edition of On Call, The Register’s Friday column that shares your tech support stories. Over the holiday season we’re telling tales of the Y2K bug, and readers who spent ...

Remember the last weeks of 1999? The air was thick with anticipation and, for many, panic. Here in Central Texas, some people were stocking up on bottled water and canned goods like the end of the ...