Year 2000 In The News Online
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Subject: Year2000.com current links
I've only included a few of the clippings added to the year2000.com press clippings page in an effort to keep the length of this newsletter manageable. You can find hyperlinks to all the clippings in our archive at: http://www.year2000.com/y2karticles.html
Cliff's Picks:
Trying to pass the buck: Does anybody have a mirror for Mr. Gore? According to this story:
"Gathered at the long table in the Cabinet room of the West wing, the president's Cabinet recently listened to Vice President Al Gore - 'the techno-nerd,' as some at the gathering have described him - drone on about a technical glitch that will hit most computers in the year 2000."
[snip] "Americans, he said, will hold the White House accountable. Looking around the table, Mr. Gore warned that "one of you" will likely get singled out as personally responsible for the administration's failure to get on top of this problem."
Earth to Mr. Gore. Given that he is the one that the public identifies as "the techno-nerd," given that he has failed to make (to our knowledge) a single public speech educating the public about the dangers of the Year 2000 computing problem, and given that he is likely to run for election in the Year 2000, it is hard to imagine that anyone is more likely than Mr. Gore to be singled out as the one responsible for the administration's failure to tackle this issue...
The Politics of Year 2000 Computer Glitches http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1998/03/04/us/us.1.html
Making a buck instead of passing it...
"Doomsayers warn that the Year 2000 computer bug could shake international markets, trigger a global recession and cost $600 billion to fix worldwide. So, you probably want to know if you can make a buck off of it."
A fund for the Millennium: The Year 2000 bug may cost billions, but can you make money off of it? http://www.cnnfn.com/quickenonfn/investing/9802/24/q_mfund/
Danger! Danger! Will Robinson
Untold dangers of the millennium bug http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_1805.html
National Emergency http://www.gtbusiness.com/1998/218e_2ae.html
Year 2000: Hospitals diagnose themselves in critical condition http://www2.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/All/9803022E62
Millennium Bug Boss Fears Chaos http://www.theaustralian.com.au/techno/4348121.htm
Greenspan warns of year 2000 glitch http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctc207.htm
Year 2000 Bug Threatens Web Sites http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/printhigh/30298/nt302.html
Year 2000 Crisis: Truth or Scare? http://www.chicago.tribune.com/business/businessnews/article/0,1051,ART-4215,00.html
Why are Mulder and Scully messing around with space aliens when there are obviously higher priorities?
U.S. government gets 'D-' for progress on 2000 bug http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9803/04/2000.bug/
Government Year 2000 Effort Lags Far Behind Schedule http://www.techweb.com/news/story/y2k/TWB19980309S0010
Defense Science Board slams DOD's Year 2000 compliance efforts http://www.fcw.com/pubs/fcw/1998/0216/fcw-webdsb.htm
Embattled FAA tries to assure Congress http://www.fcw.com/pubs/fcw/1998/0216/fcw-webfaa.htm
IRS Unlikely To Meet Y2K Deadline http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/y2k/TWB19980227S0017
Alex, I'll take Euro Complications for $400 Billion!
Double Jeopardy http://www.gtbusiness.com/1998/21a2_2ae.html
Quick off the Mark http://www.gtbusiness.com/1998/21c6_2ae.html
The Euro Stops Here http://www.info-strategy.com/current/US_Euro.html
Softly, softly approach urged on euro http://guide-p.infoseek.com/Content?arn=ix.DTEL606348&col=IX
Change to Euro Currency May Cause Computer Snafu http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/yr/mo/biztech/articles/09euro.html (site requires registration)
A double whammy awaits http://www2.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/All/9803092F66
Courting Disaster
Suit of the Century http://www.gtbusiness.com/1998/21d6_2ae.html
The Year 2000 Legal Crisis http://www.beyondcomputingmag.com/current/yr2000.html
Are You At Risk? http://www.zdnet.com/sr/breaking/980223/980227c.html
Regulators brace for blitz of Y2K fraud http://www.amcity.com/denver/stories/030298/story7.html
Rules change software cost: Two new accounting procedures affect how companies write off costs http://www.cnnfn.com/hotstories/companies/9803/05/account/index.htm
Y2K management plan essential http://www.infotech.co.nz/march_9/nxyk.html
2000 Reasons to Sue http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/content/pcwk/1510/290537.html
Y2K: You Can't Insure Your Way Out of This One http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/content/pcwk/1510/290630.html
Broker to withdraw year 2000 insurance http://www.computerweekly.co.uk/news/05_03_98/08598503239/B1.html
Y2K litigation safeguards http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/news/0309/09y2ksafe.html
Did Peter de Jager say "Free Upgrades?!" A not-so-modest proposal http://www.datamation.com/PlugIn/issues/1998/march/03col60.html
Where have you gone, Karl Feilder...
The century bug's $2bn ITch http://www.afr.com.au/content/980303/inform/inform5.html
Remember that PC means Possibly Compliant
Recycled PCs pose Y2K challenge http://www2.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/All/9803022E76
If we can fix it there, we'll fix it anywhere...
When the Millennium Hits Central New York http://www.syracuse.com/news/content/local/0306MIL.html
City: $200M Will Fix Glitch http://search.mostnewyork.com/most/Archive/98_02/022098/news/48973.hta
Three if by air? The British are coming, the British are coming!
Ace team jets to New York http://www.computerweekly.co.uk/news/26_02_98/08596407227/C13.html
But they have problems in their own backyard too
UK to drag lagging Europe towards date compliance http://www.computerweekly.co.uk/news/05_03_98/08598503239/C10.html
Most European Businesses Are Ill-Prepared For New Currency http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/y2k/TWB19980306S0002
Blair takes charge of date bug http://www.computerweekly.co.uk/news/05_03_98/08598503239/A.html
The bug that ate Philadelphia The first victim of the 2000 bug?
http://www.phillynews.com/inquirer/98/Mar/04/business/CASS04.htm
Big trouble in little companies
Smaller Companies Run Big Y2K Risks http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/content/pcwk/1510/290632.html
Big guns join forces to help small businesses beat bug http://www.computerweekly.co.uk/news/05_03_98/08598503239/C20.html
Are Smaller Banks Behind on Year 2000 Fix? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1998-03/10/121l-031098-idx.html
How your supply chain can turn into a noose! Will the chain be unbroken? http://www2.computerworld.com/home/features.nsf/All/980309managing
Y2K spotlight falls on suppliers http://www2.computerworld.com/home/features.nsf/All/980309chron
Hello darkness my old friend
Will The Lights Go Out? http://www.prepare4y2k.com/980301.htm
Utilities set up bug safety net http://www.computerweekly.co.uk/news/26_02_98/08598503239/A.html
After compliance comes contingency http://www.computerweekly.co.uk/news/05_03_98/08598503239/H2.html
Y2K, Utilities, and the Titanic http://www.y2ktimebomb.com/Computech/Issues/mrtn9809iv.htm
That's the night that the lights went out in Auckland
Blackout - Technology saves the day as business moves out http://www.idg.co.nz/nzweb/8b22.html
Power crisis gives taste of Year 2000 havoc - Dunne http://www.year2000.co.nz/y2kher26.htm
Mercury - was Quicksilver, now Longblack - and the Y2K bug http://www.year2000.co.nz/y2kprs19.htm
This is a test. This is only a test. If this were an actual emergency...
Test Patterns http://www.cio.com/archive/030198_y2k_content.html
We interrupt this program to bring you an ABC News Special Report
Millennium Bugged http://www.abcnews.com/sections/tech/millennium/millennium_intro.html
We control the vertical. We control the horizontal.
New millennium could cause grave problems http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/business/98/02/28/briefcase-headstones 2-0.html
Company seeking state computer work sent bureaucrats e-mail with virus
http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/1998/02/27/virus.html
On the bloody morning after... One tin soldier rides away.
Coming soon: Year 2000 SWAT teams http://www2.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/All/9803092FDE
After the Gold Rush http://www.gtbusiness.com/1998/21ea_2ae.html
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