A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Jan. 1, 2000, an anxious world held its ...

when the clock strikes midnight this new year, we want to make sure that when you tuned *** news channel eight, your T. V. Screen doesn't look like this for the past year. We have news channel eight ...

We were warned that our embrace of computer technology would lead to disaster. By incorporating computers into ever more areas of our lives, we were told, we had created a scenario in which a mundane ...

Zachary Loeb, Purdue University assistant professor, tells NPR's Juana Summers that the real story of Y2k wasn't about computers run amok. It was about experts sounding an alarm, and fixing problems.

Bill Clinton was President, glowsticks were popular and anyone who received a message through AOL heard, "You've got mail." This New Year's marks the 25th anniversary of Y2K, the popularized term ...

Most computers recognized years as two digits. When “99” for 1999 became “00” for 2000, many people thought computers would confuse it for 1900, and everything from power and water systems to banking ...

Nearly 25 years after the year 2000 began without the much-hyped possible computer catastrophe, Y2K is enjoying a resurgence as Americans become nostalgic for the late '90s and early '00s. The ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — This is just a reminder to all of you who were around that Y2K was 25 years ago. You’re welcome. Unfortunately for Eli, he’s blocked when the clock strikes midnight as all of our ...

Kyle Mooney’s new Y2K movie, which opens in theaters this weekend, asks the question: What would have happened if Y2K was, in fact, a technological disaster? Anyone over the age of 30 no doubt ...

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Call now and get the ultimate Y2K survival kit from becalm.com. SUMMERS: We're talking about the Y2K bug, the computer problem that, depending on who you asked 25 years ago, ...