"It's the noughties, you work in a store of geek goods: games, mp3s, DVDs with movies and anime, gum, Cheetos, cigarettes, beer... Develop your store, communicate with customers (be friends, quarrel, ...

It was New Year's Eve, 1999, and anxiety over potential Y2K doomsday scenarios about to be unleashed in the new year was real. Anything relying on automation — from the electrical grid to ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The year 2000 (Y2K) problem, also known as the millennium bug, was a major source of computer concerns 25 years ago. It was expected to cause computers to fail and lead ...

We may earn an affiliate commission from links. If you were dressing yourself in the early 2000s, you might feel some kind of way about Y2K fashion ruling the runways and the sidewalks once again.

“With Y2K nostalgia trending, we are seeing a lot of products in this style making a strong resurgence.” It comes as another nostalgic item became the department stores’ most popular item in 202 ...

Cast your mind back to the halcyon summer days of 1999. The world was worrying about the Y2K Bug – Aotearoa even had its own “Y2K readiness commissioner” and $2.5 million campaign - and New ...

“It’s our own little Y2K,” a deputy who was working Wednesday morning told The Times. The deputy, along with three other department sources who spoke to The Times about the problem, asked ...

Simply put, many feared January 1, 2000, would bring mass chaos. Television news contributed to Y2K fears, often running features on survivalists who were unplugging and isolating from society in ...

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Sure, there were issues that hint at the global catastrophe that the Y2K bug might have been, but most, including The Register rolling over to "year Zero," were worth little more than a chuckle. That ...

As we reach the quarter century, rather than look forward, we instead look back at the wireless advances that affected us since the Y2K fears that accompanied us into the 21st century. As the century ...