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Welcome to the Year 1900 ;-) (Business 1:00 a.m. PST)
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,33382,00.html?tw=wn20000101
The bug's a big bust, but there are plenty of other stories
in the Naked City. Like, 'Welcome to the Year 19100.'
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US: 'Billions Were Worth It' (Technology
12:20 a.m. PST)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33379,00.html?tw=wn20000101
John Koskinen has been
trouble-shooting the Y2K computer problem for the US for years, and shortly after the year
turned to 2000, he proclaims the efforts a success.
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Three Nuke Plants Burp (Technology Friday)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33377,00.html?tw=wn20000101
The clocks get, ahem, confused,
but the fix is quick, and there are no problems at three North American nuclear power
plants, official claim.
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Nuclear 'Glitches' in Japan (Technology
Friday)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33373,00.html?tw=wn20000101
The Land of the Rising Sun is one
place where there are Y2K woes: Problems with some nuclear plants radiation is the main
one, but officials aren't sounding any alarms.
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Kuwait 'sY2K Baby Gets New PC (Technology
Friday)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33372,00.html?tw=wn20000101
Very minor Y2K glitches are
reported throughout the Arab world, and Kuwait steamrolled through the rollover in fine
style: The airport's open, and the first newborn is geek-ready. Jihad Abdullah reports
from Dubai.
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China Sees a Clear Dawn (Technology Friday)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33380,00.html?tw=wn20000101
The country's computers and
infrastructure come through the date change just fine. China's top airline officials take
a midnight flight, just to be sure.
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No, Planes Didn't FallFrom Sky (Technology
Friday)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33378,00.html?tw=wn20000101
Air traffic controllers say if
there's a bug their systems, it's not called Y2K. No problems anywhere around the globe --
and there were more than 1,000 planes in the air at the rollover.
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Silent Night in the Tech World (Technology
Friday)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33376,00.html?tw=wn20000101
High-tech companies, especially
those based in the Silicon Valley, report practically no problems as the clock strikes
midnight.
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World Checking In: It's A-OK (Technology
Friday)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33375,00.html?tw=wn20000101
As more and more nations cross the
great divide into 2000, the so-called millennium bug is beginning to look like one of the
greatest non-stories ever.
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The Internet Stands Up (Technology Friday)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33371,00.html?tw=wn20000101
Keynote, an Internet measurement
service, is monitoring Web sites as the clock strikes midnight around the world. And
everything is hunky-dory.com.
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Nyet-thing Happening in Russia (Technology
Friday)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33369,00.html?tw=wn20000101
Y2K fears of a Russian meltdown
prove unwarranted. Officials credit a cooperative effort with the US military in keeping
missiles dormant.
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New Zealand OK in Y2K (Technology Friday)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33360,00.html?tw=wn20000101
No news is good news for Kiwis as
the country enters the year 2000 without any technical glitches. Only a bit of rain
dampens the festivities. Kim Griggs reports from Wellington, New Zealand.
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Y2K Bug MIA in Asia (Technology Friday)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33362,00.html?tw=wn20000101
Government systems and utilities
across the continent are fully operational during the first few hours of the New Year.
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Everything Up Down Under (Technology Friday)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33361,00.html?tw=wn20000101
Australia is unfazed as the year
2000 greets another time zone. The lights are on, but nobody's home as people flock to the
harbor to join the celebration. Stewart Taggart reports from Sydney.
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Y2K Baby Gets Yahoo Stock (Business Friday)
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,33364,00.html?tw=wn20000101
Forget weekly allowance. The first Y2K baby born in a
Silicon Valley hospital will receive Yahoo and Silicon Graphics shares, a starter
portfolio worth about US$500 -- for now.
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First Sunrise, From 12,000 Feet (Culture Friday)
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,33365,00.html?tw=wn20000101
They'll watch for the first rays, and jump - from a
plane's cockpit into shark-infested waters east of the Chatham Islands. It's one way to
ring in the New Year. Kim Griggs reports from New Zealand.
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Stocks End '99 On New High (Business Friday)
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,33363,00.html?tw=wn20000101
All of the major indices reach rare air during the final
session of the year. Low volumes can't stop Nasdaq and the Dow from surging more than 25
percent each.
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Tech in 2000: The Predictions (Culture Friday)
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,33353,00.html?tw=wn20000101
Here we go again. We've rounded up the usual suspects from
Wired Digital, this year adding our brethren from parent company Lycos Inc., for a look
ahead to the tech that will move and shake the Year 2000.
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A Great Year to Go Public (Business Friday)
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,32933,00.html?tw=wn20000101
If your company staged an initial public offering in 1999,
you probably had a great year. So did your banker. In short: Far more money was made off
unprofitable companies than ever before. By Joanna Glasner.
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Dot Coms Lead Holiday Hits (Business Friday)
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,33348,00.html?tw=wn20000101
This was the year when every big-name retailer talked up its
snazzy new strategy for selling stuff online. Nonetheless, new stats show the
most-trafficked holiday sites were still pure Internet companies. ByJoanna Glasner
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