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    Here are some Y2K failures reported by online news services since January 1

    1. Computer problems hit three nuclear plants in Japan
    2. Zanzibar Television, Radio, Suffer Y2K Glitch
    3. Computer problem hits Mali's railway
    4. U.S. nuclear weapons plant still has Y2K glitch
    5. Brief Outages Interrupt Chicago Air Traffic
    6. Country Report For NIGERIA
    7. Computer Malfunction Delays Flights
    8. Incident Reports 1/1/2000 - 3 p.m. Briefing
    9. Transmeta screws up on Y2K -- Where's Man Friday when you need him?
    10. y2kmistakes.com
    11. A Screen Shot of the Clock after Rollover at the U.S. Naval Observatory
    12. U.S. Nuclear Weapons Plant Still Has Y2K Glitch
    13. Pentagon: Y2K Hindered Sky Spy Data
    14. A sprinkling of Y2K troubles
    15. Microsoft reports bugs in Web-page software, Hotmail
    16. Y2K Bug Didn't Bite U.S. Workers Only minor glitches reported on first business day of 2000
    17. Year 2000 Bug Triggers Few Disruptions
    18. Y2K hits ATF and other agencies
    19. Y2K bug hits heating system in Korean apartments
    20. Y2K Bites Spanish Nuclear Reactors
    21. Pentagon fixes its spy-2K glitch
    22. Denmark's Unidanmark Says It Found Y2K Fault in Its Unitel Payment System
    23. Millennium Bug Hassles Show Systems Not Immune
    24. High-Tech Professions Call Y2K 'Hype' - Survey
    25. Year 2000 Problem Reports Received By ECRI
    26. Y2K Bug Causes Intelligence Losses
    27. German salesman hits jackpot with computer glitch
    28. ISE first casualty of the millennium bug
    29. First Y2K workday brings few computer problems
    30. MP3 device hit by Year 2000 glitch
    31. Power facilities cite few glitches
    32. Minor bug problems arise
    33. Bug hits payroll with blast from past
    34. City Plunges into darkness
    35. Two months ago the Norwegian National Rail Administration warned that lives could be lost at the turn of the millennium due to computer problems.
    36. Denmark's Unidanmark Says It Found Y2K Fault in Its Unitel Payment System
    37. Computer problem hits Mali's railway
    38. Police Y2K bug leaves seniors accused of various crimes, including pot possession and assault
    39. one in four IT professionals surveyed by TechWeb/CMP Media indicate their organizations suffered some Y2K—related problems since New Year's Eve.
    40. Y2K bug briefly affected U.S.terrorist-monitoring effort,Pentagon says
    41. One Minor Glitch Reported by Fed
    42. Computer glitch causes havoc at Northeast airports
    43. Computer Glitch Delays Planes in Washington
    44. FAA Blasted For Y2K Lapses
    45. IBM wants FAA to retire 3083s
    46. Businesses Still Feeling Sting From Y2K Bug
    47. FAA makes last minute repairs after union complaint
    48. Technicians: Flight delays may be linked to Y2K glitch
    49. Flight Control Center Problems May Be Y2K Related -PASS
    50. Japanese Nuclear Problems
    51. Companies hit by Y2K bug and virus
    52. Belated Y2K bug bite stalls Medicare payments
    53. Y2K bug bites 22 Counties
    54. Computer glitch strikes DMV
    55. Glitch zaps some cash cards
    56. Flaws few in public, private sectors; Software fix didn't take for 1 Knox business
    57. Millennium glitch hits Dutch home banking software
    58. Major Multi-system Credit Card Processing Y2K Failure (available also for registered users of New York Times Online, Technology, from http:www.nyt.com)
    59. Brazil Port Hassled by Y2K Glitch, But No Delays
    60. Y2K Glitch Hits Some Credit Cards
    61. Y2K Bug Causes Glitches In Banks' Email And Credit Card Systems
    62. FAA Y2K Report Withheld
    63. Scramble on to find last bugs
    64. Livingston juggles Y2K woe
    65. Y2K threat caused only minor woes in region
    66. Computer program delays some checks
    67. Y2K bug blocks Net mail checks at post offices
    68. Y2K bug bites cellular phone company
    69. Glitch Slows transit system
    70. Y2K Glitches Affect Financial Software
    71. Y2K bug lurking in Microsoft VB, Access
    72. DOD issues 230 checks dated 1900
    73. Y2K fallout: New computer slows building permit office
    74. Update: Technicians: Are FAA computer problems Y2K-related?
    75. JAPAN: Computer fault hits mail
    76. Vitrex ceases its operations
    77. Y2K Bug Causes Intelligence Losses
    78. Shock of century for video hirer
    79. Area leaders report few glitches from millennium computer bug
    80. 'Millennium bug' hits aircraft
    81. Y2K-Related Incident Reports (since 5 pm on January 3, 2000)
    82. Computer program delays some checks
    83. First Y2K bug hits Sri Lankan hospital
    84. Not 'Y2K OK' at Home Affairs
    85. What did go wrong: A global roundup of Y2K
    86. Y2K: Could it still bite?
    87. Speecial note to QuickenFT Portfolio users
    88. Sheriff's computers have problems with 2000 rollover
    89. Why Y2K Won't Die
    90. CyberCash Y2K Glitch
    91. Kremlin computers fall victim to millennium bug
    92. Y2K still bugging state liquor stores
    93. Y2K bug gets N. Branch computer
    94. Change of Program:German Opera hit by Y2K
    95. Y2K glitch can crash some Domino servers, Notes clients
    96. SATELLITES ON THE BLINK FOR DAYS
    97. Computer consultants busy handling Y2K glitches and new business
    98. Election computers get 'no' vote
    99. The Truth Isn't Out There
    100. Pentagon admits to mistakes in Y2K testing
    101. The non-Y2K phenomenon - computers crash by coincidence
    102. Policy Management Systems Corporation Experiences Weak Fourth Quarter Licensing and Services
    103. Y2K: Latest global glitches
    104. Country Report For KAZAKHSTAN
    105. Japanese electronic makers report over 50 Y2K glitches
    106. Swedish IT delegation expects 'delayed' Y2K problems abroad
    107. Seven pct of UK firms hit by millennium-survey
    108. Computer problem makes work taxing
    109. customers were billed two or more times during the first week of January
    110. Bug lists babies as aged 100
    111. County reports a glitch in paying its employees
    112. Y2K glitch spilled into liquor stores Some had to close when rollover to 2000 confused state computer system
    113. Up in Arms: Department of Defense
    114. Glitch sends drivers wrong warnings
    115. Ikea store cards fail Year 2000 test
    116. Government falls victim to Y2K -- it thinks
    117. New hitches hit Royal Opera House
    118. Computer Blamed for Late Pay
    119. City's Y2K calendar marred by errors
    120. Millennium Bug Strikes Revenue's Electronic Filing System
    121. Y2K global glitch list complete
    122. Millennium bug puts crimp in Sandusky Transit schedule
    123. Supply fails to keep up with world oil demand
    124. Taiwan CPC To Restart No.3 Cracker On Jan 25
    125. Y2K bug visits Hadley
    126. URA Disowns Y2k Glitches
    127. Bug delays business at clerk of court's office
    128. Y2K bug detected at Metro Airport
    129. Hong Kong Futures Exchange Outage Was Y2K-Related
    130. Y2K bug inflicting woes for communications
    131. Disconnect: Northway emergency phones not working
    132. Y2K Officers Defend $100 Bil Investment
    133. U.S. Funds to Attack Y2K Bug Are Well Spent-Experts
    134. Airways Corp plays down second glitch
    135. Y2k May Hurt U.S. Homecare
    136. Fusion Center still looking for signs of millennium bug
    137. Dispatching glitches vex Pompano firefighters
    138. Computer glitch strikes NSA
    139. Bills in the mail after computer problems cause delays
    140. Daphne's big glitch
    141. Emergency 911 service disrupted in parts of metro-area counties
    142. Y2K test KOs phone service
    143. Few KUB bills had past, future due dates
    144. Glitch Triggers False Alarm About Dam
    145. Software snarls student scores
    146. Capo Unified scores still up in the air
    147. Computer Glitch Stops MVD Traffic
    148. Software glitch snags Canadian Venture Exchange
    149. There still could be some Y2K bugs to be worked out
    150. State Computers Crash
    151. HSBC faces legal action for millennium bug glitch
    152. Router fixed
    153. Another Router Problem
    154. State sees some minor Y2K trouble
    155. Y2K bug bites Hempstead County
    156. More about the router
    157. Bills in the mail after computer problems cause delays
    158. Glitch Confuses Water Customers
    159. NIPSCO malfunction kills power on U.S.30 and south
    160.  electronics failed at the lift station
    161. Thruster problem could cut mapping a little short
    162. Channel 7 sustains Y2K glitch; still functioning
    163. Top airline reservation system crashes briefly
    164. Pentagon will push ahead with flawed background check system
    165. City's switch glitch
    166. 2000 Bug 'Hit Power Plants And Internet'

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    1. Conectiv's bills anger customers
    2. Computer glitches inconvenience Ohio U. students, faculty
    3. Sewage Spill of 20 Olympic-sized Pools Y2K Related or No?
    4. Conectiv blasted for errors
    5. Computer Glitch Affects Tracking of Aircraft in New Zealand
    6. Outlook Improves for Houston-Based Oil Driller
    7. VENEZUELAN REFINERY PROBLEM PUSHES REFINED PRODUCTS UP FURTHER
    8. Venezuela issues force majeure after cracker down
    9. US oil products jump on cold, refinery outage
    10. Oil at Nine-Year Highs in Asia
    11. Refinery Outages
    12. Controlled shutdown of nuclear reactor probed; no radiation released
    13. Energy crisis in Ukraine
    14. FACTORY, GENERATING PLANT, PIPELINE EXPLOSIONS AND FIRES
    15. Huge Oil Price Increases Imminent for Truckers, Airlines, and Homeowners
    16. Outage puts brakes on MediaOnes's Roadrunner
    17. Problems in the Petroleum Industry
    18. Senator Dodd calls on President to tap into the nation's strategic oil reserve for the first time since 1990.
    19. NYMEX Oil Review: Heating oil rises in face of East Coast snow
    20. Texas - Power blackout blamed on fog (?)
    21. Volunteers work to clean mess as oil spill continues to spread in Rio
    22. Train Crash Kills Driver, Injures Another 15
    23. Major errors found in Yard's crime files
    24. State facing electrical crisis
    25. Long distance service out in Central Montana
    26. More cuts after a day of chaos
    27. Six killed as train derails and smashes into house in Germany
    28. Cisco systems field notices
    29. aircraft incidents since November 12, 1999
    30. BART GLITCH STRANDS THOUSANDS
    31. Malfunctioning rail switch causes train to jump tracks
    32. Transformer blamed
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    1. System Failure
    2.  Does OPEC Have Us Over a Barrel Again?
    3. GOING Y2K BUGGY or no?
    4. Transcript: What Happened to Y2K? Koskinen Speaks Out
    5. Tom Atlee, Co-Intelligence Institute, Latest Y2K Thoughts 01/28/2000
    6. PIPELINE SAFETY ADVISORY BULLETIN from 1999
    7. STILL PARTYING ON THE DECK OF THE TITANIC: PERSPECTIVE ON THE NEW MILLENNIUM
    8. Adopting Others' Fixes Helped Prove Dire Predictions Wrong
    9. We still haven't reached the final chapter of Y2K
    10. Bennett reflects on thankless job: Y2K alarmist
    11. Program on Past and Current Y2K & Embedded Systems
    12.  JANUARY 2000 Y2K IMPACT SCALE RATING AND COMMENTS
    13. Europe's History of Train Wrecks
    14. MD 80 first aircraft to have digital controls
    15. How Y2K Affected One Leading Technology News Web Site
    16. Jamaican Y2K Fix Adoptions Results in Glitch Free Rollover
    17. Report of the International Y2K Cooperation Center Washington February 2000
    18. Administration Claims Credit for Undoing Y2K Bug
    19. Y2K Aftermath- Crisis Averted (Report of FEB 2000)

     
     

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