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, ...

Can you believe that it has been 25 years since we worried that the technical world might fall apart as we welcomed in the new millennium in the year 2000? The “Y2K bug” was a dud, and our computers ...

In December 1999, the world prepared for the impending global meltdown known as Y2K. It all stemmed from a seemingly small software glitch: Many older computer programs had coded dates using only two ...

Widespread fears about Y2K led to significant preparations by governments and corporations. Concerns included potential power outages, financial disruptions and even catastrophic failures in air ...

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 to ...

Will we party like it's 1999 again?

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.