Y2k
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S'pore airport reports no glitch
News The Singapore Changi Airport has reported no Y2K related incidents as the country crossed over to the new milllennium.
Continued confidence for Y2K
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Research firm trims Y2K cost estimate
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What Y2K can teach us about 2012
Blogs Dec. 21, 2012. It's a big day on the calendar, particularly because some believe it marks the last day of the world as w...
IT wages fall as credit crunch bites
News Contractor rates for staff in the financial services sector have slumped to a five-year low, according to recent research.
Tags: Personnel management, Human resources, Financial, Contractor, layoff, Salary, compliance, Silicon.com, Y2K, recession
ICANN attacks 'fat and happy' IPv4 users
News Businesses need to begin thinking now beyond having IPv4 address space, says Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and and Numbers (ICANN)'s president, or risk losing online customers.
Tags: IPv6, Business Strategies & Functions, Web services, ICANN, IP, Attack, Internet Service, software, Y2K, network
IBM chides security researchers
News Technology giant IBM has taken independent security researchers to task for their role in making information about unpublished computer attacks available in an undisciplined manner.
Tags: Security, Domain names, IBM Corp., Zero-day Bug, Flaw, fault-tolerance, software, Y2K, hacking, researcher
Is your fridge Y2K ready?
News The National Computer Board (NCB) will be sending a brochure to all 950,000 homes in Singapore to help home-owners identify home appliances which may be affected by the Y2K bug.
ST Index rises 54 points as Y2K bug fears unfounded
News Singapore's stockmarket is successfully trading Monday with the benchmark Straits Times index surging 54.2 points hitting 2,533.8 at 11.20am local time.
SingTel's calls to Australia not affected
News Singapore Telecom has reported that its systems have not been affected by Australia's rollover period to the year 2000.
Companies race the Y2K clock
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Hong Kong reminds incoming ships of Y2K requirements
News Any ships that have not tested and passed essential equipment for Y2K compliance may not be permitted into Hong Kong's harbors between February 29 and March 1.
Users report 30GB Zunes seizing up
News Many users are reporting their Microsoft music players are rebooting then freezing up. Some dub the problem "Z2K."
Tags: Music, Music devices, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., discussion board, Symptom, PST, Microsoft Zune, Apple iPod
Don't rest easy yet, warns international Y2K watchdog
News An international Year 2000 center has warned that Y2K errors will become especially evident in the days and weeks after the rollover period.
Y2K cost estimate cut by US$2b
News An industry research organization has trimmed its estimate for Y2K related costs by US$2 billion.
