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...glitch stems from computer chips and programs that take into account only the last two digits of the year in keeping track of the date. As a result, they recognize the year 2000 as 1900, and the difference could lead to severe problems for Harvard...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: deadline to debug | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

...most obvious problem with the Y2K glitch, it originally seemed, was with the important computerized records of the University--the "core financials," as administrators term them...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: deadline to debug | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

Above all, take the time you need to get the job done right. Hanson, for example, had to miss his first lucrative Christmas season when setting up his online store; it took him six months before opening up for e-business. But his site has remained glitch-free ever since. Now Hanson has installed a live lobster-cam for customers. Even online, he's learned, customers like to see what they're going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Booting Up Your Business | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...longed for my trusty Macintosh! Macs are easier than PCs in every way, and fixing a software glitch on one is especially simple. (Turn off all the extensions, then turn them back on one by one until you find the offender.) But resolving a PC conflict means entering a time-wasting morass of Washington-sex-scandal dimensions. Still, I had no choice. After fiddling around importantly for a bit, I did what I always end up doing in PC-land: I called the 24-hour, toll-free so-called help line. This turned out to be a mistake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Help-Line Hell | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...Software glitch takes out Schwab website...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Top 50 News Stories (Of Last Wednesday) | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

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