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VA catches "embarrassing" Y2K blip

The Department of Veterans Affairs has weathered slight Year 2000 problems in the final hours before the rollover into the new year.

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Hackers quiet but may hit fed sites later

As the clock ticked past midnight on the U.S. East Coast, sentries on wat

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DOD's IT shop find no Y2K glitches, hackers

One hour after midnight Zulu Greenwich Mean Time, which the majority

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Sprint, MCI reporting smooth traffic flow

Sprint Corp. and MCI Worldcom Inc., the companies that supply longdistan

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Was Y2K doom-and-gloom hype? No, says U.S.

Despite the extraordinarily smooth computer date rollover from 1999 to 20

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DOD switches in Japan have no Y2K hiccups

The Defense Department's global network passed a key datecode milestone at midnight in Japan (10 a.m. EST), when four switches on that network running on Japan time switched to the Year 2000 without a blip.

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All submarine systems "go" at international date line

The 180 man crew of the USS Topeka nuclear attack submarine sailed the

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Security expires on older Netscape browsers

Come Saturday, users of older Netscape Communications Corp. browsers may find their trusty Websurfing software no longer provides secure Internet transactions.

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Y2K fizzles at DOD bases in Europe, Middle East

To the surprise of many in the Defense Department, the Year 2000 arriv

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Air traffic control rolls through Zulu time

The nation's air traffic control systems survived their first test for processing dates in the Year 2000, rolling over successfully at 7 p.m. EST today midnight, Zulu time.

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Koskinen says U.S. all clear for now; Russian scud a Y2K dud

A world that has been relatively calm during the Year 2000 rollover received minor jolt

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Qwest wins $50M contract to speed DOE lab network

The Energy Department awarded a $50 million contract to Qwest Communications International Inc. last week to build a telecommunications network capable of transmitting more than 1 trillion bits of data per second.

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No Y2K woes, Bell Atlantic reports

Officials at Bell Atlantic Corp., which provides telecommunication services and equipment for federal agencies in the Washington, D.C., area, reported today that they had experienced no Year 2000related problems.

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Y2K won't derail space station

The U.S. government's work with Russia to build the International Spa

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Guam's Y2K rollover bodes well for U.S.

Early Year 2000 reports from the U.S. territory of Guam which bills itself as where America's day begins because of its proximity to the international date line indicate that the rest of America has nothing to worry about as the new year sweeps across the 50 states.

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Army awards logistics modernization contract to CSC

The Army awarded Computer Sciences Corp. this week a $681 million contract to fully modernize the way the Army buys everything from helmets to helicopters.

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World spent $200 billion on Y2K fixes, U.S. says

Governments and companies worldwide spent $200 billion to prevent a Ye

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DOD to declare victory over Y2K

The Pentagon kicked open the portal to the twentyfirst century today wi

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U.S. Y2K central reports only minor problems

Top Clinton administration officials said the first Year 2000 rollover

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VA, NASA, NARA beat millennium bug

Nurses and technicians began floorbyfloor sweeps through five vetera