Neowin News Feed for: Y2k

Debian switches to 64-bit time completely to avoid Y2K38 disaster

Usama Jawad — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 16:50:02 +0000

Debian maintainers have proactively started implementing fixes for the Y2K38 problem, rather than scrambling at the last minute like in Y2K. Read more...

Remember Y2K? Windows 95, 98, 2000-era app surprisingly stands tall against Y2K38 superbug

Sayan Sen — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:16:01 +0000

Similar to Y2K22 and the far more popular Y2K superbugs, Y2K38 is also expected to wreak havoc in the computing world. Surprisingly, a Windows 95, 98, and 2000 era app is unaffected by it. Read more...

SonicWall was a victim of the Microsoft Y2K22 Exchange Server bug too, fixes released

Sayan Sen — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 07:46:01 +0000

Cyber-security firm SonicWall has released patches that fix the issues its users and administrators were encountering due to the Y2K22 Microsoft Exchange Server bug that hit at the cusp of New Year. Read more...

Microsoft releases official fix for Y2K22 Exchange Server bug that was causing mail jam

Sayan Sen — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 09:32:01 +0000

Microsoft has delivered on its promise of releasing a solution, both automated and manual, for the Y2K22 Exchange Server bug that was causing mail and messages to get stuck in transport queues. Read more...

Trivia Tuesday: Apocalypse 2012 Edition

Tyler Holman — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:17:30 +0000

The world is about to end, and Neowin has assembled a list of some of the tech world's near-apocalypses and biggest threats to entertain you while you await your impending doom. We'll miss you, too. Read more...

Not Y2K, but Glitches Loom with '07 Daylight-Saving time

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:10:07 +0000

Sounding a little like the Y2K concerns at the turn of this century, the U.S. Congress's expansion of daylight-saving time, which moves the clock change from early April to March 11, may cause some VARs... Read more...