Y2K Knocks Out

A hodgepodge of computers dating back to the 1970s is to blame for the New Year's Eve blackout of National Reconnaissance Office satellite imagery in the Pentagon's most significant Y2K-related failure. The software failure at an NRO ground facility in Northern Virginia that receives and processes...

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