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• Daylight saving changes bring warning for ICT managers

  A leading local software firm is warning customers about the technology challenges arising from daylight saving time changes.

• Year2000.com domain draws phony $10m bid

  De Jager says he was immediately suspicious

• All's Well says Y2K Commission

  No problems reported at 2am

• Frankly speaking: New Fears Day

  What are the problems that’ll dominate IT in the coming year?

• Monitoring System Fails at Japan Nuclear Plant

  A system that monitors radiation levels around a nuclear power plant in Japan was hit by problems shortly after midnight on January 1, according to local media reports.

• Australia Passes Y2K Rollover Test

  Australian businesses have so far escaped any major glitches caused by the Year 2000 date change.

• Cellphone overloading in New Zealand

  "Your call cannot be connected at the moment - please try again later"

• New Zealand Hangover Cure: Coffee with Milk

  New Zealanders rising to face the new year after a heady night of celebrations won't have to take their coffee black or choke down their cereal without milk. Like the rest of this early date-line country, the year-2000 date rollover seems to have gone smoothly at New Zealand Dairy Group, New Zealand's biggest dairy products company.

• Emergency Management Delighted with Site

  The Web site that tells the world how New Zealand is coping with the Y2K bug has more than held its own, despite taking two million hits from the US and a further one million from New Zealand surfers in the first three hours.

• The End of the World...

  One lonely journalist watches the clock tick

• Report: Y2K Fears to Close Chinese Ports

  Two major ports in China's Shenzhen province are planning to close for as much as nine hours to guard against Year 2000-related computer problems, the official China Daily has reported.

• More companies confident about Y2K readiness

  Overall, businesses are increasingly confident

• Y2K: A never-ending story

  Doomsday won't come, most agree

• Global Y2K Internet watch kicks off in NZ

  "Silent Night" call will begin in New Zealand