December 1999

Y2K

by Haitham Sabbah December 31, 1999

Start Of Millennium celebrations and countdown amid concerns of serious Y2K problems with computer systems. Oh God!

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Einstein

by Haitham Sabbah December 26, 1999

Einstein is Time’s Person of the Century. Sure, he was naturally very gifted, but he brought an art to science that few before or after him have matched.

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Web Traffic

by Haitham Sabbah December 22, 1999

Nice article on how portals are not the primary source of traffic to Web sites.

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Mars Polar Lander

by Haitham Sabbah December 3, 1999

NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.

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Blogger

by Haitham Sabbah December 2, 1999

Evaluating Blogger 2.0… I like the interface.

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Human chromosome

by Haitham Sabbah December 1, 1999

An international team of scientists announced it had virtually mapped a human chromosome.

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