When the world was closing the end (or the start) of the millennia, there was a little bit of panic for many individuals regarding the Y2K bug. Apparently, most computers were not expected to reach active service by the time 1999 rolled into 2000 and the dating system did not have provisions for the new millennium.
Basically, when “99” switches to “00” some computers were predicted to be unable to handle the computation. It was said that many financial records all over the world was vulnerable to this problem. Some even went as far as to say that Wall Street and other major financial establishments would come crashing down.
It has been over a decade since, literally, with 2010 now here, we all know better that all the worrying and panicking was for naught. In the end, most computers had been modified to adapt to the change in date and others that were not retro-fitted simply chugged along harmlessly into the year 2000.
Anyway, just a few days ago, many owners of Windows Mobile phones and some subscribers of US carriers received New Year’s greetings from friends and family dated at 2016. Hardly a cause for alarm, the messages are clearly not really from the future but are simply the results of a computer error.
Apparently; there are some problems with WinMo phones (particularly versions 6.5 and 6.1) where the messaging errors popped out. The bug, which is now being called the Y2K+10 or the Y2.01K bug shows no other side effects other than not being able to process the date stamp properly. A fix for the problem is already available at the official WM Experts website.
It is also suspected that the problem is carrier based as opposed to phone based as details regarding the fix indicate that the phone will be correcting the dates using its own calendar.
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