...and storing frequently used numbers. The financial sector also likes them: In France, every Visa debit card has an embedded chip. Despite pilot projects, smart cards have never been a commercial hit in the United States, however. For U.S...

...expected to be Y2K-compliant -- able to distinguish between 1900 and 2000 -- by the new year, and those with embedded chips that are not compliant are being replaced. Problems that can be prevented by reprogramming or replacing computers...

...I don't have a year 2000 problem,"' Little said. "That may not be true." Companies that use inexpensive "embedded chips" to count gallons or dispense chemicals into water could find those chips will not work when 2000 comes, he said...

...for manufacturers of electronic products, according to legal experts. "The potential liability associated with the embedded chip issues is underreported and potentially an avenue of massive liability," said Vito Petraino, a California attorney...

...this weekend. If there are any problems involving embedded chips that control power plants and other major equipment...digits to represent a year in computer programs and embedded chips. Left uncorrected, "00" might appear as 1900...

...appliances, consumer electronics, garage door openers, electric locks and other equipment that may be controlled by an "embedded chip." Stock emergency supplies to last from three days to a week for everyone living in your home, including pets...

...have been mobilizing to deal with the computer trouble known as the Y2K problem, which results from computers and embedded chips reading years in just two digits. If uncorrected, those machines would read Jan. 1, 2000, as Jan. 1, 1900...

...for manufacturers of electronic products, according to legal experts. "The potential liability associated with the embedded chip issues is underreported and potentially an avenue of massive liability," said Vito Petraino, a California attorney...