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What happened in history on this day: October 8?
On October 8 in ...
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Personal Computer history:
- 1991 - At the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, the Multimedia Marketing Council launches the Multimedia PC. Keynote speakers include James Burke and Bill Gates. Requirements of a Multimedia PC are: 80286 processor, 2 MB RAM, 40 MB hard drive, VGA graphics, two-channel 16-bit audio record/playback, CD-ROM, and Microsoft Windows with Multimedia extensions.
- 1998 - Microsoft announces Windows CE Handheld PC Professional Edition 3.0 hardware reference design, based on Windows CE 2.11. Code-name during development was Jupiter.
- 2003 - Yuji Ukai of EEye Digital Security discovers a security vulnerability in the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASRV.DLL file) of Windows. Within hours, it is reported to Microsoft.
- 2003 - Apple Computer releases updated Power Mac G4 computers. They feature 1.25 GHz G4 to dual 1.25 GHz G4 processors, 80 GB hard drive.
Video Game history:
- 1999 - The Duke Nuken - Zero Hour video game is released for the Nintendo 64 in England.
- 2003 - Capcom releases the Viewtiful Joe video game for the GameCube in the US.
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