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What happened in history on this day: October 20?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1989 - The AmiEXPO trade show for Amiga computers is held in Santa Clara, California, over three days.
- 1997 - Apple Computer introduces the MessagePad 2100 handheld computer. It features Newton 2.1 operating system, 4.9 x 3.3 inch 480x320 pixel 16-shade grayscale LCD display, 4 MB RAM, stylus, two Type-II PC Card slots, four AA batteries. Size is 8.3 x 4.7 x 1.1 inches; weight is 1.4 pounds; price is US$999.
- 1997 - The U.S. Justice Department asks a federal court to hold Microsoft in contempt of court because it may be forcing PC makers to distribute Internet Explorer as a condition of selling Windows 95. Microsoft is formally charged with violating the terms of the 1995 Final Judgement. The federal court is asked to impose on Microsoft a US$1 million per day fine until the company stops tying the browser with Windows. [1711.8] [1897.131]
- 2004 - Intel releases the 2.1 GHz Pentium M 765 processor for notebook computers. It features 2 MB of cache. The chip is manufactured using a 90-nanometre manufacturing process. Price is US$637 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2004 - Sharp Electronics announces it will cease development and retail sales of its handheld computers in the US.
- 2005 - In Santa Clara, California, Intel holds a meeting of 300 top managers. Chief Marketing Officer Eric Kim announces plans to drop the name "Pentium", the "Intel Inside" logo, and the dropped "e" in the corporate logo. Andrew Grove gives his full support to the ideas.
- 2009 - Apple unveils new line of redesigned iMac (starting at US$1199), MacBook (4.7 pounds, starting at US$999), and Mac Mini (US$599) computers, with touch-based mice (no buttons, balls, or wheels) and edge-to-edge glass.
Video Game history:
- 1985 - Sega releases the Sega Mark III video game system in Japan.
- 1992 - The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decides to dismiss the appeal by Sega to review the August 28 ruling in favor of Accolade.
- 2008 - Rockstar Games releases the Midnight Club: Los Angeles video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2009 - 2K Games releases the Borderlands video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the USA.
- 2009 - EA Sports releases the FIFA 10 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
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