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What happened in history on this day: October 27?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1986 - In New York City, Microsoft announces Microsoft Word 3.0 for the Macintosh.
- 1992 - Microsoft ships Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.1, which integrates networking and workgroup functionality.
- 1997 - Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 4.0 on CD-ROM for retail distribution. Price is US$49.
- 1997 - Intel and Digital Equipment settle the lawsuit launched by Digital in May. Intel will purchase Digital's chipmaking plants for about US$700 million. Intel will fabricate Alpha processors for Digital, and will take over development of Digital's StrongARM embedded processors. Digital will begin making servers and workstations based on Intel's IA-64 architecture. Both companies will enter into a ten-year cross-licensing agreement.
- 1998 - Microsoft announces that the final name for Windows NT 5.0 will be Windows 2000.
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- 2006 - Mozilla Foundation releases the Firefox 2.0 Web browser.
Video Game history:
- 2004 - Sony Computer Entertainment annouces the release date of the PlayStation Portable in Japan: December 12, for 19800 yen (about US$185), with 21 game titles available.
- 2008 - Sony Computer Entertainment releases the Little Big Planet video game for the PlayStation 3 in the USA.
- 2009 - Activision releases the DJ Hero video game for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, and Nintendo Wii in the USA.
- 2009 - Rockstar Games releases the Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony video game for the Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2009 - Namco Bandai releases the Tekken 6 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2009 - Sony Computer Entertainment releases the Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time video game for the PlayStation 3 in the USA.
- 2010 - Zen Studios releases the Pinball FX 2 video game for the Xbox 360 in the US.
- 2017 - Ubisoft releases the Assassins Creed Origins video game for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the USA.
- 2017 - Nintendo releases the Super Mario Odyssey video game for the Switch in the USA.
- 2017 - Bethesda Softworks releases the Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus video game for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the USA.
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