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What happened in history on this day: January 3?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1977 - Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Mike Markkula file for incorporation of Apple Computer. The corporation purchases the Apple Computer partnership for US$5308.96, paying Ron Wayne one-third of that.
- 1984 - Docutel/Olivetti begins marketing the Olivetti PC, compatible with the IBM PC. The computers are made by Corona Data Systems. Price is US$2895 with one floppy drive, or US$3295 with dual floppy drives.
- 2001 - Intel releases the 800 MHz Celeron processor, with 100 MHz system bus. Price is US$170 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2001 - Intel releases the 1.3 GHz Pentium 4 processor.
- 2006 - Intel announces it is dropping the 25-year old "Intel Inside" campaign and the 37-year old Intel logo with dropped "e". The new logo is lowercase "intel" in an oval, with tag line "Leap ahead".
- 2010 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA.
- A laptop computer with Apple-like logo appears.
- A laptop computer displays a web site about "Pyramid Power".
- An Apple Mac OS-like screen is used to denote a person forgetting something.
Video Game history:
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