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What happened in history on this day: January 9?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1991 - Microsoft releases Microsoft Excel for Windows 3.0, with Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technology.
- 1992 - At the Winter Consumer Electronics Show, Apple Computer chairman John Sculley coins the term Personal Digital Assistant, referring to handheld computers that typically operate via a stylus on a LCD display. Sculley announces that Apple will enter the consumer-electronics market by the end of the year.
- 1996 - Apple Computer officially unveils the Newton 2.0 operating system.
- 1998 - New Line Cinema releases the film Wag the Dog to theaters in the USA. An Apple PowerBook Duo 280c laptop computer appears in a close-up.
- 2000 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer is used to run a "Virtual Doctor" medical diagnostic program. The computer has system unit, monitor, keyboard, and mouse. The program says it is from the maker of "SimSandwich", a reference to the SimCity series of games. The program says "You've got leprocy", with the same voice as that of America Online's "You've got mail".
- 2001 - The MacWorld exposition and conference is held in San Francisco. Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs unveils Mac OS X operating system, and a new line of G4 computers with Nvidia Geforce 2 MX graphics processors.
- 2001 - At the Macworld Expo, Apple Computer announces the Titanium PowerBook G4 notebook. It features titanium case, 15.2-in 1152x768 pixel display, 8 MB ATI Rage Mobility 128 graphics processor, DVD drive, modem and network ports, USB and FireWire ports, 802.11 wireless networking, 128 or 256 MB RAM, 10 or 20 GB hard drive, and 400 or 500 MHz G4 processor. Size is 13.4 x 9.5 x 1 inches; weight is 5.3 pounds; price is US$2599-$3499.
- 2004 - Linus Torvalds releases Linux kernel 2.6.1.
- 2007 - At the Macworld Conference and Expo show, Steve Jobs announces that the Apple Computer company is changing its name to just Apple.
- 2009 - Microsoft releases the Windows 7 operating system for beta testing. Downloading the software will be available until January 24.
- 2011 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A mock Apple laptop computer is used for live interactive video through WiFi.
Video Game history:
- 1992 - Nintendo of America lowers the suggested retail price of the Super Nintendo from US$199.95 to US$179.95. Price of the Game Boy is lowered from US$89.95 to US$79.95.
- 1992 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. A scene shows an arcade video game, Larry the Looter.
- 2000 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A "Virtual Doctor" program says it is from the maker of Dragon Quest, a 1986 video game made by Enix in Japan.
- 2003 - Capcom releases the Resident Evil 2 video game for the GameCube in the US. Price is US$39.99.
- 2003 - Capcom releases the Resident Evil 3: Nemesis video game for the GameCube in the US. Price is US$39.99.
- 2008 - EA releases the Burnout Paradise video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
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