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What happened in history on this day: November 2?
On November 2 in ...
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Personal Computer history:
- 1983 - Quote from Sierra On-Line founder and president, Ken Williams: "...the PCjr is bound to be around for a while".
- 1987 - (to November 6) Fall Comdex is held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over 100,000 people attend.
- 1994 - The second court hearing on the Microsoft consent decree is held.
- 2001 - Microsoft and the US Department of Justice and nine US states reach a settlement in their antitrust case. Microsoft is to license Windows uniformly, and cannot make exclusive contracts that compel companies to use to not use certain competing software products. The settlement is subject to acceptance by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. If approved, a consent decree would be in effect for five years, with a technology-oversight team at Microsoft ensuring compliance.
- 2004 - Intel releases the 3.46 GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor. It features 1.066 GHz bus speed, 2 MB cache, and 800 MHz front-side bus. Price is US$999.
Video Game history:
- 2004 - Sony releases the Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US and Canada.
- 2004 - Sega releases the Sonic Mega Collection Plus video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2004 - Electronic Arts releases the Need for Speed Underground 2 video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance in the US.
- 2004 - Vivendi Universal Games releases The Bard's Tale video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2004 - Vivendi Universal releases the Spyro: A Hero's Tail video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in the US.
- 2007 - Sony CEA releases the new PlayStation 3 in the USA. It comes with a 40GB hard drive, no PlayStation 2 compatibility, price $400.
- 2010 - Sony Computer Entertainment releases the God of War: Ghosts of Sparta video game for the PlayStation Portable in the US.
- 2010 - Nintendo releases the GoldenEye 007 video game for the Nintendo Wii in the US.
- 2012 - The animated film Wreck-It Ralph is released to theaters. The film is about an arcade videogame villian who wants to be the good guy. Includes cameos of many video game characters.
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