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What happened in history on this day: November 10?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1981 - Panasonic introduces The Link handheld computer, the size of a small book, with a keyboard but no display. It can be hooked up to a television or to a host computer via a telephone dial-up connection. Price is US$500-600.
- 1983 - At the Helmsley Palace Hotel in New York City, Microsoft formally announces Microsoft Windows for the IBM PC. This is the most elaborate product introduction in industry history. Windows is promised for release in April, 1984. Bill Gates predicts that by the end of 1984, Windows would be used on over 90% of all IBM compatible PCs.
- 1997 - Apple Computer introduces the Power Macintosh G3 computer. It features 233 or 266 MHz PowerPC 750 processor, 66 MHz system bus, 4 GB hard drive, 32 MB SDRAM, 512 kB cache, 24X CD-ROM drive. Price starts at US$1999.
- 1997 - Hitachi announces the SuperH SH-4 200 MHz processor. Performance is reported to be 360 MIPS. Price is US$40 in quantities of 10,000. Volume production is expected for summer 1998.
- 1997 - Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP 360LX handheld computer. It features Windows CE 2.0, 8 MB RAM, 10 MB ROM, Hitachi 60 MHz SH-3 processor, 640x240 pixel grayscale display. Price is US$699.
- 2003 - Apple Computer releases Mac OS X 10.3.1.
Video Game history:
- 1981 - Twin Galaxies arcade opens in Ottumwa, Iowa, USA, run by Walter Day.
- 1983 - Activision lays off many of its staff, due to the decrease in demand for home video game machines and cartridges.
- 1994 - Sega releases the Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble video game for the Game Gear in the US.
- 1998 - Guernsey issues a 17-pence postage stamp depicting a video game machine, probably a Sony PlayStation.
- 1999 - Warner Bros. releases the film Pokémon: The First Movie to theaters.
- 2003 - Nintendo releases the Mario Party 5 video game for the GameCube in the US.
- 2009 - Activision Blizzard releases the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 videogame for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA and UK.
- 2009 - Microsoft bans about 600,000 Xbox Live users worldwide for operating modified Xbox 360 consoles.
- 2020 - Microsoft releases the Xbox Series X video game system. Price is US$500.
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