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What happened in history on this day: November 12?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1984 - Lotus Development officially announces Jazz for the Macintosh 512K, a five-in-one application suite incorporating spreadsheet, database, graphics, word processing, and communications functions.
- 1990 - The Fall '90 COMDEX trade show is held in Las Vegas, Nevada, over five days. 1850 exhibitors and 126,000 visitors attend.
- 1997 - Iomega announces it has sold ten million Zip drives.
- 2000 - At the Comdex trade show, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates demonstrates a proposed Tablet PC initiative, which would convert handwritten pen strokes into graphics.
- 2001 - Advanced Micro Devices announces the 950 MHz mobile Duron processor. Price is US$160.
- 2001 - Advanced Micro Devices announces the 1.2 GHz mobile Athlon 4 processor. Price is US$525.
- 2004 - Novell files a lawsuit against Microsoft, claiming the company used anti-competitive tactics against Novell from 1994 to 1996, by withholding technical information about Windows, and using its monopoly power to prevent hardware manufacturers from offering the WordPerfect word processor.
Video Game history:
- 1992 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. One scene shows children playing in a video game arcade.
- 1999 - Capcom releases the Resident Evil 3: Nemesis video game for the PlayStation in the US.
- 2003 - Nokia confirms that hackers have cracked anticopying protections in games designed for the N-Gage video game system.
- 2003 - EA Games releases the Medal of Honor: Rising Sun video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube in the US.
- 2006 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. An army recruiter asks kids "How many of you like video games?".
- 2007 - Nintendo releases the Super Mario Galaxy video game for the Nintendo Wii in the USA.
- 2008 - Electronic Arts releases the Mirror's Edge video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2020 - Sony releases the PlayStation 5 video game system, with DualSense controller. Price is US$500.
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