|
What happened in history on this day: November 13?
On November 13 in ...
|
Personal Computer history:
- 1989 - COMDEX is held in Las Vegas, Nevada, over five days.
- 1989 - At the fall COMDEX show, IBM strongly endorses Microsoft Windows for low end PCs, and Microsoft publicly endorses OS/2 as the future platform for higher-end PCs. IBM and Microsoft agree to jointly develop a consistent, full-range of systems software.
- 1989 - IBM and Microsoft issue a joint statement that Microsoft would hold back features for Windows to help industry acceptance of OS/2.
- 1994 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A character writes "Beat up Martin." on a "Newton" handheld computer (with green apple and worm logo), which interprets the writing as "Eat up Martha.".
- 1995 - In Las Vegas, Nevada, the Comdex Fall '95 conference is held, over five days. 1950 exhibitors and 207,000 visitors attend.
- 1996 - Advanced Micro Devices begins limited shipments of its K6 processor with MMX instructions, at speeds of 166 to 200 MHz.
- 1998 - Be announces BeOS Release 4 operating system, for Intel and PowerPC processor-based computers. The new release is better integrated with Windows files amd keyboard shortcuts. Release is set for December, with online purchase price US$69.95, or retail price US$99.95.
- 2000 - Intel releases the 733 and 766 MHz Celeron processors. Prices are US$112 and US$170 each in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2001 - Palm buys Be's assets for $11 million in stock.
- 2007 - Electronic Arts releases the Crysis game for personal computers in the USA.
- 2008 - Blizzard releases the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King game for personal computers.
Video Game history:
- 1982 - Scott Safran of Pennsylvania scores a world record 41,336,440 in Asteroids.
- 1989 - US District Court Judge Fern Smith rules Nintendo owned rights to Tetris, not Tengen (Atari Games).
- 2001 - Konami releases the Metal Gear Solid 2 video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2003 - Sony drops the price of the PlayStation 2 in Japan to 19,800 yen (about US$180).
- 2005 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A character plays a handheld video game system.
- 2006 - Nintendo releases the Yoshi's Island DS video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA.
- 2011 - Nintendo releases the Super Mario 3D Land video game for the Nintendo 3DS in the US.
- 2012 - Activision releases the Call of Duty: Black Ops III video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
|
|
vvv advertisement vvv
^^^ advertisement ^^^
You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history.
Bookmark this URL: http://kpolsson.com/thisday/compvid/ and revisit each day.
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
Or, visit my Timelines of History page.
|