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What happened in history on this day: November 29?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1999 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 750 MHz Athlon processor, fabricated with 0.18-micron technology. Price is US$799 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 1999 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 533 MHz K6-2 processor, for US$167 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 1999 - Dominican Republic issues a 6-peso postage stamp depicting a personal computer.
- 2002 - Massachusetts' Attorney General Tom Reilly files an appeal of U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's ruling of the settlement of the antitrust case against Microsoft.
- 2009 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A desktop computer is used to access a "Wiccapedia" web site.
Video Game history:
- 1982 - Atari files a copyright infringement suit against Imagic, claiming Demon Attack is a copy of Centuri's Phoenix video game, which Atari has the exclusive right to produce for the home game market.
- 1993 - Sega releases the Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine video game for the Genesis in the US.
- 1994 - The American Broadcasting Company airs the Full House TV show in the USA. The family is playing the Super Nintendo using a NES Max controller.
- 2005 - Nintendo releases the Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time video game for the Nintendo DS in the US.
- 2005 - Sony releases an update for the PlayStation Portable in the U.S., via Internet connection or installed from a Memory Stick or UMD disc. The update allows Really Simple Syndication version 2.0 for audio streams, and Windows Media Audio file playback.
- 2005 - The National Institute on Media and the Family release a report calling the video game industry-operated rating system "beyond repair."
- 2009 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. Someone asks "So, you guys have any video games?".
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