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What happened in history on this day: December 7?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1995 - Adobe Systems announces it will license the Java programming language from Sun Microsystems, and integrate Java support into Adobe Acrobat tools and Adobe PageMill software.
- 1995 - Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and other executives give a seven-hour briefing speech and workshop in Seattle, Washington, on Microsoft's Internet strategy. Microsoft announces it has licensed Java from Sun Microsystems, and will add extensions to the technology for use with the Microsoft Network. Microsoft announces it has licensed browser technology from Spyglass for Windows 3.1 and the Macintosh, and will also offer Internet Explorer 2.0 on all platforms free of charge. The Microsoft Network will be redesigned as a Web site.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer appears.
- 2004 - IBM announces it will sell its PC division to Lenovo Group of China, for about US$1.75 billion. IBM will retain 18.9 percent of Lenovo shares.
- 2007 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A laptop computer appears.
Video Game history:
- 1982 - 23 minutes before Atari announcing reduces sales expectations, Atari President and CEO Ray Kassar sells 5000 shares of Warner Communications.
- 1982 - Atari announces that sales of Video Computer Systems are not meeting predicted levels. Fourth quarter sales increase expected to be 10-15 percent rather than 50 percent.
- 1989 - U.S. Congressman Dennis Eckart announces at a large news conference that he is recommending an investigation of Nintendo by the Justice Department.
- 1990 - At Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California, Nintendo holds the Nintendo PowerFest grand finale to their nation-wide video game competition, over three days.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. The "Noiseland Arcade" includes at least eleven arcade video game machines.
- 2004 - Nvidia announces it is making the graphics processor for Sony's next PlayStation video game system. The two companies have been working for two years to develop a graphics processor based on Sony technology and Nvidia's GeForce architecture.
- 2004 - Capcom releases the Viewtiful Joe 2 video game for the GameCube and PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2009 - Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA.
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