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What happened in history on this day: January 31?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1983 - Atari announces that Marcian Hoff, inventor of the microprocessor, is joining the company as vice president of research and development.
- 1983 - Texas Instruments introduces the TI Professional Computer. It features an 8088 processor, 64 kB RAM, dual 320 kB floppy drives, 720x300 graphics with optional 8-color mode, and voice recognition, starting at US$2195.
- 1984 - Commodore International announces that it will likely delay shipping the 264 and 364 models, due to continued high demand for the Commodore 64.
- 1984 - Apple Computer is reorganized into three divisions: Apple II, Apple 32, and Accessory Products.
- 1996 - At Demo 96 in Palm Springs, California, Apple Computer gives the first public showing of the Mac OS running on a PowerPC Platform (PPCP) computer. The prototype, built by IBM, uses a 132MHz PowerPC 604 processor.
- 1996 - Corel purchases WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, and the PerfectOffice application suite from Novell for US$180 million in cash, stock, and future licensing royalties.
- 1997 - Hewlett-Packard announces the HP 200LX handheld computer, with 4 MB RAM, priced at US$599.
- 1997 - Be announces it is ceasing production of its own hardware systems, to focus on software development.
- 2002 - Handspring begins selling its Treo 180 and 180g handheld computers in Singapore. Price is S$968 (about US$525).
- 2005 - Apple Computer releases new PowerBook G4 portable computers in the USA and United Kingdom. They feature 1.5 or 1.67 GHz G4 processor, 512 MB RAM, 12.1- or 17- inch LCD, AirPort, 512 KB L2 cache, 64 MB NVidia GeForceFX 5200 or 128 MB ATI Radeon 9700 graphics, two USB 2.0 ports, FireWire 400, FireWire 800, Ethernet, DVD-ROM/CD-RW or DVD-R drive, 80 or 100 GB hard drive. Prices are US$1499-2699 in the USA, and 1049-1849 pounds in the UK.
- 2005 - Sun Microsystems releases the Solaris 10 operating system for free commercial or non-commercial use.
- 2007 - Dell announces the resignation of CEO Kevin Rollins, and says Michael Dell will be back.
Video Game history:
- 1983 - Atari announces that Marcian Hoff, inventor of the microprocessor, is joining the company as vice president of research and development.
- 1997 - Square releases the Final Fantasy VII video game for the PlayStation in Japan.
- 2000 - Activision releases the Disney's Tarzan video game for the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color in the US.
- 2010 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A "Funtendo Zii" is a parody of the Nintendo Wii video game system with wireless remote, showing a golf game, a tennis game, and a World War II fighting game.
- 2012 - Square Enix releases the Final Fantasy XIII-2 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
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