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What happened in history on this day: February 9?
On February 9 in ...
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Personal Computer history:
- 1994 - Electronic Arts and Broderbund Software announce a proposed merger, in a stock swap valued at about US$408 million.
- 1996 - Bandai Digital Entertainment unveils the Pippin Atmark computer. The system is licensed from Apple Computer, comes with keyboard, mouse, and modem for Internet access, and plugs into a television.
- 1997 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer appears, with system unit under CRT monitor, and separate keyboard and mouse.
- 2005 - In the lawsuit of SCO Group versus IBM over alleged copyright infringement of Unix source code, U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball refuses to grant IBM's request for a declaration that its Linux work does not violate SCO's copyrights. The judge criticizes SCO for not producing any evidence of infringement.
- 2005 - Carly Fiorina steps down as chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard. The board of directors names Patricia Dunn as new chairman, and names Robert Wayman as interim CEO.
Video Game history:
- 1982 - The Boston suburb of Marlborough, Massachusettes, passes an ordinance barring the use of video games by anyone under age 18 during school class hours or late at night, and bans placement of the games within 1500 feet of public schools.
- 1983 - Atari announces the My First Computer keyboard component for the Atari 2600 game system, to turn it into a home computer. It features 8 kB RAM, expandable to 32 kB. The system is to be shipped after September, for under US$90.
- 1996 - Bandai's Digital Entertainment division unveils the Pippin Atmark video game system in Japan. The system is licensed from Apple Computer, comes with keyboard, mouse, and modem for Internet access, and plugs into a television.
- 2004 - Nintendo releases the Metroid: Zero Mission video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US. Price is US$29.99
- 2004 - Nintendo releases the limited edition two-tone Onyx/Platinum Game Boy Advance SP in the US.
- 2004 - Square Enix releases the Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles for the GameCube in the US.
- 2010 - Electronic Arts releases the Dante's Inferno video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
- 2010 - 2K Games releases the BioShock 2 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
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