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What happened in history on this day: February 15?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1995 - In San Francisco, California, the International Solid State Circuits Conference is held, over three days.
- 1998 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.
- An issue of "WIRED" magazine shows a desktop computer on the cover.
- A personal computer is used to access the Internet over 28.8kbps modem.
- Bill Gates appears, offering to buy out a competing Internet company. Instead of actually buying the company, two of his goons trash the office.
- 2000 - At the Intel Developer's Forum, Intel demonstrates an upcoming 32-bit processor, code-named Willamette, running at 1.5 GHz.
- 2005 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A fairy refers to the "WANDOS 2.0" operating system, a reference to the Windows operating system.
Video Game history:
- 1983 - Magnavox settles its television game patent infringement suit against Mattel Electronics and five other companies. Mattel will pay a settlement fee, and be licensed to continue producing and selling its systems.
- 1998 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. On a desert island, one character tells another to "draw up plans for a coconut radio and if possible a coconut Nintendo system".
- 2008 - At the Tokyo arcade expo in Chiba, Japan, Capcom shows the Street Fighter IV arcade game.
- 2011 - Capcom releases the Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
- 2011 - LucasArts releases the LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars video game for the Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 in the US.
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