This Day in Personal Computer and Video Game History
February 17

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Personal Computer history:

  • 1994 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. Appearing is a personal computer with keyboard and monitor.
  • 1997 - Apple Computer unveils many updated desktop and portable Macintosh computers: PowerBook 3400 and 4400, and Power Macintosh 7300, 8600, and 9600.
  • 1997 - Apple Computer unveils the eMate handheld computer. Weight is 4 pounds.
  • 1997 - Apple Computer introduces the Newton MessagePad 2000. It features 32-bit StrongARM 162 MHz processor and 5 MB RAM.
  • 2000 - In San Francisco, California, Microsoft unveils the Windows 2000 operating system. Upgrade price is US$189 from Windows 95 or Windows 98, or US$129 from Windows NT.
  • 2004 - Microsoft launches a version of the Office software suite supporting nine Indian languages.
Video Game history:

  • 1999 - Sony Computer Entertainment America releases the Syphon Filter video game for the PlayStation in the US.
  • 2003 - Nintendo releases the Mario Party-e for the e-Reader in the US.
  • 2004 - Electronic Arts releases the James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing video game for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox in the US.
  • 2005 - Microsoft issues a recall of power cords on 14.1 million Xbox consoles worldwide, following 30 reports of failure of defective electrical components, causing minor injury or property damage. The recall covers consoles made before Jan. 13, 2004 in Europe, and consoles made before Oct. 23, 2003 everywhere else.
  • 2009 - Capcom releases the Street Fighter IV video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
  • 2009 - Square Enix releases the Dragon Quest V: Hound of the Heavenly Bride video game for the Nintendo DS in the US.
  • 2009 - Rockstar Games releases the Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and the Damned video game for the Xbox 360 in the USA.

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