This Day in Personal Computer and Video Game History
February 23

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Personal Computer history:

  • 1994 - A US District Court rules that Microsoft violated patents held by Stac Electronics, in data compression used in Microsoft's DoubleSpace in DOS 6. Microsoft is ordered to remove or replace the technology, and pay US$120 million in damages. The court also finds that Stac illegally used access to Microsoft's trade secrets to make Stacker compatible with DOS 6.0. Microsoft is awarded US$13.6 million in damages.
  • 2007 - A Federal jury in San Diego orders Microsoft pay US$1.5 billion to Alcatel-Lucent for patent infringement of MP3 audio compression technology.
  • 2009 - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment releases the film Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder on DVD in the United Kingdom.
    • A character says in his speech "It seems only fit that I, Commodore 64 Zap Brannigan...".
    • A robot (Calculon) thinks of his award acceptance speech: "I'd like to thank the Academy, my agent, and most of all my operating system, Windows Vista for everything..." and then malfunctions.

Video Game history:

  • 1982 - The US Supreme Court announces it will not decide on the Mesquite versus Alladin's Castle case. The Federal Appeals Court must determine if the circumstances of the case are specific to the Texas constitution, in which case the US Supreme Court would have no jurisdiction.
  • 2008 - Microsoft announces it will cease making HD DVD players for the Xbox 360.
  • 2010 - Ubisoft releases Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction video game for the Xbox 360 in the USA.
  • 2010 - Sony Computer Entertainment releases the Heavy Rain video game for the PlayStation 3 in the USA.
  • 2017 - Square Enix releases the Nier: Automata video game for the PlayStation 4 in the USA.

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