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What happened in history on this day: February 26?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1989 - The ABC TV network airs the movie Get Smart Again. Appearing is an Amiga A1000 computer with 1080 monitor.
- 1997 - 3Com announces it will acquire U.S. Robotics in a US$6.6 billion stock swap.
- 1999 - Intel announces the Pentium III processor. Initial speeds are 450 and 500 MHz. The processor introduces 70 new Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE). Each processor has a unique identity code that can be accessed over the Internet. Code-name for the processor during development was Katmai.
- 2008 - Lenovo launches the ThinkPad X300 portable computer. It features 13.3-inch 1440x900 pixel LED display, DVD drive; under 1-inch thick, about 3 pounds weight.
Video Game history:
- 1998 - Sony releases PlayStation memory cards in black, candy orange, cherry red, crystal, emerald, gray, island blue, and lemon yellow.
- 2002 - Sony announces it is releasing a new line of discounted "Greatest hits" titles for the PlayStation 2 for US$25 each. Titles are eligible when they have been out for eight months and have sold over 400,000 copies. First releases will be on April 1.
- 2008 - Square Enix releases the Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors video game for the Nintendo Wii in the US.
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