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What happened in history on this day: February 27?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1998 - Netscape makes source code for Netscape Communicator 5.0 browser available for free download on the Internet.
- 1998 - Apple Computer ceases development of its Newton operating system and Newton OS-based products.
- 2008 - The European Commission fines Microsoft 899 million euros (US$1.35 billion) for using high prices to discourage software competition, in defiance of a 2004 order from Brussels to provide the information on reasonable terms.
Video Game history:
- 1996 - Nintendo releases the Pocket Monsters - Green Version and Pocket Monsters - Red Version video games for Super Game Boy in Japan.
- 1998 - Sales to date of Crash Bandicoot 2 video game for the PlayStation: in USA, 1 million; in Japan, 0.8 million; in Europe, 0.34 million.
- 2006 - Nintendo releases the Super Princess Peach video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA.
- 2007 - Electronic Arts releases the SSX Blur video game for the Nintendo Wii in the US.
- 2007 - Disney Interactive Studios releases the Lumines Plus video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2008 - Codemasters releases the Turning Point - Fall of Liberty video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the US.
- 2009 - Sony Computer Entertainment releases the Killzone 2 video game for the PlayStation 3 in the USA.
- 2011 - Hank Chien in New York City, New York, USA sets new world record score in Donkey Kong arcade video game: 1,090,400.
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