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What happened in history on this day: March 6?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1978 - Chris Lundberg, Sugu Aria, and Richard Desman, all top executives at IMSAI, quit their jobs.
- 1991 - In the lawsuit of Apple Computer versus Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard, Federal District Court Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco denies Hewlett-Packard's request to declare Apple's copyrights invalid, and also rejects Microsoft's argument that portions of Windows are covered by the 1985 license from Apple. However, the judge agrees to Microsoft's request to consider the copyright issue feature-by-feature, rather than on the basis of overall look and feel.
- 1992 - The computer virus Michelangelo is activated on PCs.
- 1995 - In San Francisco, California, the IEEE holds its Compcon '95 computer systems conference.
- 2000 - Advanced Micro Devices releases 900, 950 MHz, and 1 GHz Athlon processors. Each processor features 512 kB of Level 2 off-chip cache. Prices are US$899, US$999, and US$1299 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2000 - Compaq Computer and Gateway unveil personal computers using the 1 GHz Athlon processor. Prices start at US$2500 for a complete system.
- 2001 - Palm introduces the Palm m105 handheld computer. It features 8 MB RAM, PC synchronization docking cradle. Price is US$199.
- 2003 - ATI announces three new graphics chips, Radeon 9800 (340 and 380 MHz), Radeon 9600, and Radeon 9200.
- 2003 - At the Game Developers Conference in San Jose, California, Nvidia announces two new graphics chips, GeForce FX 5600, and GeForce FX 5200.
- 2003 - In Utah, Caldera Systems (SCO Group) files a lawsuit against IBM, claiming IBM illegally used licensed Unix technology in its Linux software. SCO seeks US$1 billion in damages. If IBM does not meet SCO's demands within 100 days, SCO threatens to revoke IBM's Unix license, disrupting shipments of AIX.
Video Game history:
- 2007 - Sony CEA releases the MotorStorm video game for the PlayStation 3 in the US.
- 2011 - Nintendo releases the Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version video game for the Nintendo DS in the US.
- 2012 - Electronic Arts releases the Mass Effect 3 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
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