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What happened in history on this day: March 8?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1983 - IBM announces the IBM Personal Computer XT in New York City. It features a Intel 8088 processor, 10 MB hard drive, eight expansion slots, serial port, 128 kB RAM, 40 kB ROM, keyboard, one double-sided 360 kB floppy drive. Price is US$4995. "XT" stands for eXtended Technology.
- 1991 - Sierra On-Line and Broderbund Software announce their intention to merge companies. New company name is to be Sierra-Broderbund.
- 2000 - Intel announces and begins shipping the 1 GHz Pentium III processor in limited quantities.
- 2000 - Apple Computer settles lawsuits out-of-court against Future Power over E-Power computers that Apple claimed copied the look of Apple's iMac.
- 2002 - Sun Microsystems files a private antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft in U.S. District Court in San Jose, California. The lawsuit seeks US$1 billion damages, a preliminary injunction requiring Microsoft to ship Java with Windows XP and Internet Explorer, the release of source code for Internet Explorer, and the release of interfaces between Windows and higher-level Microsoft source code.
- 2002 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A personal computer appears, with monitor and keyboard attached to the system unit, but not a portable computer.
- 2009 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer keyboard and flat-screen monitor appear.
Video Game history:
- 1991 - Capcom introduces the Street Fighter II arcade video game.
- 1996 - Acclaim Entertainment releases the Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 video game for the Genesis in the US.
- 2002 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A department store has a "Video Games" section.
- 2011 - Sony Computer Entertainment releases the MLB 11: The Show video game for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable in the US.
- 2011 - THQ releases the Homefront video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
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