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What happened in history on this day: March 26?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1976 - The First Annual World Altair Computer Convention is held, at the Airport Marina Hotel near Albuquerque, New Mexico, over three days. This is the first such convention for the microcomputer industry. At the conference, Bill Gates explains his position on software piracy. In the hotel's penthouse suite, Processor Technology holds its own "booth" to promote their 4 kB memory boards for the Altair.
- 1999 - The computer virus "Melissa" attacks about 250,000 PCs worldwide in about three days, using Microsoft Outlook to mail itself to email addresses in the address book. This is the first virus capable of jumping from computer to computer on its own.
- 2001 - Caldera Systems announces it will change its name to Caldera International when it has completed acquiring the Unix products and services of the Santa Cruz Operation.
- 2001 - The Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conference is held, in Anaheim, California.
- 2001 - At the Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, Bill Gates introduces the Tablet PC initiative. It features a Transmeta Crusoe processor, touch-screen interface, MS Notebook handwriting recognition software, Windows XP operating system. Size is about 8.5 x 11 x 1 inches, weight is under 3 pounds; price will be US$2000-3500. Shipment date is scheduled for 2002.
- 2008 - Advanced Micro Devices unveiled the "Phenom" microprocessor for desktop personal computers.
Video Game history:
- 1993 - Nintendo releases the Star Fox video game for the Super NES in the US. The game is the first with the FX Chip for improved visuals and sounds.
- 1997 - Nintendo releases the Blast Corps video game for the Nintendo 64 in the USA.
- 2002 - Eidos releases the Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 video game for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2003 - Capcom releases the Auto Modellista video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US. Price is US$49.99.
- 2004 - Namco releases the R: Racing Evolution video game for the GameCube in Europe. Included with the GameCube version is Pac-Man Vs., which uses a link cable for players to play part of the game on the Game Boy Advance.
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