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What happened in history on this day: March 30?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1993 - AT&T Graphics Software Labs closes. It had made PC and Macintosh graphics software such as Topas, Rio, StudioMaster, Panorama, and Comet CG.
- 1999 - Settlement talks between Microsoft and the US Department of Justice fail.
- 2001 - Quantum sells its hard drive business to Maxtor. Quantum will continue operations selling storage products and services.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.
- A portable laptop computer is used to access the Internet.
- A character, while watching a meteor shower at night, comments: "This is even better than our screen saver".
- 2008 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer appears, showing a Power Point presentation. Another computer appears in a bedroom.
Video Game history:
- 1994 - Nintendo announces an exclusive agreement with WMS Industries for video games for Nintendo's next-generation game system.
- 2000 - Namco releases the Tekken Tag Tournament video game for the PlayStation 2 in Japan.
- 2001 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. The entire episode is about playing in a virtual reality video game.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. Pacman characters with authentic movement sound are shown as "an oil-eating bacterium".
- 2004 - Capcom releases the Resident Evil Outbreak video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2004 - Microsoft drops the price of the Xbox in the US from US$179.99 to US$149.99, and in Canada to CDN$199.99.
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