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What happened in history on this day: April 14?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1992 - US District Court Judge Vaughn Walker makes a ruling in the Apple Computer versus Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard lawsuit, stating that most of the elements in Apple Computer's suit were covered by Apple Computer's agreement with Microsoft, or were not copyrightable.
- 1997 - Motorola Computer Group announces the StarMax 5000 series of Macintosh-compatible computers. They feature 225 to 300 MHz PowerPC 603e processors, 50 MHz bus speed, 512 kB L2 cache, 50 MHz bus, 32 MB RAM, ATI 3D Rage II+ graphics, 16X CD-ROM drive, 2.5 or 4.3 GB hard drive, 10Base-T Ethernet, Mac OS 7.6, and 100 MB Zip drive. Price ranges from US$1999 to US$3399.
- 2004 - Lindows renames its operating system from Lindows to Linspire.
- 2004 - Nvidia unveils the GeForce 6800 series of graphics cards for personal computers.
Video Game history:
- 1994 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A character's mansion includes an unnamed arcade video game.
- 2001 - Nintendo releases the Doubutsu no Mori (Animal Forest) video game for the Nintendo 64 in Japan.
- 2003 - Sony Computer Entertainment announces an updated PlayStation 2 in Japan, to be available May 15. It features support for progressive scan DVD playback, DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW discs, built-in infrared receiver, quieter fan, and removed IEEE 1394 FireWire port.
- 2004 - Microsoft releases a Special Edition Xbox bundle with the Halo video game in the US. The system comes in a bright translucent green case, instead of the standard black. 200,000 packages are available, priced at US$169.
- 2004 - Nokia announces the N-Gage QD handheld video game system. The unit is a redesigned N-Gage, about 20 percent smaller, with more comfortable use as a cell-phone. The speaker and microphone are mounted on the front, and the multimedia card slot is located on the bottom edge. It is expected to go on sale starting in May in Europe.
- 2006 - ComputerWorld Canada newspaper features an article Enterprise enters the gaming world including a close-up picture of a Sony PlayStation controller.
- 2006 - ComputerWorld Canada newspaper includes an article Gaming has some lessons for software developers including a picture of Nintendo's Mario character climbing out of a personal computer monitor.
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