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What happened in history on this day: May 1?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1964 - At Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire, the BASIC programming language runs for the first time. The language was developed by professors John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz, BASIC is an acronym for Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. It is based on FORTRAN and Algol, and was developed for a General Electric 225 mainframe computer.
- 1984 - Alan Kay joins Apple Computer as an Apple Fellow.
- 2000 - IBM announces the ThinkPad T20 portable computer, replacing the 600 series. It features 13.3-14.1 inch display, drive bay for CD / DVD / LS 120 SuperDrive, Ethernet, modem, TV out port, 1.3-inch thick, 5 pounds weight, 650-700 MHz Pentium III processor, 12-20 GB hard drive, 128-512 MB RAM, price US$3099-3999.
- 2001 - Sony Electronics introduces the Song Clié PEG-N710C handheld computer. It features Palm OS v3.5.2S, 320x320 resolution 256-color reflective TFT display, 33 MHz Dragonball VZ processor, 8 MB RAM, 4 MB flashable ROM, 8 MB Memory Stick, USB synchronization cradle. The rechargeable lithium ion battery powers the unit for about 15 days. Price is US$499; weight is 6.4 ounces; size is 4.5 x 2.8 x 0.7 inches.
- 2001 - Corel releases WordPerfect Office 2002 software suite. Standard Edition includes WordPerfect word processor, Quattro spreadsheet, and Corel presentation software; upgrade price is US$159. Professional Edition adds Paradox database and Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice-recognition software; full price is US$259.
- 2001 - Apple Computer unveils a new iBook laptop computer. It features 500 MHz PowerPC G3 processor, 1024x768 resolution 12-inch screen, 64-128 MB RAM, 10-20 GB hard drive, FireWire and USB ports, and CD/DVD drive. Weight is 4.9 pounds; thickness is 1.3 inches. Prices range from US$1299 to US$2099.
- 2004 - The Sasser worm is first noticed on the loose, affecting Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The worm crashes and rebots computers, replicating itself to other computers. Millions of computers are quickly affected worldwide.
- 2005 - Lenovo of China completes its acquisition of IBM's personal computer business.
- 2006 - Intel releases the 3.6 GHz Pentium D 960 dual-core processor. It features 2 MB cache, 800 MHz front-side bus, and 65 nanometre traces. Price is US$530 in 1000-unit quantities.
Video Game history:
- 1992 - In the lawsuit of Atari versus Nintendo, a jury in a San Francisco courtroom finds that Nintendo's licensing program had not hurt Atari. The jury concludes that Nintendo did not try to monopolize the video game market. However, the jury is deadlocked on the issues of illegal maintenance of a monopoly and unfair restraint of trade.
- 1992 - Nintendo announces a reduction of the price of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in the US.
- 1995 - Midway Amusement Games releases the Mortal Kombat 3 video game Version 2.0 to arcades in the US.
- 1997 - Gambia issues a postage stamp depicting cartoon dogs from Disney's 101 Dalmatians playing a TV video game system.
- 1999 - Nintendo releases the Super Mario Bros. Deluxe video game for the Game Boy Color in the US.
- 2005 - Nintendo releases the Pokémon Emerald video game for the Game Boy Advance in the USA.
- 2011 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. The Noiseland Arcade appears, with various made-up arcade games: "CaterKiller 2", "Click Clack", "Triangle Wars", "Time Waister".
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