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What happened in history on this day: May 14?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1984 - Ashton-Tate introduces the dBase III relational database program for 16-bit IBM PC-compatible computers.
- 1991 - NeXT terminates the March 1989 sales agreement with Businessland.
- 1996 - Western Digital announces the 3.1 GB Caviar AC33100 hard drive, using the Enhanced IDE interface, with 12ms data access time. Volume production is scheduled for June, with a Fall release time and retail price of US$549.
- 2001 - Advanced Micro Devices introduces the Athlon 4 processor, at speeds ranging from 850 MHz to 1 GHz, with 256 kB integrated cache, 200 MHz system bus, PowerNow technology, and Streaming SIMD Extensions. The processor is made using a 0.18-micron manufacturing process. Code-name during development was Palomino.
- 2001 - Advanced Micro Devices announces 800 and 850 MHz Duron processors, with integrated cache, PowerNow technology, and Streaming SIMD Extensions. Code-name during development was Morgan.
- 2007 - Business Week magazine publishes an article listing the World's 25 Most Innovative Companies. Number 1 is Apple, number 5 is Microsoft, number 19 is Intel.
Video Game history:
- 1992 - Federal District Court Judge Fern Smith drops the remaining charges by Atari against Nintendo, based on the jury's finding that Atari did not suffer from Nintendo's licensing practices, and that it was not proven that Nintendo intended to monopolize the video game market.
- 1995 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A child says "I'll kick your butt... at Nintendo".
- 2001 - Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons video game for the Game Boy Color in the US.
- 2001 - Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages video game for the Game Boy Color in the US.
- 2002 - Sony CEA announces new US prices on the PS one (US$49) and PlayStation 2 (US$199).
- 2002 - Sony reduces the price of the PlayStation 2 in Japan to 29,000 yen (about US$235).
- 2003 - Microsoft drops the price of the Xbox in the US from US$199 to US$179.99.
- 2005 - Nintendo opens Nintendo World in Manhattan's Rockefeller Center in New York City.
- 2006 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A child plays a handheld video game resembling the Sony PlayStation Portable.
- 2008 - Microsoft reports total sales of the Xbox 360 video game system have reached 10 million, beating the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3 to that sales level.
- 2011 - Sony begins bringing the PlayStation Network back online.
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