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What happened in history on this day: May 18?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1983 - Electronic Arts releases first product.
- 1990 - Universal Pictures releases the film Bird on a Wire to theaters in the USA.
- An Apple Macintosh with red diskette appears a few times.
- An IBM PC/XT appears briefly.
- 1998 - The US Department of Justice and twenty state attorneys general file a lawsuit against Microsoft, charging the company with violations of the Sherman Act: exclusive dealing and unlawful tying, monopoly maintenance in the operating system market, and attempted monopoly of the browser market. The suit seeks a preliminary injunction for Microsoft either to offer Windows 98 without Internet Explorer, or bundle Netscape Navigator as well.
- 2004 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A Power Pals computer logo looks similar to the Mac OS logo.
- 2004 - Dell releases the Dell Axim X30 handheld computer. It features Bluetooth and 802.11b wireless, stylus, SecureDigital slot, 624 MHz Intel PXA270 processor, Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition for Pocket PC OS, 240x320 color display, 64 MB RAM, 64 MB ROM, docking cradle. Price is US$349; size is 4.6 x 3.0 x 0.6 inches; weight is 4.9 ounces. A mid-range version for US$249 comes with a 312 MHz processor and no docking cradle. A low-end version for US$199 comes with a 312 MHz processor, 32 MB RAM, 32 MB ROM, no docking cradle, and no wireless capabilities.
- 2006 - Dell announces it will start using Advanced Micro Devices processors in its personal computers.
- 2008 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A laptop computer appears, showing a coin web site.
- 2009 - Netherlands Antilles issues a 164-cent postage stamp for the Century of Telecommunications and Posts Departments, depicting a person at a computer.
Video Game history:
- 1993 - In San Francisco, California, US District Court Judge Fern Smith rules that Atari Games infringed a copyright and patent held by Nintendo by copying and using software codes used in Nintendo Entertainment System cartridges. Atari Games announces it will appeal the decision.
- 1994 - Sony forms the Sony Computer Entertainment of America company, to market the PlayStation CD-based video game system in the US, to be introduced in 1995.
- 2004 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A character plays with a home video game system.
- 2004 - Total shipments of PlayStation (including PS one) worldwide to date: 100 million.
- 2005 - In Los Angeles, California, the Electronic Entertainment Expo is held, over three days.
- 2007 - Ten wireless hot spots are opened at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, on the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Users with a Nintendo DS and the game Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End can download extra content at these hot spots not available anywhere else.
- 2009 - Nintendo releases the Punch-Out!! video game for the Nintendo Wii in the USA. The game is a remake of a classic game for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
- 2010 - Capcom releases the Lost Planet 2 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2010 - Rockstar Games releases the Red Dead Redemption video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2010 - Microsoft Game Studios releases the Alan Wake video game for the Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2010 - Ubisoft releases the Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
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