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What happened in history on this day: May 21?
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Personal Computer history:
- 2001 - Intel announces the 750 MHz mobile Pentium III processor. The 1.35-volt processor can step down to 500 MHz at 1.1 volts when running on battery power.
- 2001 - Intel announces the 600 MHz mobile Pentium III processor. The 1.1-volt processor can step down to 300 MHz at 0.975 volts when running on battery power.
- 2001 - Intel announces two 600 MHz mobile Celeron processor. One operates at 1.35 volts, the other at 1.1 volts.
- 2001 - Intel announces the 800 MHz Celeron processor.
- 2003 - SCO Group officially drops its old name Caldera International.
- 2003 - Intel releases the 2.4, 2.6, and 2.8 GHz Pentium 4 processor with 800 MHz front-side bus. Prices are US$180, US$228, and US$278 respectively in 1000-unit quantities.
Video Game history:
- 1982 - Minoru Awkawa and Howard Lincoln of Nintendo of America meet with Sid Sheinberg at Universal Studios, telling them of refusal to pay royalties for Donkey Kong.
- 1984 - Atari officially discontinues the Atari 5200 video game system.
- 1984 - Atari introduces the Atari 7800 ProSystem. It features higher resolution graphics than the Atari 5200, optional keyboard to make it a home computer, and compatibility with Atari 2600 cartridges. Price is US$149. The number 7800 represents 5200 plus 2600.
- 1998 - Sega announces the Dreamcast video game system will be released in Japan on November 27.
- 2000 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. A pizza restaurant has an arcade video game, called "Monkey Fracas Jr." This is a reference to the Donkey Kong Jr. video game.
- 2001 - Nintendo announces the initial price of the GameCube in the US will be US$199.
- 2002 - Take Two Interactive Software announces the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City video game for the PlayStation 2. Release date is set for October 22.
- 2002 - Nintendo reduces the price of the GameCube from US$199.95 to US$149.95 in the United States.
- 2003 - Nintendo releases the Wario Ware, Inc: Mega Microgame$ video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US. Price is $34.99.
- 2008 - Activision releases the Quake Wars: Enemy Territory video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the US.
- 2010 - Online search engine Google.com provides an animated playable version of Pac-Man in the Company's logo in honor of the 30th anniversary of the release of the game. For 48 hours users worldwide can play the 255 levels of the game.
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