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What happened in history on this day: May 23?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1983 - The Japan Microcomputer Show is held at Ryutsu Center in Tokyo.
- 1995 - At the Sun World conference in San Francisco, California, Sun Microsystems introduces the Java interactive programming language. Code-name during development was Oak.
- 2004 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer with flat-panel screen is used to edit a newspaper.
- 2006 - Microsoft releases a Beta 2 test version of Windows Vista.
- 2006 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 2.8 GHz Athlon 64 FX-62 dual-core processor. It features dual 1 MB L2 cache, dual 128 kB L1 cache, 128-bit DDR2 memory controller, 2 GHz HyperTransport link, and 90 nanometre traces. Price is US$1031 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2006 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 2.6 GHz Athlon 64 X2 5000+ dual-core processor. It features dual 512 kB L2 cache, dual 128 kB L1 cache, 128-bit DDR2 memory controller, 2 GHz HyperTransport link, and 90 nanometre traces. The processor incorporates 153.8 million transistors. Price is US$696 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2006 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A personal computer appears briefly.
Video Game history:
- 1989 - NEC Home Electronics announces it will begin selling a new home video game system in the fall, for about US$200.
- 2005 - Nintendo releases the Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US.
- 2006 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A brief scene takes place in a video game arcade.
- 2006 - Majesco releases the Jaws Unleashed video game for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2006 - Eidos releases the Rogue Trooper video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2010 - Nintendo releases the Super Mario Galaxy 2 video game for the Nintendo Wii in the US.
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