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What happened in history on this day: May 26?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1995 - Microsoft chairman Bill Gates issues an internal memo "The Internet Tidal Wave", saying he believes the Internet to be the single most important development in the computer industry since the IBM Personal Computer. He gives the highest level of importance to the Internet, calling it "critical to every part of our business".
- 1998 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the K6-2 processor, featuring 266, 300, or 333 MHz speed, 100 MHz bus and cache, 3DNow! instructions, and incorporating 9.3 million transistors.
- 2003 - Palm announces it has sold 1 million Zire handheld computers.
- 2003 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the Athlon XP 3200+ processor. It features 333 MHz front-side bus. Price is US$464 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2003 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the Athlon XP 3000+ desktop processor. It features 400 MHz system bus. Price is US$280 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2005 - Intel releases the 3.8 GHz Pentium 4 model 670 processor. It features 2 MB cache, 800 MHz front-side bus and 90-nanometre traces. Price is US$849 in 1000 unit quantities.
- 2005 - Intel releases the Pentium D processor, models 820, 830, and 840. They feature dual cores, each with 2 MB level 2 cache, 800 MHz front-side bus, EM64T instructions, Enhanced Speed Step Technology, 90 nm process, 230 million transistors, 206 mm2 die size. Speeds and prices in 1000 unit quantities are 2.8 GHz (US$241), 3.0 GHz (US$316), and 3.2 GHz (US$530).
- 2006 - Barbados issues a postage stamp depicting children at a personal computer.
- 2010 - Market capitalization of Apple (US$222 billion) passes Microsoft (US$219 billion) for the first time since December 19,1989. Apple stock is worth more than 10 times what they were 10 years ago, whereas Microsoft stock is down 20 percent over the same time period.
Video Game history:
- 1984 - In Houston, Texas, 14 top scorers from 14 regions of the US compete in the Grand National Finals of Konami's Track & Field arcade game. The top three will play in Japan in June against Japan's top three players.
- 1994 - Acclaim releases the Mortal Kombat video game for the Sega CD in the US.
- 2009 - Sony Computer Entertainment releases the Infamous video game for the PlayStation 3 in the USA.
- 2017 - Capcom releases the Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers video game for the Switch in the USA.
- 2017 - Grey Box releases the Rime video game for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the USA.
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