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What happened in history on this day: May 30?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1983 - The first Babbage's electronics store opens in Dallas, Texas. The store is named after Charles Babbage, 19th century British mathematician.
- 1997 - Cyrix introduces the Cyrix 6x86MX processor with MMX instructions. Price is US$190 to US$320 in 1000-unit quantities. Code-name during development was M2.
- 1997 - Lotus Development releases SmartSuite 4.5, including Word Pro 97, Lotus 1-2-3, Freelance Graphics, Approach, Organizer, and ScreenCam. Full price is US$399; upgrade price is US$149.
- 2000 - Palm grants a license to 3Com for the Palm handheld operating system.
- 2001 - Turbolinux announces the Turbolinux Operating System 7 for the Intel Itanium processor.
- 2007 - The conference D: All Things Digital is held in Carlsbad, California. Jeff Hawkins reveals the Palm Foleo handheld device. It features 10-inch screen, keyboard, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, runs Linux OS. Weight is 2.5 pounds; battery life last about 5 hours; price about US$600. Apple's Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates appear on stage together.
Video Game history:
- 2014 - Nintendo releases the Mario Kart 8 video game for the Wii U in the USA.
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