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What happened in history on this day: June 4?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1968 - The US Patent & Trademark Office grants patent 3,387,286 to Dr. Robert Dennard, of the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. The patent is for a one-transistor DRAM cell and the basic idea in the three-transistor cell.
- 1988 - (to June 7) The Summer Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is held in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1996 - Packard Bell announces plans to merge with the personal computer operations of NEC outside of Japan. The combined company will be called Packard Bell NEC. Cost of the acquisition is US$300 million, expected to be completed by July 1.
- 1997 - Electronics Arts announces plans to acquire Maxis for US$125 million in stock.
- 2001 - NEC releases the MobilePro 790 handheld computer. It features 8.1-inch touch-screen display, 168 MHz MIPS processor, 16 MB flash memory, Windows CE 3.0 operating system, "pocket" versions of Microsoft software, 56 kbps v.90 modem, and CompactFlash slot. Price is US$899; weight is 1.8 pounds; size is 1.1 x 5.2 x 9.6 inches.
- 2002 - Apple Computer makes the eMac computer available to consumers.
- 2003 - Palm announces it will acquire Handspring.
Video Game history:
- 1989 - At the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, Nintendo introduces the Game Boy portable hand-held video game system, with monochrome display. Price is to be US$89.95, including the Tetris video game cartridge.
- 1989 - At the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, Atari introduces the Portable Entertainment System hand-held video game system, with color display. Price is US$149.95, including one game cartridge.
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