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What happened in history on this day: June 21?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1995 - Microsoft representatives meet with Netscape Communications representatives, requesting that Netscape not compete with Microsoft in areas of the Web browser market. Microsoft offers to invest in Netscape and receive a seat on the board of directors. Jim Clark refuses, and calls lawyer Gary Reback, who then contacts Joel Klein, lawyer in the antitrust division of the Department of Justice.
- 2000 - Compaq Computer launches new Presario 5000 and 7000 desktop computers and Presario 1400 and 1700 portables, available in colored cases: smokey quartz, emerald green, ruby red, amber orange, sapphire blue, and amethyst purple.
- 2000 - Sun Microsystems releases StarOffice 5.2 software suite for Windows, Linux, and Solaris. The package can be downloaded for free.
- 2000 - Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA. A personal computer appears, used to find friends on the Internet.
- 2004 - OpenOffice.org releases version 1.1.2 of OpenOffice productivity software.
- 2005 - EA Games releases the Battlefield 2 game for personal computers in the US.
- 2007 - Tunisia issues a 600m postage stamp for the Carthage Investment Forum, depicting a personal computer.
Video Game history:
- 1983 - In the Netherlands, Philips N.V. and Thomson-Brandt S.A. agree to cooperate to produce video game systems and cassettes.
- 2000 - Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA. A video game system looking the Intellivision appears.
- 2004 - Atari releases the Driver 3 video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the USA.
- 2004 - Nintendo begins releasing Game Boy Advance Video cartridges with up to 90 minutes of animated television shows. First cartridges are for 30 minute Pokemon shows.
- 2005 - THQ releases the Destroy All Humans video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2011 - Warner Bros. Interactive releases the F.E.A.R. 3 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
- 2011 - Electronic Arts releases the Shadow of the Damned video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
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