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What happened in history on this day: June 25?
On June 25 in ...
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Personal Computer history:
- 1981 - Paul Allen of Microsoft proposes to Rod Brock of Seattle Computer Products that Microsoft buy all rights to 86-DOS for US$30,000 plus a free license to Microsoft's 8086 macro assembler and linker.
- 1985 - Microsoft's Bill Gates suggests to Apple Computer's John Sculley that Apple Computer license Macintosh technology to a few significant developers.
- 1998 - Microsoft releases Windows 98 operting system. It features integrated Internet Explorer 4.0 Web browser, and Universal Serial Bus support. Code-name during development was Memphis. Total sales on the first day are 271,000 units.
- 2001 - Sony releases the Clie PEG-S320 handheld computer. It features monochrome 160x160 display, 33 MHz Motorola Dragonball VZ processor, 8 MB RAM, 4 MB flash memory, and Palm OS 4.0. Price is US$200. The unit is to be available in August.
- 2001 - Sony releases the Clie PEG-N610C handheld computer. It features 33 MHz Motorola Dragonball VZ processor, 8 MB RAM, 4 MB flash memory, Palm OS 4.0, and 16-bit color 320x320 resolution screen. Price is US$400. The unit is to be available in August.
- 2001 - Casio announces the Cassiopeia BE-300 handheld computer. It features 166 MHz NEC processor, 320x240 resolution color screen, Windows CE 3.0 operating system, CompactFlash card slot. Price is US$199.
- 2003 - Intel releases 2.5 and 2.6 GHz Celeron processors. They feature 218 kB cache, and 400 MHz system bus. Prices are US$89 (2.5 GHz) and US$103 (2.6 GHz) in 1000-unit quantities.
Video Game history:
- 2006 - Namco Bandai Games releases the Tekken: Dark Resurrection video game for the PlayStation Portable in the USA.
- 2007 - The value of Nintendo stock hits US$53.06 billion, slightly higher than Sony.
- 2007 - 2K Games releases The Darkness video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
- 2009 - Electronic Arts releases the Fight Night Round 4 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2017 - Supergiant Games releases the Pyre video game for the PlayStation 4 in the USA.
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