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What happened in history on this day: July 1?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1981 - Microsoft reorganizes into Microsoft Incorporated, with Bill Gates as President and Chairman, and Paul Allen as Executive Vice President. Initial shareholders are Bill Gates (53%), Paul Allen (31%), Steve Ballmer (8%), Vern Raburn (4%), Charles Simonyi (1.5%), Gordon Letwin (1.5%).
- 1993 - IBM announces the Power Personal System Division.
- 1999 - In San Jose, California, Apple Computer files a lawsuit against Future Power and parent company Daewoo over the recently introduced E-Power personal computer that looks nearly identical to the Apple iMac.
- 2002 - Apple Computer buys the Emagic company, maker of the Logic audio software.
- 2004 - Apple Computer stops taking orders for iMac G4 computers, with new iMac G5 computers to be introduced soon.
- 2005 - Microsoft and IBM settle legal claims arising from the US Justice Department's antitrust case against Microsoft in the mid-1990s. Microsoft agrees to pay IBM US$775 million cash and US$75 million in credit toward Microsoft software.
- 2010 - Comedy Central airs the Futurama TV show in the USA. An original Apple Macintosh appears.
Video Game history:
- 1983 - Cinematronics releases Dragon's Lair to arcade centers. It is the first laser-disc based coin-operated arcade game. Cost per play is 50-cents. Advanced Microcomputer Systems designed the game, with animation provided by Don Bluth Animations. Cost to purchase a machine is about US$4300.
- 1999 - Nintendo releases the Pokémon Snap video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US. Price is US$49.95.
- 2010 - Comedy Central airs the Futurama TV show in the USA. The Space Invaders video game is played on an "eye phone".
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