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What happened in history on this day: July 10?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1981 - Rod Brock of Seattle Computer Products offers a counterproposal to Microsoft for rights to 86-DOS: US$150,000 fee and right to license Microsoft languages at a discount with SCP hardware.
- 1989 - In San Francisco, California, Intel officially announces and demonstrates the first EISA 82350 chip set. Full production is likely by September.
- 2006 - Business Week magazine presents the Industrial Design Excellence Awards:
- Gold award: Lenovo Opti Desktop PC, designed by ZIBA Design.
- Silver award: Hundred-Dollar Laptop Computer, designed by Design Continuum.
Video Game history:
- 1988 - Bally Manufacturing agrees in principle to sell its coin-operated amusement game manufacturing business to Williams Industries for US$8 million.
- 1992 - Hudson releases the Soldier Blade video game for the PC Engine in Japan.
- 1996 - Sega releases the Sonic Championship video game to arcades in the US.
- 1999 - Nintendo releases The New Tetris video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
- 2000 - Konami releases the Metal Gear Solid The Trailer on DVD in Japan.
- 2001 - Sony CEA releases the Gran Turismo 3: A-spec video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2003 - In the U.S., a federal judge blocks a Washington state law that would impose a US$500 fine on retailers who sell certain violent video games to children under age 17. The ruling states that the law would violate the constitutional 1st Amendment protecting free speech.
- 2006 - 2K Games releases the Prey video game for the Xbox 360 in the USA.
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