- February (month)
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- Top selling personal computer game for the month in the US: The Sims 2 University. [1673.138]
- March (month)
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- Top selling personal computer game for the month in the US: The Sims 2 University. [1673.138]
- April 3
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- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A recruitment sign for prison guards says "Must know Microsoft Powerpoint, sadism". [2261]
- April 25
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- Microsoft releases the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system, for computers with Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon processors with 64-bit instructions. Price is US$155.95. [1559] [1687.73] [1689.1] [1691.1] [1784.75] [1897.133]
- April 28
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- NCSoft releases the Guild Wars game for the PC in the US. [1790.86]
- April 29
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- Apple Computer releases Mac OS X 10.4 operating system. New features include Spotlight search, Dashboard with 14 mini-apps, 64-bit memory addressing, iChat, QuickTime 7. Price is US$129 for single user, or US$199 for a five-user license. Price in the UK is 89 pounds. Code-name during development was Tiger. [1559] [1687.75] [1876.17] [1897.133] [1918.16]
- April (month)
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- Top selling personal computer game for the month in the US: Guild Wars. [1681.128] [1765.96]
- May
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- Microsoft releases the Windows Mobile 5 operating system. [1897.133] [2187.16]
- May 16
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- Apple computer releases Mac OS X 10.4.1. [1559]
- May (month)
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- Top selling computer game for the month in the US: Guild Wars. [1688.110]
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- June 15
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- Microsoft releases Windows XP N, without Windows Media Player. [1559]
- June 21
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- EA Games releases the Battlefield 2 game for personal computers in the US. [1688.104] [1790.88] [2565.32]
- June 29
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- Jerrold Kaplan, founder of Go company, files a lawsuit against Microsoft, claiming Microsoft violated antitrust laws by trying to thwart Go's attempt to enter the PC operating system market in the early 1990s. [1559]
- June (month)
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- Top selling personal computer game title for the month in the US: Battlefield 2. [1763.116] [1764.156]
- July 12
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- Apple Computer releases Mac OS X 10.4.2 operating system. [1559]
- July
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- IBM announces it will discontinue support for the OS/2 operating system by the end of the year. [1559]
- July 22
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- Microsoft announces the name of the next Windows operating system: Windows Vista. [1559] [1784.75] [2074.15]
- July 25
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- Microsoft launches Windows Genuine Advantage on its Web site. The technology scans a user's computer to ensure the Windows software in use is legal, before allowing updates to be downloaded. [1698.1]
- July 28
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- Microsoft reports it has sold 100,000 copies of Windows XP Starter Edition to date. [1559]
- July (month)
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- Top selling personal computer game for the month in the US: Battlefield 2. [1780.184]
- August (month)
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- Top selling personal computer game for the month in the US: Battlefield 2. [1780.184]
- September 22
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- Atari releases the Indigo Prophecy game for personal computers in the US. [1790.91]
- September 28
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- The U.S. Patent Office reaffirms a Web-browsing patent by Eolas Technologies that Microsoft is accused of infringing. [1559]
- September (month)
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- Top selling personal computer game in the US for the month: The Sims 2 Nightlife. [1779.192]
- October 18
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- Sierra releases the F.E.A.R. game for personal computers in the US. [1764.54] [1780.170] [1790.91]
- October 21
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- Universal Pictures releases the film Doom to theaters in the USA, based on the computer game. The film cost US$100 million to make and market. (Gross theater receipts: about US$42 million worldwide.) [1764.38,54] [2464.46]
- October 25
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- 2K Games releases the Sid Meier's Civilization IV game for personal computers in the US. [1780.62] [1790.95,152]
- October 31
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- Apple Computer releases the Mac OS X 10.4.3 software for the Macintosh. [1559]
- October (month)
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- Top selling computer game in the US for the month: Star Wars Battlefront II. [1790.158]
- November 15
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- Electronic Arts releases the Need for Speed: Most Wanted game for personal computers in the US. [1790.95]
- November
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- Microsoft releases Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 for Windows in the USA. [2193.16]
- November 22
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- Ubisoft releases the Peter Jackson's King Kong game for personal computers in the US. [1790.96]
- Activision releases the Call of Duty 2 game for personal computers in the US. [1764.54,76] [1779.146] [1790.96]
- November (month)
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- Top selling computer game in the US for the month: Star Wars Battlefront II. [1791.114]
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- The postal service in France issues a series of stamps commemorating The Sims video game. [1793.34]
- December
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- Release of X Windows System versions X11R6.9.0 and X11R7.0.0 for Linux. [2188.20]
- Apache Software Foundation releases the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.0 software. [2243.8]
- December 16
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- Microsoft announces it will discontinue support for Internet Explorer on the Macintosh at the end of the year. [1559]
- December 23
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- IBM discontinues all OS/2 products. [1559] [1698]
- December (month)
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- Top selling personal computer game in the US for the month: Age of Empires III. [1989.122]
- Year
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- Total spending on games for personal computers in the USA: US$1.4 billion. [2322]
- Software piracy rate in Canada: 33%; in the world 35%. [2189.7]
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