Galactic Civilizations is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Stardock and released in March 2003.

Having developed Stardock Central to digitally distribute its own PC titles, the company launched a service called Drengin. net in summer 2003.

* In December 2003, TGTSoft sued Stardock and Brad Wardell for declarative relief, claiming that they should be able to use the IconPackager. iptheme file format without charge.

It is distributed by Stardock for Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista and 7, and comes in Free and Plus versions.

In 2003, Stardock released DesktopX 2 Pro, which allowed developers to export their creations as stand-alone programs called " gadgets ".

While Stardock Central started development in 2001, it got its biggest test in March 2003 when Galactic Civilizations was launched simultaneously at retail and online — the first commercial PC game to debut in both venues at once.

In 2003, Armenia became a member of the WTO.

The WSF became a periodic meeting: in 2002 and 2003 it was held again in Porto Alegre and became a rallying point for worldwide protest against the American invasion of Iraq.

* In 2003, an Australian coal miner amputated his own arm with a Stanley knife after it became trapped when the front-end loader he was driving overturned three kilometers underground.

On 1 January 2007, the municipality lost its short-lived ( 2003 until 2006 ) county privileges and became part of Region Hovedstaden ( i. e. the Copenhagen Capital Region ).

You wouldn't like me when I'm angry ", became a catchphrase the world over ( the phrase was used again, first in Ang Lee's Hulk ( 2003 ), although in Spanish, and again in the 2008 movie The Incredible Hulk, with an altered version in Portuguese ).

In late 2003, transgenic zebrafish that express green, red, and yellow fluorescent proteins became commercially available in the United States.

On July 1, 2003, Christopher Swain of Portland, Oregon, became the first person to swim the Columbia River's entire length, in an effort to raise public awareness about the river's environmental health.

Croatia became a World Trade Organization ( WTO ) member in 2000 and started the Accession of Croatia to the European Union in 2003.

In late 2003, new parliamentary elections were held and a reformed HDZ party won under leadership of Ivo Sanader, who became prime minister.

In 2003, Castro cracked down on independent journalists and other dissidents, which became known as the " Black Spring ".

With Hampton out of town and Neagle injured much of the year, Jennings became the centerpiece of the Rockies ' pitching staff in 2003.

Between 2003 and 2006, monitors with 16: 9 and mostly 16: 10 ( 8: 5 ) aspect ratios became commonly available, first in laptops and later also in standalone monitors.

The Cowboys became the surprise team of the 2003 season, posting a 10 – 6 record and a playoff berth by having the best overall defense in the NFL.

In 2003 it became an overseas collectivity ( French: collectivité d ' outre-mer, or COM ).

Little, Brown, 2003: how Dirie became a UN Special Ambassador for FGM.

The Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 became Britain's latest anti-graffiti legislation.

EDGE services first became operational in a network in 2003 and the number of worldwide GSM subscribers exceeded 1 billion in 2004.

Jennifer Granholm became the first female Governor of Michigan on January 1, 2003, when she succeeded John Engler ; she served for 8 years, until January 1, 2011.

On 3 July 2005, the country became the first country in the world to give full marriage and adoption rights to homosexual couples ( Belgium has allowed same-sex marriage since 2003 and co-parenting since April 2006, and the Netherlands has allowed same-sex marriage since 2001 and now has a law in preparation to provide full adoption rights in equal conditions to opposite-sex marriages ).

Under Mahathir bin Mohamad ’ s long Prime Ministership ( 1981 – 2003 ), Malaysia ’ s political culture became increasingly centralized and authoritarian, due to Mahathir's belief that the multiethnic Malaysia could only remain stable through controlled democracy.

By summer 2003, most dual-band 802. 11a / b products became dual-band / tri-mode, supporting a and b / g in a single mobile adapter card or access point.

Cambodia became a member in 1958, withdrew its membership in 2003, and rejoined 2009.

The later Models C ( 1993 ) and D ( 2003 ) became some of the best-selling fitness equipment pieces of all time.

This became the Criminal Justice Act 2003, which sought to remove the right to trial by jury for cases involving jury tampering or complex fraud.

He first gained media attention for breaking into several high-profile computer networks, including those of The New York Times, Yahoo !, and Microsoft, culminating in his 2003 arrest.

* Enabling International Support in Windows XP / Server 2003 Family, a Microsoft tutorial on how to install input methods on Windows XP.

On 25 April 2003 Microsoft launched Windows Server 2003, a notable update to Windows 2000 Server encompassing many new security features, a new " Manage Your Server " wizard that simplifies configuring a machine for specific roles, and improved performance.

December 2005, Microsoft released Windows Server 2003 R2, which is actually Windows Server 2003 with SP1 ( Service Pack 1 ) plus an add-on package.

On 25 April 2005, Microsoft released Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003, x64 Editions in Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter SKUs.

From December 2003 until October 2005, he worked for Microsoft Corporation in the " patterns & practices " group.

In September 2003, Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo was released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, and Microsoft Windows.

On the Macintosh platform, Microsoft released a PowerPC version of Windows Media Player for Mac OS X in 2003, but further development of the software has ceased.

* During the decade, Windows 2000 And Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003 And Windows vista And Microsoft Office 2008 And Then Windows 7 become the ubiquitous industry standards in personal computer software until the end of the decade, when Apple began to slowly gain market share.

The IBM System i includes an extensive library-based operating system, i5 / OS, and is also capable of supporting multiple instances of AIX, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003.

The most popular network operating systems are Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, UNIX, Linux, Mac OS X, Novell NetWare, and BSD.

2003 – Quest officially entered the Microsoft SQL Server market, and IDC named Quest # 1 in distributed database management software.

It was developed by the Windows Media team at Microsoft instead of the Macintosh Business Unit and released in 2003.

Palatino Linotype is shipped with Windows 2000 or later, and Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003.

* The Microsoft Windows NT family ( this includes Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, etc.

After the Canadian pianist Louis Lortie was removed from the Steinway Artist roster in 2003, he complained in a newspaper article that Steinway is trying to establish a monopoly on the concert world by becoming " the Microsoft of pianos ".

* Asheron's Call ( 2 November 1999 )-Published by Microsoft, and purchased back from Microsoft in December, 2003.

For example, various Microsoft Windows versions, including Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, have been certified at EAL4 +, but regular security patches for security vulnerabilities are still published by Microsoft for these Windows systems.

Windows Mobile 2003 consisted of the Windows CE. NET 4. 2 operating system bundled with scaled-down versions of many popular desktop applications, including Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer, Word, Excel, Windows Media Player, and others.