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Iconic Windows 95 startup chime added to National Recording Registry
The Library of Congress announced this year’s 25 selections to add into its National Recording Registry. Although often ...
Windows 95 reboot chime, Minecraft soundtrack added to National Recording Registry
The Microsoft Windows 95 start-up / reboot chime was composed by Brian Eno. Among the 84 sound elements Eno created for the project, the now-familiar six-second ...
The Windows 95 startup sound is now historic.
The US Library of Congress has added the Windows 95 boot sound to its National Recording Registry (NRR). That means the sound is now part of a list of recordings that are “culturally, historically, or ...
Millions of Windows XP disks secretly included Microsoft's failed search assistant to keep pirates at bay — "Bob was actually more useful dead than alive"
Bob resurfaced from Microsoft's Graveyard to pad out the 30MB of free space in Windows XP, keeping pirates at bay.
Microsoft Turns 50: A Look Back At the Evolution of Windows
As Microsoft turns 50, let's delve into the evolution of Windows and how the operating system has matured over the years.