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Microsoft’s worst software flop was secretly lurking in Windows for years
A former Windows developer reveals why Windows was dragging around 30 MB of completely useless data for many years. The data ...
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Windows 95 Jingle, 1960 World Series Broadcast and Other 'Audio Treasures' Added to the National Recording Registry
When users turned on their computers during the mid-1990s, many heard a short, whimsical tune indicating that their Windows 95 operating system was booting up. Developed by the renowned music producer ...
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Microsoft's Windows 95 startup sound has been immortalized in the Library of Congress
The US Library of Congress has decided to immortalize the Windows 95 startup sound in the National Recording Registry.
Brian Eno’s Windows 95 start-up sound just got preserved forever in the US Library of Congress
New entrants are added “based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage” ...
The Windows 95 start-up sound and the Minecraft soundtrack have been added to the US Library of Congress list of nationally significant recordings
Tracks added to the list are judged to be "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress, ...
Apple’s Stealthy New Music Upgrade For Windows PCs Beats Microsoft
A quiet release by Apple means listening to music on a Windows PC is suddenly much better —and beats what Windows Media Player offers.