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The denial of bail for Sean “Diddy” Combs was an early signal by the judge that the music mogul won't be heading home soon. A ...
Remember truck wing windows? An insider explores why this iconic feature disappeared and what its demise says about the shift from traditional to modern trucks.
When you hear “PS2” and “Windows 95,” you probably think someone forgot a slash and are talking about peripherals, but no — this hack is very much about the Sony ...
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Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen recently shared another behind-the-scenes story from the development days of Windows 9x, this time involving software copyright violations by dishonest PC manufacturers.
Microsoft tested Windows 95's compatibility by buying every PC program in the Egghead Software store, crashing its register with over a $10,000 purchase.
Apr 26, 2025 12:00:00 The Windows 95 startup sound and the Minecraft soundtrack are registered in the Library of Congress' Recording Registry as 'sounds that symbolize history and culture.' ...
The Windows 95 reboot chime was one of 25 audio works added to the National Recording Registry this year. Brooks Kraft LLC / Sygma via Getty Images When users turned on their computers during the ...
Ironically, while Windows 95’s welcome chime accompanied one of the most successful computers of all time, Eno never owned one. “I wrote it on a Mac,” he confessed to the BBC in 2011.
The Microsoft Windows 95 start-up and reboot chime was composed by Brian Eno. Among the 84 sound elements Eno created for the project, the now-familiar six-second chime ...
The US Library of Congress has added the startup sound of Windows 95 and a Minecraft soundtrack album to its list of audio documents “worthy of preservation for all time”. This was announced ...
Tracy Chapman’s debut album. The original cast album of Broadway musical “Hamilton.” The chimes Brian Eno wrote for Microsoft Windows in 1995.