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The National Recording Registry announced its 2025 inductees, and there are some geeky sounds that will be immortalized in the Library of Congress. The Microsoft Windows 95 reboot chime was selected ...
Microsoft’s momentous Windows 95 operating system became available to the public on this day 30 years ago. Computing enthusiasts were queuing around the block at midnight launch events. Perhaps this ...
Just listen to that short clip above. Go on, I'll wait. That, my friends, is the sound that began some of my early computing experiences, when this hardware writer was a mere whelp dipping his toes ...
Every so often, Microsoft design director Diego Baca boots up an old computer so he can play around with Windows 95 again. Baca has made a hobby of assembling old PCs with new-in-box vintage parts, ...
What just happened? Sounds from Microsoft and Minecraft were among the 25 recordings recently inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress based on their historical, ...
Back in August 2023, Windows 95 became 28 years old. Official support for Windows 95 ended in 2001, to be replaced by Windows 98, then Windows XP, then Windows Vista. (Oof.) We’ve previously ...