20 years ago today, Microsoft launched Windows 95, with help from the Rolling Stones "Start me Up." The song choice was prophetic. For better or worse, the launch of Windows 95 was the beginning of a ...

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, ...

Windows 95 startup sound added to National Recording Registry Library of Congress recognizes cultural, historical significance of iconic sound Microsoft's Minecraft music also included in NRR's 2025 ...

“These are the sounds of America – our wide-ranging history and culture,” Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden explained, to The Washington Post. “The National Recording Registry is our evolving ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alongside some bloke called Miles Davis. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The original music for Minecraft, alongside the reboot ...

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, ...

Three decades after composing the iconic Windows 95 startup jingle, Brian Eno has published an open letter to Microsoft, calling out the company for selling technology to Israel amid the country’s ...