“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 ...

So, Discord is an Electron-based app, and someone ported it to Windows 95 just because they could. Well what if I told you ...

Released on August 24, 1995, Microsoft Windows 95 was one of the most anticipated software launches at the time. It was a huge change over the previous release Windows 3.1, adding a bunch of new ...

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, ...

Who doesn't remember the Windows 95 startup sound? A real treat for the ears. Or the Minecraft soundtrack from the very first versions of the game? Even your parents have probably heard it. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Windows 95 was launched in, you guessed it, 1995. July 14, to be exact, meaning that it's the 30th anniversary of the much-beloved (it's still not just me, is it?) operating system this year. Save the ...