When it comes to PC startup sounds, none are quite as iconic as the original Windows 95 startup tune. This class 6-second jingle meant much more than just "your PC is ready." It was an exciting ...

“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 ...

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, ...

Brian Eno has posted an open letter to Microsoft asking them to cut ties with Israel. The musician, producer and ambient pioneer famously composed the now iconic seven second start-up chime for ...

Alrighty, so I'm fixing up my aunt's computer which still has Windows 95a on it. It's a Compaq. The first thing she told me to do was to "make it faster". So, aside from uninstalling various pieces of ...

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 ...

The 1990s are remembered as the start of a technological revolution and the beginning of the digital era with the recent birth of the internet and the mass adoption of personal home computers. Fast ...

In 1995, Microsoft released the first iteration of what would become the Windows 9x series of home operating systems, the aptly named Windows 95. Windows had already been a prominent player in the ...

I need the CD-ROM so, I can get Windows 95 installed on the system. I have a CD-ROM that is connected to the sound card from Creative Labs. I have the drivers for the CD-ROM and for the sound card put ...

The influential musician pledged to donate his earnings from the Windows 95 chime to people in Gaza. The influential musician pledged to donate his earnings from the Windows 95 chime to people in Gaza ...