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Microsoft had to change the anti-piracy hologram on the Windows 95 box because an undisclosed government assumed the baby on it was naked
News Microsoft says the government "shall remain nameless for obvious reasons".
Microsoft exec. confirms Windows 11 is just as full of old code as you suspected: 'We were thinking flying cars and moon stations by the year 2026, not Win32'
News "Did anyone in the '90s expect Win32 to still be a first-class API surface in the year 2026? And I think I can safely answer, no."
Microsoft lawyers had to consult with representatives of The Fonz to get a Weezer music video on the Windows 95 install CD
News AYYY!
Doom, Windows 95, even Hytale itself: It seems like there's nothing that modders can't make Hytale run
News But can it run Crysis?
The shift key trick to quickly restart Windows 95 wasn't a placebo, it was a neat little system to avoid a full PC reboot
News One of Microsoft's veteran software engineers explains the full 'secret sauce'.
Windows used to secretly use green screens to render videos, which is how you could trick MS Paint into becoming a video player
News Video playback on old computers was a whole lot of smoke and mirrors.
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I don't know how I missed this playable Windows 95-era 3D Maze screensaver, but it's making me feel like I'm tripping out, man
News The endless walls of my perception, they're melting as we speak.
Windows 95, arguably the first PC gaming OS, is still being used... to sort eggs in Germany
News There's definitely an 'eggs-box' pun in here somewhere, but you won't see me making it.
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